Chopard L.U.C Time Traveler One

written by YWH team 19 October 2016
Chopard L.U.C Time Traveler One
Quick specs Chopard L.U.C Time Traveler One
Price:
Stainless steel: CHF 12’800 | $ 12,800 | € 12.610 | approx. £ 9,710
Rose gold: CHF 22’500 | $ 22,500 | € 22.170 | approx. £ 17,100
Platinum: CHF 35’200 | $ 35,200 | € 34.680 | approx. £ 26,700
Size: 42 mm
Reference: 168574-3001 (stainless steel) | 161942-5001 (rose gold) | 161942-9001 (platinum)
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Chopard’s L.U.C GMT One is Chopard’s first L.U.C watch with a dual-time function, this Chopard L.U.C Time Traveler One is the first L.U.C world timer.

There are three different case materials, each with a matching dial. A stainless steel one with black dial, an 18K rose gold one with silver-toned dial and a platinum version with grey-blue dial. World timers can look a bit messy as the dial is full of information. Chopard manages to keep it more structured and more clear to read by using the right and matching colours and typography. You still have to get used to it for a few days in order to ‘read’ your watch in a split second. But look at the photo’s: it shouldn’t be too hard. Besides, it’s a pleasure to look at.

Inside the 42-millimeter case is Chopard’s mechanical self-winding L.U.C 01.05-L caliber. It offers a power-reserve of 60 hours, enough for most travelers. The Time Traveler One has a central hand that indicates the date. It is surrounded by a railway track circle that serves the hours and minutes of the time zone at home. Both functions can be adjusted by the crown at 2 o’clock.

The Chopard L.U.C Time Traveler One has a clear and easy to read dial, for a world timer

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Now the world timer part. A large 24-hour graduated ring operates in coordination with the disc bearing the reference cities symbolizing the 24 main time zones. Once they are synchronized with the time zone at home by the 4 o’clock crown, no more adjustment is required. Now you can see the time wherever you are on earth, and with the same hand as your local time. The ring indicating the hours of your local time is partly light and partly dark colored: day and night.

The time at home is always on the central dial of the Chopard L.U.C Time Traveler One. If you want to know the time at the location where you are, you have to extend your view from the second inner circle (not the first, that’s the date) to the outer circle and find the (nearest) city at your current location. And then read the corresponding hour.

Not everybody like this way of displaying the time. Some want the local time on the main dial and their home time somewhere else. It is a matter of taste perhaps, and a matter of mindset on the other hand. You can get used to both ways. As long as you don’t swap world timing watches every day.

Chopard’s mechanical self-winding calibre L.U.C 01.05-L

technical data Chopard L.U.C Time Traveler One
Reference:
168574-3001 (stainless steel) | 161942-5001 (rose gold) | 161942-9001 (platinum)
Movement:
Chopard L.U.C 01.05-L | Automatic | Diameter: 35.30 mm | Thickness: 6.52 mm | Frequency: 28,800 vph (4 Hz) | Jewels: 39 | Parts: 262 | Bridges adorned with Côtes de Genève | COCS certified | Hours, minutes, seconds, date, GMT | Power-reserve: 60 hours
Case & dial:
42 mm | Stainless steel or 18K 5N rose gold or platinum | Thickness: 12.09 mm | 2 partly satin-brushed crowns in case material | Vertical satin-brushed case middle | Polished bezel and case back | Exhibition back with glare proofed sapphire crystal | Sunburst satin-brushed dial in black or silver or grey-blue | Hour-markers and Arabic numerals painted with orange Super-LumiNova | Dauphine-type hands | Railway track chapter ring | Water-resistance: 5 ATM / 5 bar / 50 meters / 165 feet
Strap:
Alligator leather with alligator leather lining | Pin buckle in stainless steel or rose gold or white gold
Price Chopard L.U.C Time Traveler One:
Stainless steel: CHF 12’800 | $ 12,800 | € 12.610 | approx. £ 9,710
Rose gold: CHF 22’500 | $ 22,500 | € 22.170 | approx. £ 17,100
Platinum: CHF 35’200 | $ 35,200 | € 34.680 | approx. £ 26,700
Website:
www.chopard.com

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