L.U.C “Extra Plate”
The new profile of elegance
Chopard provides an admirable lesson in elegance through a new ultra-thin watch now enriching its L.U.C Haute Horlogerie collection. This paragon of understated refinement, crafted in yellow or white gold, comes with a choice of two dials featuring contrasting styles.
Accommodating a self-winding movement equipped with two barrels and an almost 70-hour power-reserve within an ultra-thin case is no small achievement. The watchmakers at the Manufacture Chopard in Fleurier have achieved this feat by means of a clever construction featuring an off-centred rotor. The designers also entirely remodelled the round case with its broad diameter (39.55) to give it a sleeker, more streamlined profile with a flat bezel and extremely slender caseband. This creative work has resulted in lighter, dynamic and timeless lines creating a superbly balanced overall effect. To suit the tastes of men with a penchant for elegance, Chopard offers its new L.U.C. Pinstripe with a choice of two highly legible, uncluttered dial versions. Two faces, two styles: classicism revisited on the white dial, with its black minute track and finely traced Roman numerals; and contemporary elegance on the black dial graced with four Arabic numerals and rhodium-plated “baton” hands. The Dauphine style hands in a colour matching the yellow or white gold of the case point with restrained simplicity to the hours and minutes, reflecting the peerless precision of the L.U.C*** Manufacture-made movement. The grand art of simplicity, bearing the unmistakable Chopard signature.
Case:
• White or yellow gold
• Total diameter 39.50 (mm)
• Thickness 6.80 (mm)
• Weight 39 (g)
• Water-resistant to 30 (m)
• White or yellow gold crown 4.00 (mm)
• Glareproofed sapphire crystal
Movement:
• Mechanical self-winding movement L.U.C 96HM
• Diameter 27.40 (mm)
• Thickness 3.30 (mm)
• Number of jewels 29
• Frequency 28,800 vph
• Power-reserve 65-70 hours
• Bridges decorated with “Côtes de Genève”
Dial and hands
• Yellow gold model: white dial with minute track and black Roman numerals
• White gold model: black dial with four Arabic numerals and applied “baton” hands.
• Dauphine style hour and minute hands
Functions and displays
• Central hour and minute hands
Strap and buckle:
• Alligator leather strap, available in brown and black (19.00mm x 16.00mm), Alsavel lining, stitching in matching shades
• Gold buckle (16.00 mm) – “Chopard” engraving
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