CHOPARD L.U.C XP URUSHI YEAR OF THE PIG

Chopard is adding to its precious collection of L.U.C XP Urushi timepieces, paying tribute to another of the 12 signs of the zodiac. The ancestral art of Japanese lacquer or Urushi, is being called upon to create a watch marking the Chinese zodiac’s Year of the Pig. Regarded as generous, perspicacious and fun-loving, this symbolic animal lends its cheerful face to an exceptionally refined creation driven by an ultra-thin L.U.C movement, Calibre 96.17-L, which may be admired through the transparent sapphire case-back of the case crafted from ethical 18-carat rose gold. The varnish used in this ancestral art of lacquering comes from the sap of the Urushi tree, also known as the “lacquer tree”. Harvested once a year in extremely small quantities, only three to five years afterwards is the resin at last ready to be treated and thus become a highly resistant, honey-textured lacquer that is applied in extremely fine successive layers. Limited to 88 pieces, the dial of this new zodiac watch is entirely handcrafted by an Urushi grand master.