Chopard

Whats behind the Blue Door? A visit to the Chopard Manufacture at Fleurier is not complete without passing through these doors. Behind them lies the history of horology, particularly of the local Neuchatel area and of course of Chopard. The L.U.CEUM is K...  

Love looking at the old history of timepieces. Those pocket watches are cool!

The Square Table Clock is superb. Good to see some DNA from Chopard! Best, Nicolas

... - both LUC and the new Ebauches Manufacture - are very aware of the horological history of the region and really embrace it. The L.U.CEUM collection reflects this as well. I felt a sense of reverence to the past in there and could have spent hours soa... 

Thanks so much for the post and the photographs. The Luis Ulysse Chopard pocket watch from 1860 is fascinating, and quite beautiful. Best, CJ

Hi Jed, Thanks for the nice words. I know you have a soft spot for Chopard. Here are some more pictures from "Traces of Time" of the LUC pocket watch: ...  

Nice pictures and a great reminder of our previous visit there. Hope you have quite a bit of time there :-) Kong

... that I have got to get me one.... LUC is super.... Thanks for the report, Andrew! Ken