WATCHES & WONDERS 2024︰Chopard精緻美學
每年到錶展，我對到訪蕭邦品牌時都充滿期望，品牌不單在珠寶工藝早達爐火純青境地，製錶方面更愈益精彩，今年新品令我喜出望外。
TEXT BY LAWRENCE YU
PHOTO BY 韋梏
Alpine Eagle 41 XP TT腕錶
Alpine Eagle系列新添一款超薄時計新作，令L.U.C 96.17-S型機芯的機械結構一覽無遺。此機芯厚度僅3.30毫米，並巧妙地在鏤空組件上以材質和裝飾營造出對比，從而彰顯蕭邦錶廠的精湛工藝和創新魄力。腕錶採用極致輕盈兼經久耐用的鈦金屬材質，使41毫米直徑錶殼極致輕盈。恰到好處的比例和現代設計，為這款腕錶注入高科技感，同時貫徹系列的運動美學。
Alpine Eagle XL Chrono腕錶
Alpine Eagle系列腕錶展翅翱翔，推出兩枚新款配備飛返功能的計時碼錶。44毫米直徑錶殼，搭配極致輕盈兼經久耐用的5級鈦金及最新「隆河冰藍色」（Rhône Blue）錶盤或採用符合倫理道德標準的18K玫瑰金搭配貝爾尼納灰色（Gris Bernina）錶盤，藉以向阿爾卑斯山脈上的色彩致敬。Chopard 03.05-C型自動機芯具備飛返功能，榮獲瑞士官方天文台認證，並獲得三項專利，足以證明其精準性能和操作的簡易程度。
L.U.C Quattro Spirit 25腕錶
在慶祝蕭邦（Chopard）錶廠創立25周年之時，蕭邦 L.U.C 98.06-L型跳時機芯首度亮相，其機械工藝為一項技術壯舉，品牌現推出搭載這款跳時機芯的全新L.U.C Quattro Spirit 25腕錶，限量發行100枚。機芯配備四個採用蕭邦獨家Chopard Quattro技術的發條盒，可提供長達8天的動力儲存，完美造就這款配備精湛技術、可自主維持走時運行的珍罕跳時腕錶。其40毫米錶殼以符合倫理道德標準的18K白金製成，延續L.U.C系列線條簡潔的特色，配襯黑色大明火琺瑯錶盤，整個製作工序更是由製錶廠手藝精湛的工匠大師於錶廠內部悉心完成。腕錶榮獲享有盛譽的「日內瓦印記」（Poinçon de Genève）。
L.U.C XPS Forest Green腕錶
L.U.C系列以L.U.C XPS Forest Green腕錶重申此系列秉持的三大價值理念：卓越技術性能、精緻美學和對精密認證時計的重視。別具復古魅力的森林綠色分區式錶盤，薈萃現代製錶的卓越工藝。40毫米直徑錶殼採用回收再造成分至少達80%的Lucent Steel™精鋼製作而成，比例完美，適合各種尺寸的手腕佩戴。「Chronomètre」字樣見證搭載於時計之中的L.U.C 96.12-L型機芯已通過瑞士官方天文台（COSC）最嚴格的精準性能測試認證。
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