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L.U.C Calibre
1TRM L.U.C
Engine One
Tourbillon
foUR NEW caLIbRES
To coMMEMoRaTE
THE 150TH YEaR
Over time, Chopard has become known for
two dueling strengths, its reputation as a master
jeweler and a more recent recognition as a
fine watch manufacturer and movement developer
that has been fostered primarily over
the last two decades. To celebrate its 150th
anniversary, Chopard marks its milestone
by unveiling four new proprietary mechanical
movements and timepieces designed,
developed, fine-tuned and produced by the
Chopar d Manufacture in Fleurier.
The L.U.C Calibre EHG – L.U.C Louis-Ulysse –
The Tribute is a tribute to the company’s dedication
to fine watchmaking. Developed as
collaboration with the Geneva Watchmaking
School, this mechanical hand-wound movement
fascinates at a cadence of 21,600 vibrations
per hour and is endowed with an 80hour
power reserve. The L.U.C Calibre EHG is
chronometer-certified by the COSC and also
bears the prestigious Poinçon-de-Genève
quality hallmark. Inspired by a pocket-watch,
but reinterpreted as a contemporary object,
the L.U.C Louis-Ulysse – The Tribute preserves
a century and a half of Chopard’s horological
heritage.
Expanding on the theme, the L.U.C Calibre
4TQE is composed of 516 parts and its
multi-complication mechanical handwound
movement houses four barrels
ensuring a seven-day power reserve.
This movement is also COSC-certified and is
equipped to Poinçon-de-Genève standards
the L.U.C Calibre 4TQE shows the hours,
minutes, small seconds on a tourbillon and
also amazes with a perpetual calendar with
24-hour indication, day of the week, date
aperture, month, leap year, power reserve,
24-hour indication, equation of time, sunrise
and sunset times and moon phases. This
achievement of fitting so many complications
in one watch shows how far the manufacture
has come.
CELEbRATING
ITS 150TH
ANNIVERSARy IN 2010,
THE CHOPARd bRANd
IS STILL PERVAdEd by
THE SPIRIT INSTILLEd
by ITS FOuNdER ANd
NuRTuREd by A
bLENd OF FINE HANd
CRAFTSmANSHIP ANd
dARING TECHNICAL
dEVELOPmENTS.
The L.U.C Calibre 1TRM – L.U.C Engine One
Tourbillon is distinguished by an innovative
design inspired by the automotive industry. In
reference to the world of fine cars, the “engine
block”, featuring a reamed and sloping plate,
is engraved with the name “Chopard”. The
COSC certified L.U.C Calibre 1TRM movement
is mounted on shock-absorbing “silent
blocks” and held in place by three lever-arms
carved out of the case middle. Designed, developed
and produced by Chopard, the timepiece
beats at a cadence of 28,800 vibrations
per hour and boasts a 60-hour power reserve.
The L.U.C
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