8046Σ︎
Chopard
Ref. 16/91894
L.U.C Lunar One Chronometer
A rare and attractive limited addition platinum perpetual calendar wristwatch with moon phases, 24-hour, leap year indication, small seconds, certificate and presentation box, numbered 88 of a limited edition of 250 pieces
Full-Cataloguing
- Limited edition of 250 pieces, numbered 88
- In-house cal. 1.96 QP with micro rotor
- Accurate moon phases indication that deviates by a day in 122 years
- Features instantaneous date jump
- Initiated by Chopard Co-President Karl-Friedrich Scheufele, the L.U.C series is a tribute to the legacy of the brand’s founder, Louis-Ulysse Chopard, and as a response to the Quartz Crisis, releasing luxury watches fitted with in-house movements.
- Since its release in 2005, the L.U.C Lunar One is one of Chopard’s most complicated watch pieces. The present watch is a limited edition of 250 pieces, and numbered 88. To maximize the visualizing of the dial, the date display is in an outsized frame with instantaneous jumping date mechanism. The silverish white dial matching with the black outer dial gives a contrasty look to the watch, which makes the indexes pop out. Unlike many moon phases, the Lunar One shows the stars of the Northern Hemisphere, a nice touch to the mesmerizing complication.
- L.U.C watches have been using in-house movements since the debut of the series. The present example makes no difference, housing the cal. 1.96 QP movement attached with a 22k gold micro rotor. It is a marvelous calibre as the moon phase indicator is very accurate, which only deviates by a day in 122 years.
- This elegant and emblematic perpetual calendar wristwatch is a time piece that watch collectors should not miss out.
Chopard
Swiss | 1860At the age of 24, Louis-Ulysse Chopard started his company L.U.C. Chopard in Sonviller, Switzerland. Since the brand's inception in 1860, Chopard understood the need for thin and accurate pocket watches to be functional for daily wear. The brand gained world recognition in 1912 after Tsar Nicolas II became a client.
Following Louis-Ulysse's death in 1915, his sons Paul-Louis and Paul André took over the business and moved their headquarters to La Chaux-de-Fonds. In 1963, the company was taken over by Karl Scheufele, who remains the brand's owner. Arguably Chopard's most recognizable design, the "Happy" line, was inspired by Scheufele's daughter Caroline. In 1996, his son Karl-Friedrich established Chopard as a manufacturer of its own range of in-house movements under the name L.U.C., creating groundbreaking, exquisitely finished watches that have earned the brand worldwide acclaim.