Chopard

It doesn't get any better than this if you ask me. Not even when you change a date window for a tourbillon one. ...  

...I would have owned it years ago. But I do keep my eye out for interesting Chopard references...they seem very under-rated to me.

The dial is symmetrical, the font is pleasant and the function comes in very handy...

...and to me, that will always mean no date...

...I really love this one: Escapement ...  

Calibre developed by mr Dufour ..... Ultimate PP-killer. Congrats. Grtz Dom

but if you mean the 1.96 calibre in the watch I posted, the movement was developed my Michel Parmigiani and not Dufour.

Mr Scheufele commissioned both to team up to shape the mouvement, hence the resemblence to the "simplicity". No costs were spared to develope these LUC. Grtz,Dom

This is the first time I hear about Dufour being involved in this piece. Great info! But may I ask you about the source of this info? So strange that I have missed this. Also, there is no resemblance to any of the Dufour movements or am I missing a micro ... 

I red it in a german magazine, from '96 or 97: "Chronos", i have it somerwhere around the house. Grtz,Dom

I will ask Juan García, the curator of Chopard Museum! LUC was released before the Simplicity so the dial design is actually original to Chopard. But this may be the “missing link” explaining the obvious similarity of the two watches.

A little bonus in case you didn't know; the dial is made by famed dial maker Metalem, the same used by Phillipe Dufour and early Roger Dubuis pieces. It's rose engine guilloche, on a dial blank of 18k gold. Now that's attention to detail!

Dials in 18k solid gold serve a practical purpose as well. They gold doesn't oxidise as does silver (the cheaper alternative usually used for guilooche dials). I own a few pieces with solid silver dials and there should the coating be damaged even a littl... 

I love this watch, oh so much. It's an unsung masterpiece.

You wear a watch that is so perfect, that many of us shall think, why i do not know it Chopard have such a marvel? This one comes up in my brains, very under the radar. Chopard needs more recognition by us all. I seen such a great models what they made, a... 

I just love it! And yes fully agreed a very underrated brand

An AD with a good name and be a family business for decades, is not far away. So, how easy to see some Chopards? Not difficult.

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I agree. This piece is truly a wonderful piece to own!

Not in the brand's current offer apparently!

Seriously, I don't understand how Copard doesn't get more kudos and exposure when they produce watches like this. I'd very happily wear this. It's an outstanding dress watch. And the date doesn't bother me one bit on this model.

that I by no means claim to correct or even supported by facts. Just some ramblings of a collector who has been watching the watch word for a decade or so. Mr Scheufele is extremely keen on haute horlogerie. So he has this idea of making Chopard one for t... 

But I prefer the lighter dial in rose :/