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Chopard
L.U.C
Compare this collectionL.U.C
1996
Chopard's high-end in-house manufacture line, named for founder Louis-Ulysse Chopard, showcasing chronometer-grade finishing and complications.
- Category
- Haute horlogerie
- Designers
- In-house design studio
- Case materials
- 18k ethical gold, platinum
- Sizes
- 40mm, 42mm
- Dial
- Grand feu enamel or guilloché dial
- Crystal
- Domed sapphire crystal
- Strap / bracelet
- Alligator leather strap
- Movements
- Calibre L.U.C 96.01-L, Calibre L.U.C 01.06-L
- Movement type
- Automatic and manual-wind mechanical
- Power reserve
- 60–65 hours
- Water resistance
- 30m (3 ATM)
- Complications
- Perpetual calendar · Chronograph · Small seconds
- Key references
- 161927-5001
- Price band
- $18,000–$70,000+
The house
Chopard
A family-owned Genevan maison balancing high jewelry heritage with a serious in-house L.U.C haute horlogerie manufacture and pioneering ethical gold sourcing.
- Founded
- 1860
- Founder
- Louis-Ulysse Chopard
- Headquarters
- Geneva/Meyrin, Switzerland
- Signature materials
- Ethical 18k Fairmined gold, Lucent Steel A223, titanium
- Signature movements
- In-house L.U.C calibres including the L.U.C 96.01-L and L.U.C 01.06-L chronometer movements
- Notable designers
- Karl-Friedrich Scheufele
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