A short reflection on 5 Years with my Mille Miglia Grand Tourismo GT XL
Bought this from Trusty about 5 years ago as my “traveling” watch.
Was my first rep purchase and I recall endless scrutinising the QC photos and the joyful but painful wait for it to arrive.
Was blown away by the quality and feel of the watch when I first got it, and it compared well to my gens. Tbh I really couldn’t tell the difference to the gens (Omegas, Rolex, Breitlings). Ordered the box and papers with it, which tbh I think may have been in storage in somewhere humid as I was less impressed with those, though they are still with me now and only ever really ornaments anyway as I travel a lot so keep my daily wearers in a watch box for convenience. (despite traveling almost constantly for the last 5 years with just two small bags, I still manage to carry a small 5/6 watch collection with me) somethings in life too important to compromise on ????. The strap also didn’t have the “vanilla” gen smell as indicated on the website… this would indeed have been expecting too much.
For the watch itself, I wasn’t aware in those early days of not using the chrono, and in my excitement I did. Over time I noticed the 6pm dial would “slip”. So Id have to run again in order to reset it to the 12pm position. I believe this is down to “clutch slip” on the chrono movement (this one is a Valjoux 7750 clone I believe). Strangely over time this appears to have cured itself and the dial now sits happily at 12 o clock position and I never run the chrono and never will again… I presume it still works, but tbh have no reason for find out or to care. The watch itself has performed faultlessly otherwise for the last 5 years, its in regular rotation, probably being worn a few days per month, its been in all sorts of conditions, on motorbikes, in endless bars, in humidity of SE Asia and the cold of the UK, been on boats and in salty conditions… never submerged but for sure showered and rained on, and never missed a beat. Most amazing of all is the case shows no scratches of note at all… not sure how this is achieved although I am always very conscious when I'm wearing any watches. (although I did accidently bang my VSF hulk into a bar stool the other day … which seems to have come off unscathed) . Anyway, Im not sure if these watches are still in production, I think mine was stored for sometime before I got it … but it’s a beautiful watch that has given me a lot of pleasure and I still love the design, quite different to a lot of things, it’s a big watch, but my wrists are less than 7 inches and I don’t find it too large.. although it is heavy, still comfortable though for all day wearing ( much more so than my Hublot Big Bang which I really cant wear all day) .. A great watch and always be special in my heart as my first rep. I’ll keep it forever and if / when the movement gives out I guess it should be (hopefully) transplantable with another 7750.
Bought this from Trusty about 5 years ago as my “traveling” watch.
Was my first rep purchase and I recall endless scrutinising the QC photos and the joyful but painful wait for it to arrive.
Was blown away by the quality and feel of the watch when I first got it, and it compared well to my gens. Tbh I really couldn’t tell the difference to the gens (Omegas, Rolex, Breitlings). Ordered the box and papers with it, which tbh I think may have been in storage in somewhere humid as I was less impressed with those, though they are still with me now and only ever really ornaments anyway as I travel a lot so keep my daily wearers in a watch box for convenience. (despite traveling almost constantly for the last 5 years with just two small bags, I still manage to carry a small 5/6 watch collection with me) somethings in life too important to compromise on ????. The strap also didn’t have the “vanilla” gen smell as indicated on the website… this would indeed have been expecting too much.
For the watch itself, I wasn’t aware in those early days of not using the chrono, and in my excitement I did. Over time I noticed the 6pm dial would “slip”. So Id have to run again in order to reset it to the 12pm position. I believe this is down to “clutch slip” on the chrono movement (this one is a Valjoux 7750 clone I believe). Strangely over time this appears to have cured itself and the dial now sits happily at 12 o clock position and I never run the chrono and never will again… I presume it still works, but tbh have no reason for find out or to care. The watch itself has performed faultlessly otherwise for the last 5 years, its in regular rotation, probably being worn a few days per month, its been in all sorts of conditions, on motorbikes, in endless bars, in humidity of SE Asia and the cold of the UK, been on boats and in salty conditions… never submerged but for sure showered and rained on, and never missed a beat. Most amazing of all is the case shows no scratches of note at all… not sure how this is achieved although I am always very conscious when I'm wearing any watches. (although I did accidently bang my VSF hulk into a bar stool the other day … which seems to have come off unscathed) . Anyway, Im not sure if these watches are still in production, I think mine was stored for sometime before I got it … but it’s a beautiful watch that has given me a lot of pleasure and I still love the design, quite different to a lot of things, it’s a big watch, but my wrists are less than 7 inches and I don’t find it too large.. although it is heavy, still comfortable though for all day wearing ( much more so than my Hublot Big Bang which I really cant wear all day) .. A great watch and always be special in my heart as my first rep. I’ll keep it forever and if / when the movement gives out I guess it should be (hopefully) transplantable with another 7750.
