Released on the cusp of the Chopard Manufacture's 25th anniversary, the brand is presenting the L.U.C QF Jubilee limited edition. This 25-piece limited edition sums up the three core values of the L.U.C collection, namely technical performance, aesthetic refinement and an enduring attachment to certified watchmaking. This is the first L.U.C stainless steel timepiece with Fleurier Quality Foundation certification. An emblematic creation in the L.U.C collection, the new Qualité Fleurier Jubilee timepiece series features a stainless steel case measuring 39 mm diameter, a silver-toned dial with sectors and chapter ring in blue and is delivered on a brown calfskin strap with blue lining, tone-on-tone stitching and blue bridle stitches.
Inspired by the Art Deco and Bauhaus movements this type of dial is built around several concentric circles enabling easy reading of the hours and minutes and has remained an undeniable success since its invention in the 1930s. Once favored by naval officers who appreciated its clear legibility, the sector-type dial of the L.U.C QF Jubilee watch revives this trend around a silvered sunburst center, followed by a chapter ring in Chopard blue punctuated by chevron hour-markers, and finally, a silver-toned railway-track minutes circle with transferred black markings. The small seconds hand sets a lively place at 6 o’clock. When night falls, the dial comes alive thanks to a superluminova coating on the four main hour-markers, the round base of the chevron-style hour-markers as well as the spear-shaped hours and minutes hands.
The new Chopard L.U.C Qualité Fleurier Jubilee is powered by its L.U.C 96.09-L movement that is equipped with Chopard Twin technology featuring two superposed barrels wound by a 22K gold micro-rotor, endowing the watch with a comfortable 65-hour power reserve. The precision of this movement with automatic winding, finely crafted and adorned with a Côtes de Genève motif by the artisans of the Maison, is examined by the Official Swiss Chronometer Testing Institute —COSC—, as evidenced by the Chronometer inscription appearing on the dial under the Chopard logo.
In response to another criterion required by the Fleurier Quality Foundation, the reliability of the watch is also verified by the Chronofiable protocol: three weeks of ageing tests involving heat, cold and humidity, traction and pressure on the winding stem, magnetic fields, as well as recurrent impacts. Once the watch has been completed in the workshops, it is tested one last time on the Fleuritest simulator. Specially developed with a view to obtaining the “FQF Haute Horlogerie quality certification” label, this machine faithfully reproduces the conditions under which the watch is worn on the wrist for 24 hours. The L.U.C. QF Jubilee is available in a highly-exclusive limited edition of 25 pieces.
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