Chopard

Does anyone know how much hand finishing is done on a basic chronometer micro rotor L.U.C movement, i.e without a Geneva Seal or a Qualite Fleurier Seal (Eg. Calibre 96.12)?...  

nilfire77, Chopard Manufacture, Fleurier All L.U.C micro rotor automatic movements of the premier grade from the Chopard Manufacture in Fleurier are hand-finished to the same degree. There may be lower grade movements e.g. cal 4.96 vs cal 1.96 with fewer ...  

Hi MTF, just to make sure that I didn't misunderstand the above - so the LUC XPS 125th anniversary edition with Geneva seal has the same level of finishing on the movement as the regular production LUC XPS collection?

J.Sim1984, As a point of principle, all L.U.C micro rotor movements are hand finished as a technical requirement. Every movement comes out of the super duper CNC milling machines with microscopic rough edges and tool marks despite the fine tolerances toda... 

Thanks for your comprehensive reply! I guess what I'm curious about is whether Chopard sells different watches but with the same movement, where one has the Geneva seal, while the other doesn't. It only just occurred to me that the movement in the anniver... 

Polished convex bevel on the 1.96 vs flat machine(?) finished bevel on the 3.96. -- ...  

Geneva Seal L.U.C 96.01-L L.U.C 96.12-L L.U.C 96.17-L ...  

These micro rotor movements are simply jaw-droppingly amazing!