Chopard Introduces Its First Jump-Hour Watch With An Imposing 8-Day Power Reserve

Complicated watches have very little secrets for Chopard. As a true manufacture, the brand has created a wide variety of them, from perpetual calendars to minute repeaters. However, one thing they have never made before is a jump hour watch. With the introduction of the L.U.C Quattro Spirit 25, this all changes. With its 40mm case in ethical rose gold, and dial made from Grand Feu enamel, has the timepiece a classic look. The railway track and Arabic numerals underscore this, as does the brown alligator leather strap.

Jump-hour watches are quite challenging to make. The reason for this is that this type of complication is rather volatile. For an entire hour, power is build-up, which releases in a fraction of a second. The hour must jump instantly and stop in exactly the right position, as even the slightest misalignment is clearly visible. Another challenge with this type of watches is that the jump-hour complication consumes quite a bit of energy. Nevertheless, has Chopard succeeded in giving the L.U.C Quattro Spirit 25 a power reserve of a generous 8-days.

The secret to this lies in the Quatro technology of Chopard, in which four mainspring barrels are stacked and coupled in series. The power reserve can be read at the indicator at the back, placed there to keep the design of the front of the watch as clean as possible. Despite the stacked mainspring barrels is the movement still rather thin, with an overall thickness of 4.85 millimeters. This says a lot about the technical competence of Chopard’s manufacture, where this movement is not only build but also developed. Chopard also paid particular care to the finishing and decoration of the movement, which makes the back of the watch as imposing as the front.