1937

Chopard L.U.C. 1937 Watch Hands-On

The lovely new L.U.C 1937 is a very simple Chopard watch for 2010 that has one of their well-regarded in-house made L.U.C movements. This one is an automatic and a COSC certified Chronometer. It is simple as well, with just the time and the date. Called the 1937 as a "vintage style" piece, the watch is very pretty with its easy to read dial with Roman numeral hour markers and that neat looking red seconds hand. The dial is a slate gray color and quite unique in its look among similar three-hand classic pieces. Part of that has to do with the unique style of hands. The case is in steel and 42mm wide with polished and satin finishes. Water resistance is 100 meters, and the watch has a unique crown that is placed at 4 o'clock. Well, at least unique by classy watch standards. Inside the watch is a Chopard made calibre. 1.010 automatic movement. It is meant to be simple, accurate, and beautiful. It is exposed through the sapphire caseback window. The L.U.C 1937 is a great anniversary watch for the brand that is trying to assert itself as more than just a fashion brand. Lovely proportions and limited to 1,937 pieces. Hopefully the price won't be too high.

Ariel Adams publishes the luxury watch review site aBlogtoRead.com.

Gallery: Chopard L.U.C. 1937 Watch

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Hitler's Champagne Hits The Auction Block

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Wine, Auctions

Care for a little 70 year old champagne from Adolf Hitler's own stash that may or may not be poisoned? Sign me up!

Not really, I'm kidding.

But in all seriousness going up for auction this month on the 17th is a bottle of 1937 Moet et Chandon that was apparently taken by a soldier from the Reich Chancellery in Berlin in 1945 after the Nazis were defeated. And the poisoned part? There was a rumor going around that some of the champagne bottles had been poisoned via injections through the cork.

I might not be interested, but I can still understand why other people would be -- it is a piece of history. Just make sure you store it so there's no chance you're going to pop it open and drink it accidentally this New Years!

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