Chopard LUC Héritage Grand Cru and empty Seattle office towers.

The shaped chronometer movements which come to my mind are: Niton Prima: Horological meandering: Span Style Color Gray Horological Meandering Span The New Prima By Niton Incl A Geneva Seal Movement Its Background L.U.C Grand Cru: Chopard: Span Style Color

Me, apparently, as I have both the PP 5098R and the Chopard. Bu then again, I'm a shaped case fanatic. ;-) My pocket greets your pocket.

In honor of Emmanuel and his musings on the Heritage Grand Cru. There were a lot of thoughtful observations on this piece. I suspect we might all agree that a relatively large shaped watch like this is not going to be to everyone's taste, and is certainly

At least for the rose gold, white lacquered dial iteration. I love mine, as it ticks so many of my boxes: elegant shaped case; very precise, highly detailed dial treatment; shaped, micro-rotor, Geneva Seal chronometer movement; relatively slim; somewhat u

The tonneau or barrel - shaped L.U.C Heritage Grand Cru pays homage to Karl-Friedrich Scheufele 's love of French wine : he acquired the Chateau Monestier La Tour in January 2012, a wine estate in the region of Bergerac, France. Because of its fairly thin

Underdog: Someone who is hardly noticed (The Urban Dictionary) I’m sure many of us have brands we think of as over-hyped and overrated (names will not be mentioned ;-D), but perhaps likewise some that we admire and feel worthy of more attention and respec

but never made the Parmigiani - Chopard connection. Makes sense in retrospect. The lavender dial on the Hebdomadaire is really special. When I get a chance, I’ll have to post my champagne dial Hebdo with my Chopard Heritage Grand Cru (a more recent housin

Because shaped watches look better with shaped calibers, here are a few pretty nice ones. Enjoy! (Photos credit: multiple websites) Parmigiani Fleurier Ionica with caliber PF 110 Chopard LUC Heritage Grand Cru with caliber 1.97 Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Su

The LUC Heritage Grand Cru The LUC 1963 Chronometer in rose gold The LUC 1860 Lucent Steel