Chopard - Now I understand your question

Now I understand your question

Jul 02, 2011,11:17 AM

tom_hanx,

The LUC 1.010 movement is designed to be more robust and with stronger torque than other LUC self-winding (automatic) movements.

I can only speculate at the moment why Chopard chose to make another automatic movement in the LUC range......

The other automatic movements are with small (micro) off-centre rotor, which is sufficient for simple and elegant watches. The more complicated LUC watches use the manual wind 4 barrel (Quattro) base movements. The Chrono One has an automatic central rotor chronograph movement but is rather specialised.....chronograph functions...and very hand-finished.

The Mille Miglia range of Chopard watches are more sporty and if they need to use in-house movement for that range of watches, they need a tough movement that can be modified to give GMT, power reserve, chronograph etc variants..

Being Chopard, they also need a well finished movement that can be industrialised.

Hence the LUC 1.010... the best of both worlds.

Need I say more?

MTF

This message has been edited by MTF on 2011-07-03 09:39:15

L.U.C Calibre 1.010 - is it a "tractor" movement

By: tom_hanx : June 30th, 2011-03:57

Hello, fellow Purists, For a while now, the 1937 has arrested my attention and lust for a proper high-end piece. With the price tag and possible decision to spend that on a single watch, come a lot of thoughts and also need to dig deep and justify it (in ...

Maybe mixing up the 2 movements

By: MTF : July 1st, 2011-07:40

tom_hanx, The movement for the Geneva watchmaking school (Ecole Horologie Geneve) is the calibre L.U.C. EHG. it is used also in the tribute pocketwatch issued in 2010. The L.U.C. 1.010 is a central rotor automatic movement made by the Fleurier manufacture...

I obviously am, mixing it up... Hard task at hand is to compare it to a VC 1226

By: tom_hanx : July 2nd, 2011-09:17

I am facing a task too big for my current level of movement understanding - trying to figure out which of the two: - Chopard 1.010 or - VC 1226 is the more robust and reliable movement. See, in my head I am "clashing" two watches, two of my current fav wa...

Now I understand your question

By: MTF : July 2nd, 2011-11:17

tom_hanx, The LUC 1.010 movement is designed to be more robust and with stronger torque than other LUC self-winding (automatic) movements. I can only speculate at the moment why Chopard chose to make another automatic movement in the LUC range...... The o...

Got the answer I needed. Thanks, MFT

By: tom_hanx : July 2nd, 2011-14:20

I think this was indeed designed as "workhorse" or solid base that can be used in many ways: alone, finished by machine; alone finished by hand, base + module machine/hand finished, etc, etc. It is more of a "platform" movement, like a car chassis - one s...