Basel 2008 Report: Chopard L.U.C
By: Marcus Hanke (registered) Friday, April 18th, 2008 - Photo Nav: View All 14 photo(s)Basel 2008 Report: Chopard L.U.C
Text and pictures: Marcus Hanke
The photography conditions in the Chopard booth were a bit adverse, since I could not use my normal camera and flash setup. I therefore apologize for the poor picture quality, but I nonetheless hope that the stunning beauty of the new Chopard L.U.C watches can still be appreciated. Unfortunately, I did not have the time to see the new non-L.U.C watches, like this year's Mille Miglia edition. However, I think that for us, the Geneva seal-standard L.U.C watches are the more interesting anyway.
The first one is not a novelty, but has been shown last year already. Since it is my absolute favourite piece, and I had the chance to handle it personally for the first time, I hope you do not mind me showing two pictures of the stunning Lunar One, here the platinum version with Arabian numerals. What a pity that it is limited to 250 pieces only!
The first one is not a novelty, but has been shown last year already. Since it is my absolute favourite piece, and I had the chance to handle it personally for the first time, I hope you do not mind me showing two pictures of the stunning Lunar One, here the platinum version with Arabian numerals. What a pity that it is limited to 250 pieces only!
An absolute beauty is the Chrono One with Chopard's own flyback chronograph movement, cal. 11 CF. By the way, it should also be noted that Chopard makes its own cases for the L.U.C series, using its own alloy of precious metals, but also platinum and even polished titanium!
The Tech Steel Wings tourbillon. Chopard is one of the very few manufacturers submitting its tourbillon movements to the COSC chronometer tests.
Another highlight from the Tech series, the Tech Strike One is a Sonnerie, that strikes once every full hour. A new case, made in-house from polished titanium proved to offer the best resonance, better than the gold cases.
The Regulator in steel:
Now also the Twist models adopted the "Tech" outfit:
Especially unique is the Tech 8 Jours, a handwinding watch with four mainspring barrels, offering a power reserve of eight days. IN order to prevent blisters on the fingers, when winding all the four mainsprings, Chopard adds a unique, but most practical winding crank, permitting to execute this procedure in a glance.
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