{"product_id":"ref-3004-in-800-silver-with-breguet-hands-c-1980","title":"Ref. 3004 in 800 Silver with Breguet Hands, c.1980","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eChopard's ref. 3004 in 0.800 silver, with a white Roman dial, Breguet-style hands and the founder's L.U.C mark struck inside the back.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Chopard ref. 3004 open-face watch in 0.800 silver, made in the 1970s or 1980s, with a white dial signed Chopard Genève and the firm's old L.U.C house mark struck inside the back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLouis-Ulysse Chopard founded the business in Sonvilier in 1860 and moved it to Geneva in 1937. In 1963 it was sold to Karl Scheufele, a goldsmith and watchmaker from Pforzheim, whose family still runs it. This watch belongs to the Scheufele years, when the firm still marked its cases with the founder's initials in a cartouche. The same three letters were taken up again in 1996 to name the movements Chopard began making at Fleurier.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 3004 was Chopard's open-face pocket watch of the period, made in gold and in silver. This example measures 41.75mm, slim and modest in size, with a high domed crystal and a ball pendant topped by a knurled crown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe white dial carries black Roman numerals with a IIII at four, a railway minute track with dots at the five-minute marks, and the signature Chopard Genève below twelve. Breguet-style pomme hands, hours and minutes only. The printing is crisp and the dial is clean.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe back is plain apart from a hand-engraved interlaced monogram, JS. Inside are the L.U.C cartouche, L.U. Chopard \u0026amp; Cie Genève, the Swiss grouse mark for 0.800 silver, the reference 3004 and the case number 74096. The pendant is also struck with the grouse and L.U.C marks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe movement is a 17-jewel manual-wind calibre built on the Peseux 7001, finished by Chopard in gilt with Geneva stripes and signed L.U. Chopard \u0026amp; Cie Genève on the bridge. The 7001 was introduced in 1971 and is just 2.5mm high, a calibre chosen across the Swiss trade for slim dress watches. It has a shock-protected balance and an index regulator, and sits in a fitted spacer ring within the silver case.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe watch winds, runs and sets correctly. The bow is missing; the two pivot holes in the pendant remain. Light scratching and tarnish to the back, tarnish at the rims and a small dent to the caseback lip at the opening notch.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chopard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55153159438675,"sku":"PW-0170","price":585.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1080\/3121\/3907\/files\/chopard-luc-3004-silver-pocket-watch-c1980-1.jpg?v=1790889072","url":"https:\/\/estatecollection.nl\/products\/ref-3004-in-800-silver-with-breguet-hands-c-1980","provider":"The Estate Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}