Chopard Superfast Porsche 919 Edition

For the 2014, 24 hours of Le Mans race, the Porsche team reasserted themselves with the Porsche prototype 919 hybrid. Chopard commemorates Porsche’s return to the race with its Superfast Chrono Porsche 919 Limited Edition. Porsche is back, and Chopard’s prescient Superfast Porsche 919 may be an omen of things to come. The watch is a statement of competitive engineering – perfect Porsche.

Those familiar with the Superfast collection will immediately spot the similarities: eight PVD blackened screws on the bezel and case back reminiscent of a wheel’s lug nuts, racing slick smooth rubber strap with polished steel folding clasp, large Arabic 12, no-slip rubber coated pushers and a screw-down steering wheel crown. Chopard, official timing partner of Porsche Motorsport (proudly displayed on the back crystal), adds the Porsche 919 Hybrid touch with dial stripes that call to mind the car’s rear diffuser, and “919” appears on the left sub-dial inside a red rectangle just like the number on the cars.

Racing red is also the color for the arrow-tipped seconds hand, hour and minute counter hands, the inner chapter ring, and much of the lettering on the movement’s skeletonized rotor and grill-like bridges. The opaline sliver-toned dial matches the race car’s white color. The overall color aesthetic and design identifies this Superfast Chronograph as Porsche 919. The watch is appropriately limited to 919 pieces.

The Chopard 03.05-M movement calibre is chronometer COSC certified, which provides a rigueur of spot-on accuracy for lap times with the flyback functionality adding instantaneous responsiveness. Previously, only the Superfast Automatic Caliber 01.01-M had chronometer certification. This 4 Hz, column wheel equipped, 45 jeweled movement offers 60 hours of power reserve. Chopard’s movement company, Fleurier Ebauches, manufactures this in-house movement.

Since 2014, Chopard has been accompanying Porsche Motorsport’s return to the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). As official timing partner of this legendary team, the watch manufacture is particularly proud to celebrate the year 2015 which was crowned with success and to honour this victorious season is presenting a limited series. Porsche claimed the World Endurance Manufacturers’ Championship by racking up a string of podium finishes throughout 2015. The most impressive was undoubtedly its double victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans last year that was one for the history books. This 17th World Championship title further reinforced Porsche’s impressive track record in endurance racing. This much-coveted trophy joined the one earned by the drivers who finished the season at the head of the championship.
Inspired by the Porsche 919 Hybrid that powered the Porsche Motorsport to the top spot in the World Endurance Championship, the Superfast Porsche Motorsport 919 – limited victory edition celebrates the performance and the passion for automobiles shared by the two companies.