The new 25-piece limited edition L.U.C QF – Revolution Edition in stainless steel, with a luminous “scientific” or sector dial, represents Revolution’s third collaboration with one of the greatest horological manufactures on the planet. That is, of course, Chopard L.U.C and the individual behind it is my friend, co-president of Chopard, Karl-Friedrich Scheufele, a man I have immense respect for. That’s because from the very first movement he created, the extraordinary caliber 1.96, the world’s first bi-directional winding micro-rotor movement as well as the first to beat at 4Hz, all the way to his GPHG Aiguille d’Or-winning Full Strike, the world’s first minute repeater featuring sapphire crystal gongs, Scheufele has constantly brought a new level of authentic horological performance to each and every watch he’s made. And he’s achieved all this with the understated elegance that makes him, to me, the consummate gentleman.
Our maiden collaboration was a homage to the Chopard L.U.C 1860, the very first wristwatch he created, a 36.5mm by 7.2mm beauty featuring a massive gold guilloché main dial which has become the object of cult collectibility, especially in the salmon dial white gold configuration that we relaunched in a 10-piece limited edition in 2018.
