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Hi New member here, but a long time Chopard owner of twist, lunar one and two other non LUC dress watch. So back on topic, I purchased my LUC twist back in 09 , cal 1.96, 29j , WG with black dial (dark blue? Can't really tell due to the blue AR on crystal... 

amblin_xi, As far as I know, L.U.C 1.96 movements with seconds hand have a stop seconds utility. In fact all L.U.C movements with seconds hand have this facility. Let us know when it has been checked by Chopard. Regards, MTF L.U.C 1.96 L.U.C 1.96 ...  

I just read a couple of posts here amongst purists as well as other sites that even 1.96 would not be hacking. Remembered that 4.96 was also not hacking. We don't have an overview? Cheers, Kolosstt

Hi MTF, thanks a ton for the input, this is what I thought aswell. Very strange since the watch was in my formal wear rotation so haven't seen a lot of action . Already sent an email to info@ and awaiting their official reply. But the curious thing is tha... 

The 3.96 and 4.96 versions of the movement definitely do not come with hacking seconds (was surprised by it when getting my LUC Sport 2000) but I thought the 1.96 did hack. Quite curious what the answer from Chopard will be

I got the answer Chopard actually called me back, from their HQ on Sunday, now that's what I call appropriate customer care and service. Their reply is that there were THREE official versions as shown in the catalogue but also slight variations during the... 

Thought fellow board members would like to know, the total yearly production capability for the 'poinçon de genève' 1.96 and complication variants (96QP etc.) is around 4000-5000 . A

And rather interestingly the movements in my twist and the lunar one were assembled by the same watchmaker, I guess this is one of the benefits buying a smaller brand with low production figures because you can actually feel that your piece was made by so... 

I think it is fair to say that this figure is more of todays age 2017. Back in 1997 when cal 1.96 was born, these volumes were apparently much lower, weren't they? P.S. thank for all your input especially about hacking of movements. Best regards Kolosstt

The quoted figure is for current rate of production. Back in the days when Chopard first introduced the original limited edition 1860 and 1.96 the number was much lower and up to around the year 2009 -2010 the number stayed at around 600-800 per year. Reg... 

Interesting to read.

MTF