Contemporary, Limited Edition and Col...

New York, Grand Havana Room, May 13, 1999

LOT 103

Chopard, L.U.C., No. 0029/1860, made in 1997. Fine and elegant, self-winding, 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with date, an additional white gold back, leather strap and 18K white gold Chopard buckle, with certificate.

USD 6,000 - 7,000

C. two body, massive, polished, transparent back, additional engraved case back with screws, concave lugs. D. "guilloche" pink with applied white gold indexes on a plain reserve, auxiliary seconds dial, aperture for the date. "Dauphine" white gold hands. M. Cal. 1.96 Geneva Quality Hall Mark, rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, 32 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted for heat, cold isochronism and 5 positions, shock-absorber, selfcompensating flat balance-spring, 22K engraved white gold micro-rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: *2

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

In 1860, Louis-Ulysse Chopard founded a high-precision watchmaking manufacture in Sonvilier in the Swiss Jura. Among others, it supplied watches to the Swiss Railways. In 1920 Chopard moved to Geneva launching the production of luxury watches. In 1963 Chopard was bought by Karl Scheufele, third of the line and owner of the German firm "Eszeha", founded in 1904, specializing in jewelry watches and jewelry. Production in both sites continued under the name of Chopard. In 1975, the company moved from the center of Geneva to its current Meyrin-Geneva location. That same year, the Chopard France distribution subsidiary was created, and, in 1976, the Chopard Watch Corporation was set up in New York. In 1996 Chopard returned to its roots by creating a fully-fledged "manufacture" in Fleurier, in the Swiss Jura, where a new automatic movement was crafted. It became the L.U.C. watch which was voted "Watch of the Year" in 1997 and which was p r oduced in a limited edition of 1860 examples.