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The Chopard L.U.C 1963 Heritage Chronograph is inspired by racing timekeepers of old

The Chopard L.U.C 1963 Heritage Chronograph blends their heritage design with vintage stopwatches The case is made from their Lucent steel, which is 80% recycled, 50% harder, and brighter than regular stainless steel The L.U.C 03.07-L is a hand-winding flyback chronograph calibre with COSC certification and a Poinçon de Genève Chopard and 1960s racetracks aren’t … Continued

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The Chopard L.U.C 1860 is a reissue of the very first L.U.C

The Chopard L.U.C 1860 is a reissue of their first L.U.C watch, with many modern improvements The salmon dial is crafted from a gold plate, and does away with the unnecessary date display Chopard’s Lucent steel is made from 80% recycled material, and is also harder and brighter than regular stainless steel Chopard’s first wristwatch … Continued

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The Chopard Alpine Eagle 41 XPS is an ultra-thin, luxe take on a sporty proposition

The Chopard Alpine Eagle 41 XPS honours the Alps further with a Monte Rosa inspired dial. The calibre L.U.C 96.40-L is only 3.3mm thick, with the watch totalling 8mm. It’s also the second of Chopard’s movements to be granted a Geneva Seal, the first being the Alpine Eagle Flying Tourbillon. If you want to see … Continued

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Haute Time’s Four Favorite Big Date Watches

Watches that feature a larger and more prominent date than usual have been increasingly popular. Not only do they have the added benefit that it is easier to read the date, but they are also technically more advanced. A larger date window

In Conversation: Karl-Friedrich Scheufele Part 3 of 3: The Passion of the man

The concluding episode in our three part series with Karl-Friedrich Scheufele, co-President of Chopard and President of Chronométrie Ferdinand Berthoud. In part 1, we discussed the founding of the L.U.C Manufacture and celebrated 20 years of excellence. Part 2 was devoted to the Qualitie Fleurier Foundation, the Fairmined project and the…

In Conversation: Karl-Friedrich Scheufele Part 1 of 3: The beginnings of the L.U.C Manufacture

We caught up for tea with the extraordinary Karl-Friedrich Scheufele when he was in town for the official launch of the Chopard L.U.C Full Strike Minute Repeater and the F. Berthoud FB-1 watches recently. We chatted about divers issues and interesting things, and bring you this In-conversation series. Eavesdrop on our conversation. This is a 3…

Review: Chopard LUC Full Strike Minute Repeater

The Chopard LUC manufacture has come a long way. Two decades, in fact. 2016 celebrates the 20th year that Karl-Frederich Scheufele realised his vision of a manufacture movement. Beginning rather tentatively with the LUC 1.96, then progressing to the in-house chronograph. Steadily, the manufacture honed her skills, and with the Strike One,…

Review: Chopard L.U.C. GMT One in SS and rose gold

Chopard releases the new L.U.C. GMT One, an ideal traveler’s timepiece with a dual-time function. The watch takes on a classic design with modern proportions, in size and case dimensions. It is both a useful work watch and a handsome timepiece with a well-crafted movement.…

Chopard L.U.C GMT One Rose Gold Released During SalonQP

Chopard L.U.C GMT One Rose Gold A few weeks ago we visited London for a special presentation by Chopard. Their manufacture line, L.U.C, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. For this special occasion the company released two new models; the Chopard L.U.C GMT One and the Chopard L.U.C Time Traveler One. In our previous […]

Review: Chopard L.U.C. Time Traveler One Worldtime hands-on

Chopard is one of the under-rated manufactures in the world of haute horlogerie. Nestled in the Fleurier, they began in earnest with in-house manufactured movements some 20 years ago through the diligent efforts of their c0-President Karl-Frederich Scheufele. The house was already immensely successful before the L.U.C. manufacture, making high…