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LUC Chopard XP Skeletec has no wobble?

Dear Mike,

Thank you for the recent report of the LUC Chopard XP Skeletec, whose skeletonised movement is based on the cal 9.96.

I note with interest your observation that the micro-rotor 'wobble' is diminished in the sample you examined.

I must admit that I was not as displeased by the same tiny "chirp" from my original LUC 16/18860/1 watch with cal 1.96.

I used it as a reassuring cue that the rotor was actually moving. It was so small and silent that the occasional 'chirp' did not bother me at all.

I agree that the new XP Skeletec is a clever solution for the dilemma of seeing the skeletonised movement and the poor legibility of time reading with no dial.

The half-dial is brilliant and there is precedence in the Chopard past portfolio, that had a thin rim of "dial" for the time indicators, albeit with a hand wound movement..

Regards,

MTF