Chopard caliber L.U.C 96.14-L

L.U.C 96.14-L description

In the world of Haute Horlogerie, striking watches are in a league of their own, since they are the exclusive preserve of a few rare manufactures which alone are capable of designing, developing and crafting their movements. Creating the latter calls for a combination of micromechanical and acoustic skills. A powerful and crystal-clear sound, produced by a mechanism that does not affect the precision of a watch and has the least possible impact on its power reserve: such are the goals successfully met by Chopard in creating the L.U.C Calibre 96.14-L (L.U.C 96SH) and L.U.C Calibre 96.14-L1 (L.U.C 96SHT) movements respectively equipping the L.U.C Strike One and L.U.C Tech Strike One watches.

These watches are equipped with a metal gong-ring wrapped right around the inside of the case, and with a tiny hammer that strikes it every hour on the hour. This mechanism is visible through a window in the dial between 12 and 1 o’clock. A pusher on the case middle at 10 o’clock services to deactivate it by switching it from the “strike” position – represented by a musical quaver – to the “silence” position – represented by a quaver rest.