Hands-On: The Chopard Quattro Mark IV — The Most Impressive Release Of Watches And Wonders 2025

Vats of web ink have been spent on that first L.U.C caliber, the 1.96 (together with right here on Hodinkee), and rightfully so, however Chopard’s sophomore launch was no Velocity 2: Cruise Management. Launched in 2000, the Quattro was the results of Chopard’s watchmaking workforce taking a look at their first motion and asking, “Okay, however how can we make the ability reserve longer, like, method longer?” Supposedly, Daniel Bolognesi, now Head of Watchmaking, jokingly prompt eradicating the 1.96’s microtor to make room for extra barrels, and that is precisely what the workforce ended up doing. The consequence was the caliber 1.98 with 4 stacked barrels, two of which have been roughly positioned within the microtor’s earlier location, and the L.U.C Quattro ref. 16/1863 or “Mark I” — a 38mm in diameter restricted version of 1860 items throughout yellow gold, rose gold, white gold, and platinum. As with the primary run of 1860 caliber 1.96 restricted editions, it does not appear Chopard produced the complete quantity, making each very uncommon and collectible.