Chopard

The 2009 PuristS On Tour (P.O.T) to Chopard Manufacture began on 11 October to 13 October 2009. All of us arrived on the 11 October and a welcome dinner was organised by Chopard. Mr Patrick Wehrli, our host was with us for the dinner. Day 1 of 2, 12 Octob...  

After the Chopard Manufacture visit, we proceed to lunch .... The restaurant building seemed to have some historical significance .... Various Coat of Arms .... The pic and blueprint of the building ... Catching up ... Our lunches ... Our giant coach for ...  

Previous coverage of L.U.CEUM L.U.CEUM is name given with some thoughts. Instead of just calling it a L.U.C Museum, L.U.CEUM is coined to reflect the connection of the founder, Louis Ulysse Chopard, the Manufactory and the museum. It houses over 50 master...  

After L.U.CEUM, we went for a short refreshment - watches Quattro Mark 2 The latest L.U.C QF L.U.C Cal 9.96 L.U.C Cal 1.96 Classic Twist The latest L.U.C Twist The L.U.C Tech Twist Series .... After this we returned to hotel, and prepare for a surprise di...  

Kong This report is great Kong. I would love to see the manufacturing facilities of Chopard .Especially more details on the fabrication of the Chron-one

I did not have any pics of ChronoOne as we were moving quite fast. Don managed to take a couple. Kong

Dinner was a pleasant surprise to me and I believed for the rest of us too. It was at the residence of Mr. Karl-Friedrich Scheufele. Began with pre-dinner cocktail and followed by a delicious dinner and wonderful wines. Thank you Mr. Karl-Friedrich Scheuf...  

Hi, Thank you for reporting this great trip to us! It was seemingly a fantastic horological trip. I can't wait to see day two. Any watch scoop? Any new "surprise" model? Did you also get to visit Mr Scheufele's cars' house as it must be also another fanta... 

scoop.... no, I did not manage any as I was the last person walking behind the group and try to take more pics. Perhaps the group sitting on Mr KFS table might have There should be something nice for next 150th Anniversary. Kong

Can I reveal, Kong? Regards Ling

Ling, strange you are asking me, since I did not get to hear or see anything as I was always behind the group when moving around. Please keep it to yourself if you by chance heard or saw new stuff. Kong

It tastes a bit like single malt whisky. Strange! What can you say when the owner of Chopard invited you to his house for dinner with good food (including great choice of excellent desserts) prepared by his private chef, good wine and private collection c... 

Ling, you are absolutely right! I was very honored and very impressed with the unabashed generosity of our host. While I thoroughly enjoyed the factory tour of the Chopard watch factory, I have to say, I was more impressed with our host's generosity and e... 

Thank you Kong for posting photographs for me to re-live my heavenly trip with PuristSPro and Chopard in Switzerland. I thank you for arranging this difficult trip for us (especially difficult considering there are a dozen people from a couple different c... 

for the kind words. If you have some pics, please feel free to post/supplement. Kong

Great post Kong. Wonderful pictures as usual and story, almost felt like I was there!

Thanks Eric for kind words. Managed to meet Diana for 5 minutes in the midst of the rush to 2 factories and various departments. Happy Thanksgiving. Kong

Thanks for sharing! By your pictures I can tell you guys had a great time! Thanks for sharing with us! I am particularly fond of the RG QF and the Mark III, which I hope to add to my collection sometime in the future. Best regards, Alex

As you have visited, we just needed more time You still prefer the RG QF, how about the latest more avant-garde design version? Day 2 to Geneva plant will post next week. Kong

What a wonderful, and special treat to dine with the Scheufele's at their home. Mr. Scheufele seems to be the consummate gentleman. I can't help but think his good taste is filtering down to the Chopard LUC line and resulting in some really lovely timepie... 

about Mr Karl-Friedrich Scheufele. Thanks. Kong

A great report! I especially liked the individual shots of the various pieces such as the tourbillon cage and the rotor in their "raw", unpolished stage. Even the remnants after the rotor was cut looked cool! I would take it that the "leftovers' would be ... 

Aloha For the gold rotor, the remnants/residues will smelted again. Tungsten, should be scrapped. However, if I'm not wrong, since last 2 years, all the micro-rotors are in gold now. Thanks for viewing. Day2 will be posted soon Kong

For the report, it was great to be there, meet the very friendly people form Chopard, it was a great experience. Best, Michel

Part 2 coming up soon. Kong

I had a good time on that trip and the memories are good. Another round of thanks to the people of Chopard too. Don

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Feels as if I were there with you guys. Great pics too! Cheers, Anthony

As this is the second time I covered it, it is a bit more challenging, so posted more zoom-in pics ( as I can better control the camera than last year which I just bought the DSLR for less than 3 days, and the trip shots were the maiden effort ) and faces... 

Enjoyed every bit of it. Would love to experience something like this one day! cheers fernando

Let's see where the PPro Management plans for next year It will be nice to visit Chopard next year too as they are celebrating their 150th anniversary. Kong

Chopard is a wonderful Mnufacture, I hope to visit it one day. Fr.Xavier

you are staying near to Geneva. When you've time, say hello to Mr Patrick Wehrli Kong

Day 2 next week Kong

Thanks Kong and Chopard LUC for the memories of the visit. This report was posted whilst I've been away for 2 weeks and the thread is long already; sorry to join in late. My favourite shot is the combination of LUC and PuristSPro ABR watches all together....  

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A great report. Brings back fond memories (TZ Tour 2006) of the Chopard visit. You and the others are very fortunate indeed to see the new developments. Even in 3 short years how the Manufacture has progressed so successfully. Wonderful to read. Best, Jos... 

Thanks Joseph. From the buildings Chopard bought, more developments are coming which it is likely will be announced next year during the 150th Anniversary celebration. Just loaded up the three-part Day 2 at : chopard.watchprosite.com Thanks for re...