Chopard Grand Prix de Monaco Historique Time Attack MF digital / analogue timepiece

In these times when even affordable cars can accelerate from zero to 60 mph before you can say “Cherry pie”, even the most precise mechanical chronograph are obsolete. Here comes the new Chopard Grand Prix de Monaco Historique Time Attack MF that successfully combines traditional dial of a mechanical watch with a digital interface of a quartz.

Of course, Chopard is not the first Swiss watch maker that implemented such a combination. Even now there is a great number of such time measuring devices, including the recently introduced Breitling Airwolf Raven Special Edition quartz chronograph watch.

But this is the first model in history of the Grand Prix de Monaco Historique collection.

The quartz mechanism employed in the Time Attack MF lets you measure time with precision up to 1/100 of a second. The built-in computer can also show current date, GMT, countdown and even a pair of alarms for both the current and a second time zone.

As usual, the functions are operated by a pair of push-buttons located at 2 and 4 o’clock.

I am not really sure why did they supplied the device with a tachometric scale, but it certainly looks nice.

The watch on the picture comes sporting a 42.5 mm stainless steel case, but there is also an 18-carat rose gold model of the same size.

Photo: Chopard

Chopard Grand Prix de Monaco Historique Time Attack MF watch specification

Price range: N/A
Movement: Quartz, 9 jewels, 32,768 vph, COSC-certified
Complications: Date, alarm, chronograph, second time-zone
Power reserve: 60 months
Case material: Stainless steel or rose gold
Case size: 42.5 mm
Case height: N/A
Dial: Black
Water resistance: 50 meters
Strap: Black rubber with 1960s Dunlop Racing tire-tread motif or in black barenia leather; or steel bracelet; Steel folding clasp
Crystal: Sapphire