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Chopard 1000 Miglia GT XL: nice addition to a collection


Stephane

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Chopard 1000 Miglia GtXl

 

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Dear All,

 

At the Brussels GTG of last February I finally saw some watches I was thinking to add to my collection.

Among a lot of other beauties of course  :wub:

This one was among the ones I wanted one day or another.

 

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Contacting Cronsell

 

Chris posted saying he would probably sell this baby, so I sent him a mail.

He replied in detail about the issues and said he would add a Bob carbon in the deal + polish it the watch!

That is what he did indeed!  :clap:

 

Of course that was an offer I couldn't refuse.

 

Today 1000 Miglia arrived and here are some pics and comments for you.

 

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How is this watch?

 

I'll point what is negative only here.

Makes more sence as am not used to Chopard anwyay.

I will also not compare this to the gen.

Saying how much I love the design of the dial and the band would not really add information to RWG, would it?  :blink:

 

I'm the third owner as Chris got it from another person who bought it from Andrew (Trusty).

It is currently sold by Andrew for 328$ and features an Asian 7750.

Looks like a slow one to me, but I might be wrong and probably am.

The second hand looks not as smooth as my other A7750 though.

 

One thing is obvious: the hour indices are not perfectly clean and the 6 is even dirty (you will see that in detail in the lume shots).

The manufacturers are not getting better these days in QC :bangin:

 

The case back.

It's a pity they couldn't make the print on the rotor readable, what's the point then  :unsure: .

 

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The date is indeed too high in the date window. It can be fixed manually.

 

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The crown is correctly printed (no spelling errors).

It's working perfectly too, no worries to screw it down.

It's fine as long you are not rude I guess.

 

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The bracelet is very nice and doesn't seem to attract the dust.

I love that tyre design. Makes me think at my P6000 on my Alfa  :wub:

 

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The deployant buckle is working fine too and is quite nice looking in my opinion.

The mechanism is perfect. Easy to open, and to close.

I will change the springbars though. They look very fragile and too short to me.

I could remove the bracelet with two fingers.

 

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One thing is a big surprise: the lume.

It does the same thing than my gens or my Ziggyfied 196.

When walking in the shade, I can see the lume start to glow instantly although it wasn't charged before.

 

I took two pics that are NOT photoshoped at all, no contrast either of course.

It doesn't illustrate what I try to explain, but well it's a nicely lumed watch.

 

This one is in full auto mode:

 

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This one is with a longer pose time:

 

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Conclusion

 

This watch is not a super rep but a well finished one and deserve a place in a collection.

If you don't have it, I'm sure you can find members willing to part with it at a good price.

I'm not sure if it is accurate but I personally don't really care for such brands.

I would not have paid 328 + shipping for it anyway and certainly not the gen price  :animal_rooster:

 

Is it a keeper?

We'll see, but at a reasonable price, it is a great watch so why would I want to sell it later?

At the moment I like to look at it on my wrist  :lol:

 

I would like to thank Chris once again for the smooth deal and for being such a nice person.

He really did everything possible to make me happy and I say it "I'm happy".

Man, you are definitely one other RWG gentleman  :euro:

 

Thanks for looking.

 

Cheers

 

Stephane

 

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You are definitely one other RWG gentleman :euro:

Stephane, thank you for your kind words! It takes a gentleman to know one, and you are one of the very finest! I hope all my dealings in the watch world go as ours did, with everyone happy in the end. :)

Wear her well my friend, wear her well!

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