Kong's detailed photo report from the 2008 Chopard L.U.C PuristSPro event in Singapore offers a rare glimpse into the brand's manufacture and novelties. This retrospective provides valuable context for understanding Chopard's L.U.C line, showcasing the fine craftsmanship and community engagement that defined the brand over a decade ago. Readers can appreciate the evolution of Chopard's offerings and event experiences through Kong's original coverage.
17 July 2008, The Chopard L.U.C PuristSPro evening held in Chopard Boutique Singapore.
L.U.C expert, Mr Patrick Wehrli will be flying in to present the latest L.U.C novelties
and unveil the mastery of Chopard Manufacture.
For the first time, we could catch a glimpse of the minuscule parts of the
L.U.C 1.96 movement and see the fine craftsmanship that goes into manufacturing the components.
6pm, Boutique was close for the event ....
The decor ....
A closer look of the pieces displayed ....
Tourbillon Tech Twist W.A.S (Winding Assisted System)
The new Lunar Big Date
A close view of the Lunar Big Date
The Chrono One in Steel and WG
Julien, the Marketing Manager tested the two microphones ...
Projector on standby ...all systems go!
The 'bracelet' shaped divider with L.U.C decor .....
ChronoOne WG with baguette-set diamond bezel ...
The Lunar Ones
The two new Twists with the classic Twist.
Th schematic for te Lunar one, first time I saw it ...
Gold Tourbillion Tech Steel Wings
ChronoOne in RG
About 6:45pm ... some PuristS and guests arrived ....
Viewing the bags ...
About 6:55pm, Master Patrick arrived with Maxime
Guests were served food and drinks... ( more food but did not manage to take ...oops)
Mr Maxime Labey, Managing Director of Chopard Asia plugged in his notebook, fired up the slides and fine-tuning
the projector ...
More PuristS and guests arrived....
7:30pm, Presentation began ...
Maxime introduced Patrick (for the benefits of first time attendees)
The eagerly awaiting Patrick Wehrli...
Fans of L.U.C waiting in anticipation ....
Its the Master's turn ....
Additional topics covered were the Lunar Big Date, Chrono One and the use of Silicium in the movement.
Everyone, all ears ...
including the wonderful Boutique's team.
The small containers on the tray consist of the components of Cal 1.96 .
A full strip-down was presented the first time for guests to see for themselves the superb finishing of L.U.C craftmanship.
After the presentation, more food and drinks for the forty Purists and guests.
Most importantly the feel & touch session!
The watches ...
Julien demonstrating how to use the W.A.S ( Winding Assisted System) ... there's trick to fix and remove the crank!
Another new station ... the strip down of one of the L.U.C X.96 at one station...
Component-schematics were presented too ....
The crowd was obviously stucked in THE station with the watches
Trying out ...
Patrick with Eugene (with his Twist) and Pway Yin
With JuLee (with her 1860-1 )
More watch talks and catching among old and new friends ....
The Qualite Fleurier ... 3 pieces were present and the '001 /250' was sold in the evening!
Other watches seen .... (many more, just that I could manage to take them :-p)
OK, ...one of them always like to be early ...so the watch was adjusted 10 mins faster!
A beautiful piece of Dressage
Near to the end of the evening, Maxime presented a nice print of the Lunar One to an owner ...
Russell and Maxime
At 10pm, we left though some still unwilling to.
Wonderful evening, and thanks to the whole Chopard Team and
Master Patrick, it's great to have you back.
Kong
This message has been edited by Kong on 2009-07-19 07:07:47 
