CHOPARD – ALPINE EAGLE 41 SL Cadence 8HF Ceramised Titanium Black Dial Automatic Edition - 2025
The Alpine Eagle collection has been continually enriched with new technical feats since its inception in 2019. With its third edition of high-frequency timepieces, it marks yet another achievement by introducing the lightest watch ever presented in the collection. The 41-millimetre case, crown and bezel of this Alpine Eagle 41 SL Cadence 8HF model – issued in a 250-piece limited edition – are crafted in ceramicised titanium, teamed with a special-shaped rubber strap. Even its high-frequency, chronometer-certified Chopard 01.14-C movement, is lighter than its predecessor, thanks to a mainplate and bridges also made of ceramicised titanium.
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The challenge of lightness
The weight of an eagle feather? No, rather that of the latest Alpine Eagle 41 SL Cadence 8HF model, in which ‘SL’ stands for Super Light. This is undeniably the lightest watch ever to grace Chopard’s Alpine Eagle collection: an innovation which has been skilfully combined with a quest for cutting-edge materials to shape not only the watch’s exterior elements, but also certain movement components.
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The rare performance of a high-frequency movement
High frequency improves chronometry, a theme particularly dear to Chopard’s Co-President, Karl-Friedrich Scheufele. While shocks are part of the life of a watch, they nonetheless disturb the oscillations of the balance. Due to a statistical effect, however, the faster the balance beats, the less effect each impact has on the average rate. This high frequency is also high speed, thus implying rapid recovery of the isochronous rate.
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The feat and the material
Chopard also uses the properties of monocrystalline silicon to make the most of this 8 Hertz frequency. This light and self-lubricating material is used for the pallet-lever, the escape-wheel and the impulse-pin: in other words, all the components that are subject to high friction, which is thus reduced to a minimum.
The lightness of silicon, its tribological properties and the freedom offered by its manufacturing technology have enabled Chopard to develop an escapement dedicated to high frequencies without resulting in increased energy consumption.
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Pure design
This model retains the Alpine Eagle signature codes, while taking its aesthetic slightly further thanks to a subtle anthracite monochrome and special finishes. The case band and bezel are bead-blasted, as are the case chamfers and the eight screws. This sandblasted appearance extends into the texture of the rubber strap adding suppleness and comfort, available in a black version as well as two other options: one in orange rubber and the other in black calfskin with orange stitching.
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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
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Reference: 298600-3028 – in Ceramised grade 5 titanium with Black dial.
Case
Material: Bead-blasted ceramicised grade 5 titanium
Diameter: 41.00 mm
Thickness: 9.75 mm
Steel screw-down crown in bead-blasted ceramicised grade 5 titanium with compass rose: 7 mm
Case band in bead-blasted ceramicised grade 5 titanium
Bezel with eight indexed screws, in bead-blasted ceramicised grade 5 titanium
Glare-proofed sapphire crystal
Glare-proofed sapphire crystal exhibition case-back with the words “Cadence 8HF”
Water-resistant to 100 metres
Dial
Titanium dial stamped with a Pitch Black sunburst pattern achieved by PVD treatment and inspired by the eagle’s iris
Applied black nickel-plated brass hour-markers and numerals, painted with Cool Gray Super-LumiNova®
Black baton-type hours and minutes hands painted with Cool Gray Super-LumiNova®
Orange arrow-type seconds hand with eagle’s feather counterweight Orange “high-frequency” arrow and matching railway-track minutes circle
Movement
High-frequency mechanical movement Chopard 01.14-C
Automatic winding via a tungsten rotor
Diameter: 28.80 mm
Thickness: 4.95 mm
Number of jewels: 28
Number of parts: 210
Frequency: 57,600 vph (8 Hz)
Power reserve of 60 hours
Annual balance-spring with flat terminal curve
Patented high-frequency regulating organ
Silicon impulse-pin, pallet-lever and escape-wheel
Mainplate and bridges in ceramicised titanium
Chronometer-certified (COSC)
Functions/Indications
Central display of the hours, minutes, centre seconds
Semi-instantaneous date display between 4 and 5 o’clock
Stop-seconds function
Strap and buckle
Strap in black or orange rubber with titanium insert; or in black calfskin leather with orange stitching
Pin buckle in ceramicised titanium
🔰Limited Edition: of ✅only 250 pieces
🔴 Price: EUR 26,800 / 26 900 $ 💰
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