It is with great pride and pleasure that Chopard accepted the famous “Aiguille d'Or” prize at the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 2017 for its L.U.C Full Strike.

The accomplished, expert and versatile Chopard Manufacture has been working for more than six years on its most sophisticated chiming watch to date. The L.U.C collection already included the L.U.C Strike One model launched in 2006, which chimes each striking hour. The collection now welcomes a minute repeater entirely developed, produced and assembled by Chopard: the L.U.C Full Strike. This distinguished 42.5 mm-diameter watch in Fairmined rose gold with an openworked dial houses a substantial number of technical solutions that make it one of the most innovative minute repeaters on the market.

The L.U.C Full Strike is an exceptional watch that chimes the hours, quarters and minutes on transparent crystal gongs. These sapphire rings are an integral part of the watch glass, which creates a perfect loudspeaker faithfully to diffuse the chimes of the hammers striking the sapphire. This is a unique technical solution which is visible at 10 o’clock and results in a tone of matchless purity that is rich and full, powerful and resonant. The traditional metaphorical description of a sound as “crystal-clear” takes on a very literal meaning here. The L.U.C Full Strike chimes as a silver knife were delicately tapping a Bohemian crystal glass placed on the table of a gourmet restaurant.

In 2012 and 2013, Chopard won the “Jewellery and Artistic Crafts Watch” prize for the IMPERIALE Tourbillon Joaillerie timepiece and with L’Heure Du Diamant.

This year, Chopard timepieces were shortlisted in four different categories. We invite you to discover the other nominated timepieces in the slideshow above.