With Halloween simply across the nook, Chopard has unveiled three particular version watches throughout the Salón Internacional Alta Relojería (SIAR), Latin America’s most vital annual watch truthful held in Mexico Metropolis. The well-known Día de los Muertos (Day of the Useless) celebrations in Mexico are famend for memento mori artwork, together with the well-known Calaveras (illustration of human skulls) that animate the festivities, now a recurring theme at Chopard.
L.U.C Full Strike Día de los Muertos
This one-off model of Chopard’s award-winning L.U.C Full Strike is offered in a white gold case solely hand-engraved with blackened particulars and a white gold dial depicting a Calavera. A compendium of progressive horological options, the L.U.C Full Strike is endowed with progressive sapphire crystal gongs that give this minute repeater its distinctive crystalline sound.
Fast info – engraved white gold case – 42.50 mm x 11.55mm – 18k engraved white gold dial – hand-wound mechanical motion L.U.C 08.01-L – hours, minutes, minute repeater on sapphire gongs, motion and strikework energy reserve indications – calfskin strap and folding clasp – distinctive piece
L.U.C Cranium One Calavera Pop Artwork
The L.U.C Cranium One Calavera Pop Artwork is the third piece within the model’s L.U.C Cranium One collection, a set impressed by the Day of the Useless. Launched in a 25-piece, 40mm DLC-steel restricted version, the mannequin stands out with its vivid pop-art-inspired Calavera. The watch is powered by the automated L.U.C 96.53-L with a micro-rotor.
Fast info – black DLC-steel – 40.00 mm x 7.20mm – multicoloured dial with a cranium transferred motif in pop artwork type – computerized mechanical motion L.U.C 96.53-L – hours and minutes – calfskin strap and pin buckle – 25-piece restricted version
L.U.C Quattro Spirit 25 TimeForArt Version
The third timepiece celebrating Calaveras on the event of the SIAR is a novel piece, the L.U.C Quattro Spirit 25 leaping hour made for the TimeForArt public sale. For the event, the 40mm pink gold watch shows a hand-engraved Calavera on its dial with an eye fixed patch and leaping hours displayed within the cranium’s mouth. The hand-wound motion is pushed by 4 barrels guaranteeing 8-days of energy reserve when absolutely wound.
Fast info – pink gold case – 40mm x 10.3mm – engraved dial – hand-wound mechanical motion L.U.C 98.06-L – leaping hours and minutes – calfskin strap and pin buckle – distinctive piece
For extra data, please go to www.chopard.com and www.timeforart.ch.
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