Friday, April 6, 2018

CHOPARD – L.U.C Quattro Rose Gold Edition


CHOPARDL.U.C QUATTRO Chronometer Rose Gold 43mm Limited Edition

The contemporary gentleman's icon

Chopard introduces a new interpretation of the emblematic L.U.C Quattro watch, a stellar member of the L.U.C collection family. Driven by a L.U.C movement with a nine-day power reserve, COSC-certified L.U.C Calibre 98.01-L, it is synonymous with contemporary elegance.

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The new vertical silver-toned dial makes a chic match with the 18-carat rose gold case. Complete with new calfskin leather straps, its distinguished style disrupts conventions and offers a modern take on aesthetic purity through subtle details creating an edgy, sophisticated and distinctive appeal.

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The L.U.C Quattro is one of the major watches in the L.U.C collection. This pillar of the Chopard Manufacture production uses a uniquely slim high-end calibre offering a nine-day power reserve.

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Even aside from its horological accomplishments, the new L.U.C Quattro is an aesthete’s dream, clearly designed for the contemporary gentleman.

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The modern spirit of its redesigned dials and new straps, together with its “Poinçon de Genève” certification, make this a chronometer to be worn proudly, and admired.

Purity meets elegance

Spurred by the success encountered by the new design of its L.U.C XP and XPS collections in 2017, Chopard is extending their aesthetic principle to one of its stellar models. The L.U.C Quattro thus now welcomes two pared-down dials entirely in tune with the times. The first is silver-toned and vertical satin-brushed across its entire surface, swept over by a set of blued hands.

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This timepiece features the signature L.U.C Quattro 6 o’clock subdial, containing both small seconds and a pointer-type date indication.

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Its graduations have been refined and simplified. Exactly opposite, at 12 o’clock, sits the nine-day power-reserve display also emblematic of the L.U.C Quattro, shaped like a fan unfurled over a 180° angle.

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The minute circle is punctuated by two large 3 and 9 o’clock Arabic numerals, and by blued applied hour-markers. Their shape is an extrapolation of the Dauphine-fusée type hands typical of the L.U.C collections, enhanced in this instance with Super-LumiNova.

Sophisticated materials

The case of the L.U.C Quattro measures 43 mm in diameter and is crafted from 18-carat rose gold. Its caseband is satin-brushed, its bezel polished and its back hand-engraved.

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The scrupulous attention required by the “Poinçon de Genève” quality hallmark has been lavished on this model that comes fitted with a strap featuring styling and material making their first appearance in the L.U.C collection. The bracelet is made of woven-effect blue calfskin leather with an alligator leather lining.

Exceptional mechanism

At the heart of the L.U.C Quattro beats one of the original movements developed and produced by Chopard Manufacture, the Calibre 98.01-L. It is distinguished by the patented Quattro technology.

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Its two pairs of stacked barrels endow this certified chronometer with a maximum 216 hours of autonomy, while keeping it surprisingly slim at just 3.7 mm thick.

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This in turn gives the L.U.C Quattro a peerlessly slender and elegant profile.

Chopard’s in-house approach to watch manufacturing

Chopard is a family-owned Maison imbued with a strong sense of independence. The various stages involved in making L.U.C watches are conducted within the group’s own production sites in Meyrin and Fleurier.

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Movement development, design of the finished product, gold casting, stamping and machining of cases, movement parts and bracelets, traditional hand-crafted decorations,

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surface treatments, polishing, assembly, adjustment and quality control: this entire range of watch production operations is fully mastered in-house by Chopard and applied to the creation of each L.U.C watch.

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Technical Specifications

L.U.C collection

Model: L.U.C Quattro 

Ref. 161926-5004 – in 18-carat rose gold with silver-toned dial

Case:
18-carat rose gold
Total diameter   43 mm
Thickness   8.84 mm
Water resistance   50 metres
18-carat rose gold crown with L.U.C logo 6.50 mm
Vertical satin-brushed caseband
Glareproofed sapphire crystal
Polished bezel and case-back, hand-engraved case-back
Exhibition caseback fitted with glarerproofed sapphire crystal
Movement:
Mechanical hand-wound movement
Calibre L.U.C 98.01-L

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Number of components 223
Diameter 28.60 mm
Thickness   3.70 mm
Number of jewels  39
Frequency  28,800 vph (4 Hz)
Power reserve   approx. 216 hours (9 days)
Four barrels – Quattro technology
Bridge adorned with Côtes de Genève motif
Swan’s neck adjustment
Balance-spring with Phillips terminal curve
Chronometer-certified by the COSC
“Poincon de Genève” quality hallmark
Dial and hands:
Vertical satin-brushed silver-toned dial
Blued hour-markers
Blued hours and minutes hands painted with Super-LumiNova
Blued baton-type hands for the small seconds, date and power reserve
Functions:
Hours, minutes
  • Small seconds and date at 6 o’clock
  • Power-reserve indicator at 12 o’clock
Strap and buckle:
Blue calfskin leather with brown alligator leather lining
Polished 18-carat rose gold pin buckle

Limited Edition of 50 pieces


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Thursday, April 5, 2018

EBERHARD & CO. – Tazio Nuvolari LEGEND Chronograph


EBERHARD & CO.Tazio Nuvolari LEGEND Chronograph

EBERHARD & CO. CELEBRATES TAZIO NUVOLARI
The transition from champion to legend

There are some people in the history of sport that cannot be defined merely as ‘champions’. When they exceed the limits set by their time and enter the superhuman ‘Hall of Fame’ of those who have broken all barriers by crossing the line of the inconceivable, it is then that they undergo the natural progression that turns them into legends.


Tazio Nuvolari, the champion driver who dominated the decades between 1920 and the late forties, is quite obviously such a sportsman.

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When, almost 30 years ago, Eberhard & Co. decided to celebrate his enterprises by creating a collection that bears his name, the figure of Tazio had become shrouded by the mists of time and all that had happened in the world of motoring since his era. It is also because of the efforts of the famous Swiss Maison and the success of the ‘Tazio Nuvolari’ collection that this mist has lifted. In the past few decades, the impetuous, at times overbearing personality of a man who made his passion for sport a reason for living, placing it above all else, even above himself and those closest to him, has been brought to light. His story has inspired a great number of initiatives; books have been written, songs have been dedicated to him, and the great old-timers event that bears his name brings hundreds of fans from all over the world to his homeland every year. All this has ensured that the fame he deserves, that of being the greatest racing driver ever, lives on today.

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Eberhard & Co. has been the main sponsor of the Nuvolari Grand Prix for over twenty years. In this role and through the many models of watches he has inspired, the Maison has helped enormously in paying tribute to the ‘Mantovano Volante’, proudly aware of the fact that the champion of technical perfectionism chose an Eberhard to accompany him in everyday life.

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The Tazio Nuvolari collection mainly consists of sports watches, and many versions have been added to it over the years. Some of these have been inspired by great victories or enterprises realized by the champion. The latest, Nuvolari Legend, seeks to celebrate the essence of the man and of the sportsman, consecrating him among those who will never be forgotten.

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Nuvolari Legend is an automatic timepiece with a steel case, available in two sizes: 39.5 mm and 43 mm in the Grande Taille version. The model is water resistant down to a depth of 30m. and features a black dial with luminescent Arabic numerals, a minutes counter at 12 o’clock, a hours counter at 6 o’clock and a spiral tachometer scale in km/hr in the centre.

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The movement can be admired through the transparent sapphire crystal base, which is secured by eight screws, decorated with a ‘chessboard’ image designed to look like the race-start flag, and customised with the historic stylised Alfa Romeo Type 12C in which the great driver obtained many victories.

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The ‘vintage’ look of the new timepiece is enhanced by the matching antiqued leather strap. This model is also available with a steel Charme bracelet.
 
Nuvolari Legend: the legend continues with a retro-flavoured model.

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TECHNICAL FEATURES

Collection:  Tazio Nuvolari 

Model: LEGEND Chronograph

Reference:  31137 - 39,5 mm
Reference: 31138 - 43,00 mm“Grande Taille

Movement
Eberhard & Co. base Valjoux 7750
Mechanical chronograph with automatic winding,
2 counters : 30 minutes and 12 hours
Côtes de Genève finish
25 rubies - 16 blue screws
Oscillating wight decorated with the historical stylized
Alfa Romeo Type C, in 18 ct. gold, côtes de Genève finish and golden engravings
Case
Steel, with satin finish and polished details.
Diameter of the case:
  • 39,5 mm REF 31137
  • 43,00 mm version “Grande Taille” REF 31138
Thickness of the case  13,5 mm
Caseback:  transparent in sapphire glass, fixed by 8 screws,
decorated with a ‘chessboard’ finish, designed to look like the race-start flag
Bezel:  in steel with a circular satin finish
Pushbuttons:  in steel, rectangular, water-resistant
Crown:  in steel, screw-in, water-resistant, personalised with the “E”
Glass:  sapphire, with an anti-reflective treatment on the inner surface
Water-resistance:  30 m.
Dial
Black dial with luminescent Arabic numerals a minutes counter at 12 o’clock,
 a hours counter at 6 o’clock and a spiral tachometer scale in km/hr in the centre
Hands: “ bâton-type”, black, with luminescence
Bracelet & Bracelet
Strap: Antiqued leather strap
Bracelet "Charme" in steel, buckle personalised with the stylised
mascot tortoise in steel for the grande taille version and in 18 ct. Gold in the 39.5 mm version.


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