40th Birthday toy procured !

[Nattyboy888]

Went for the Chopard Mille Miglia GTXL Power Control in the end - Thanks for the advice/opinions of members on my seperate thread.

Picked up Saturday from the Westfield Centre Stratford, only to have taken off me immediately by the duchess who consequently reminded me its not my birthday until the 24th. :>(

Yes - I know its only a tarted up ETA movement, but I'm really impressed with the quality and its a nice contrast to the other watches I have - much sportier (and bigger - no shirt cuffs with this one !!). I like the italian motorsport connection too as my ive got some italian heritage and I love all stuff italian !

Interestingly - I noticed in Fraser Harts that the cheeky feckers have jacked up the price by £300 since last month - £4450 now. All top end watched seem to be rocketing in price. It doesnt seem 10 minutes since a grand bought you a nice chronometer seamaster.

Hope you like it - dont think I'll be using the tyre guage much though - what a waste !

[Lunablack]

Very nice

I really like these, in fact I like most watches that have some form of motoring connection/heritage..

As for the ETA thing...I think to much emphasis is placed on this "in house" movement nonsense... Bottom line is, does it look nice?? Does it keep reasonable time?. Can any competent watch repairer fix/service it when needsbe??


A fine watch indeed.. Happy birthday for he 24th

[Nattyboy888]

Pic 2 ...............

[Nattyboy888]

Thanks for the good wishes !...yes - I do appreciate fine movements but this is fine for a mere mortal like me !!

[Lunablack]

Love the power reserve, looking like a fuel gauge similar theme on my Sinn 956... Goes from green to red, just like a fuel gauge

Edited by Lunablack on Monday 2nd April 19:44

[Debaser]

Lunablack said:

As for the ETA thing...I think to much emphasis is placed on this "in house" movement nonsense... Bottom line is, does it look nice?? Does it keep reasonable time?. Can any competent watch repairer fix/service it when needsbe??

Whereas for me the movement is by far the most important part of a watch.

[Ikemi]

Looks awesome with the white dial! Congrats!

[dibblecorse]

Nattyboy,

Nice watch, will age well as welll and has some lovely touches.

Also if you are the Nattyboy of Ducati accessories fame then, long time no see, and hello again.

Dibs (formerly of the DSC)

[Nattyboy888]

Tis me mate - nice to hear from you ! Actually, I now have a fortis Ducati corse limited edition watch for sale now :-)

[graeme4130]

Nice choice, looks great
I love my GTXL in black

[BigG2]

WOW Thats mint!!! Was looking at one of these for my 40th in June, how much did you pay if you dont mind me asking?

Cheers,
BigG

[dibblecorse]

Nattyboy888 said:

Tis me mate - nice to hear from you ! Actually, I now have a fortis Ducati corse limited edition watch for sale now :-)

Link ? Or email me details to dibblecorse at hotmail dot com

[marcgti6]

Very nice watch. Love the details.

Enjoy!

[Miguel Alvarez]

Very nice watch. I like.

[Mr Beastmaster]

Lovely lovely watch but I am biased as I have the same model. What I will say is that I have had mine a fair while now and still love it as much as the day I got it. I love the fact that it is a noisy movement, I can set it off whirring just changing gear which I like tbh. The noisy movement is normal BTW!


Chopard Mille Miglia Gran Turismo XL Power Control by BeastmasterNo2, on Flickr

[hilly10]

Very nice watch wear in good health. I to like the clean look of white dials to many of mine have black