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Chopard Museum at Geneva & Meeting with Mr Karl Scheufele

Dec 09, 2009,00:59 AM
 




Arrived at the Museum.... a must to visit for whoever visiting Chopard Geneva!

Last year, unable to manage the new DSLR ...so this round tried to cover as much as possible ...

A shop inside ... the Chopard signage with the Coat of arms

The following pics are the pieces showcased ....





















For the L.U.C Qualite Fleurier owners and fans .... this is the 1950's piece which inspired the design.





Lovely pillow-shape!
















































Mr Patrick Wehrli having a conversation with our friend while serving coffee and juices ...
 






























Winner of the Baden-Baden Rose d’Or award for the Happy Diamonds....


One of the original Happy Diamonds.


























The ESZEHA brand and the company founded by Karl Scheufele I in Pforzheim.
It was the brand name till the third generation of Scheufeles acquired Louis-Ulysse Chopard and then adopted the Chopard
brand name. 






















Later  Mr Karl Scheufele dropped by to say hello and a chat with us.  An honour.

The next coincident  was the WATCH.   The evening before, when Mr Karl-Friedrich Scheufele  had dinner with us he wore
a Lunar One too.  So it is known as the President's Watch smile


A wrist-shot with Mr Karl Scheufele ...






A L.U.C group shot.






A final group shot with Karl Scheufele.


We adjourned for lunch at the company lounge ...



After lunch we visited a Chopard Boutique and several hours on our own to explore Geneva.



A group pic with Mr Patrick Wehrli at the front entrance of Chopard Geneva.




The evening dinner planned was another surprise smile


Kong






 


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PuristS On Tour (P.O.T) 2009 : Day 2 (Morning) to Chopard Geneva

 
 By: Kong : December 8th, 2009-23:57
For the Day 1 of P.O.T to L.U.C Fleurier, please click here. 13 October, 2009 , Another great and refreshing morning ... The lake from my balcony at 7:30am .... After breakfast, we left to Chopard Geneva (which was covered during my 2008 visit ). We arriv...  

Chopard Museum at Geneva & Meeting with Mr Karl Scheufele

 
 By: Kong : December 9th, 2009-00:59
Arrived at the Museum.... a must to visit for whoever visiting Chopard Geneva! Last year, unable to manage the new DSLR ...so this round tried to cover as much as possible ... A shop inside ... the Chopard signage with the Coat of arms The following pics ...  

Great to tour the factory in remote yet very impressive !

 
 By: Steven Tan : December 9th, 2009-01:01
The factory layout and machines are very impressive, and I am very proud to owned a piece manufacture and quality tested from the factory. Todate, the piece with many bees at the back of the case is the most often watch on my wrist. Thanks Kong to keep me... 

When you are planning for a trip over to Geneva ...

 
 By: Kong : December 9th, 2009-23:45
perhaps can check with Mr Patrick Wehrli. If he is around, he would be happy to bring you to tour around the factory. Kong

Dinner at the Cellar

 
 By: Kong : December 9th, 2009-01:44
Dinner venue was at Mr Karl-Friedrich Scheufele's wine cellar - the Le Caveau de Bacchus located at Cours de Rive. Entering the wine shop ... Vast selection neatly arranged ... Recognised this? On the way down to the cellar at the basement ... Even have a...  

always a treat to read ur post!

 
 By: lien : December 9th, 2009-07:42
THx Kong for all these wonderful experience. The regulators r quite beautiful, i have yet to see one in the metal Cheers, Ed~

Appreciate the kind words ....

 
 By: Kong : December 9th, 2009-23:46
Ed, thanks for reading. Which version of the regulators attracts you? Kong

Hi kong, this is the one~

 
 By: lien : December 11th, 2009-01:16
pic curtsy of urs truly-kong Best, Ed~...  

Hey Ed, Z3 has answered you with many tempting pics! :-) ....

 
 By: Kong : December 27th, 2009-22:04
chopard.watchprosite.com

haha thx for the heads up~

 
 By: lien : December 28th, 2009-07:20
let me check it out now btw, have u seen the Avatar in 3D? just saw it with friends & its amazingly good i wanna take my gal to see it again lol best, Ed~

Not seen yet! Will have to arrange the couple of days to watch :-) [nt]

 
 By: Kong : December 28th, 2009-19:01
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A wonderful photographic tour!

 
 By: patrick_y : December 9th, 2009-23:00
Thank you very much Kong for posting photographs of this wonderful tour with Chopard. It was a true honor to tour the Chopard factory and experience the world of Chopard. I recently visited the Chopard showrooms on Madison Avenue and I saw a very special ... 

Well said Patrick...

 
 By: Kong : December 10th, 2009-00:03
Thanks for reading. If you have more pics, please add. Next year should be an interesting year, and if you are in Chopard Madison Avenue, please take some pics. Kong

Some more pics...

 
 By: patrick_y : December 11th, 2009-01:14
I didn't have any more photos to supplement the photos you took of the first day, but I do have one or two photographs I can add for the second day. Alas, I didn't bring my camera with me to Madison Avenue. But I will the next time I go to Madison Avenue....  

Reading your posts about the Chopard tour...

 
 By: dxboon : December 10th, 2009-02:06
....is making me wish I could've been there in person. I'm very impressed by Chopard's operation, and was fascinated to read about the gold smelting process. Thanks so much for documenting the trip for those of us at home. Cheers, Daos

We were especially lucky!

 
 By: patrick_y : December 14th, 2009-10:34
Not every watch manufacture has its own gold foundry. We were very special to see this and to actually hold the raw materials before it was melted and turned into 18K gold.

That's very cool! [nt]

 
 By: dxboon : December 14th, 2009-23:29
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Thanks Kong!

 
 By: fernando : December 10th, 2009-22:12
Again a fantastic post. For those of us who weren't able to experience it first hand, this is the next best thing.It makes us appreciate more the final product after seeing the laborious step by step process involved in manufacturing. I wonder if such a e... 

A very detailed report. Superb!

 
 By: VMM : December 9th, 2009-07:53
Thanks Kong for the FANTASTIC posts. Love to see how they work and how (almost) everything is done. Chopard is doing a great job. Thanks again. Vte

Spot on ....almost everything ...

 
 By: Kong : December 9th, 2009-23:49
is done internally. Just waiting for the hairspring now Thanks again Vte for reading. Kong

A terrific photo-essay!

 
 By: amerix : December 9th, 2009-12:47
I have just customized my list of brands here to include Chopard, with the emphasis on L.U.C. But I will have to gather great courage before accessing their catalogues. You know how these things can go! amerix

Oh! Amerix ...

 
 By: Kong : December 9th, 2009-23:55
thank you for adding in Chopard. With next year 150th anniversary, I think there might be some nice pieces, and Chopard is in the process of renovating a building to build own standard calibres for the MM and other lines too. So, please check out the cata... 

Kong, Thanks for bringing back the good memory.

 
 By: ling5hk : December 9th, 2009-20:09
It was already about 2 months ago. So fast ... It has been enjoyable to read your post. Couldn't wait for your next one. Regards Ling

Yes time flies ...

 
 By: Kong : December 10th, 2009-00:00
Hi Ling 2 months ago, you were boarding a plane to Geneva ....and met with the group and the Chopard People. I don't have the next one. Hopefully one of our friends would post the mountaineering trip. Since you are nice, award you a gold-bar Kong...  

I remember that gold-bar!

 
 By: ling5hk : December 10th, 2009-00:28
2.3kg! Thanks for the award. But, I left it in Chopard's factory. Regards Ling

read this report twice, still enjoy reading it. thanks so much, Kong.

 
 By: FanFrancisco : December 11th, 2009-06:59

Appreciate the kind words....

 
 By: Kong : December 13th, 2009-19:05
Combining with previous visit posts, would provide a better pic. Third round? Thanks Stefan. Kong