First, the movement looks great: I love how the bridges are designed to highlight the high level of finishing, with all those angles! The movement is amazing to look at!
Then, the way the movement is presented in the case back is very attractive to me, with the wider opening that narrows down to the movement itself, it seems almost like a display case.
Dial and case are good too: I’m not usually a big fan of roman numerals, but the way Chopard does them is one of the few exceptions where I don’t mind.
Functionality wise, with column wheel, vertical clutch, flyback, hacking and seconds reset, there is not much else that one can ask for! And in such a good looking, hand wound package!
If I can make any complaint, just a very small one, it’s about the shape of the chronograph levers, which are wider and flatter than usual and, in my opinion don’t look as good as those on other more classical chronographs. I understand though that this movement was developed starting from their Calibre 03.03-L and so there was probably not much that they could do about the shape of the levers.
A really good new release from Chopard!
Thanks for the post, Kong!
Alberto