The Quattro Returns to Its Origins

To mark the 25th anniversary of the Quattro, Chopard launched the stunning Mark IV Quattro in 2025. About a year before, our discussions on the resurrection of the very original Ref. 16/1863 Chopard L.U.C Quattro from 2000 had already begun in earnest. For Revolution founder Wei Koh, the project began with a simple but compelling question: has the original Quattro design grown even more relevant with time? Like the 1860 before it? Over the past seven years, Revolution has had the extraordinary privilege to collaborate with Karl-Friedrich Scheufele, his son Karl-Fritz and their team on a series of L.U.C 1860 watches — a 10-piece revival of the L.U.C 1860 in 36.5mm, a five-piece 1860 Flying T, and later the1860 Revolution Edition in Lucent Steel with an untreated gold dial. Both Mr. Scheufele and Wei thought it could work beautifully. The answer became clear when the first prototype of the Chopard L.U.C Quattro Revolution Re-edition timepiece was presented. As Wei summed up, it was “simply stunning to behold.”

Luxury in the Refined Details

Like the 1860 Revolution Edition, our new watch comes in the stunning combination of Lucent Steel for the case and pure untreated 3N yellow gold for the dial. One key distinction of the new watch is the elevation in the quality of the Metalem dials. While the original dials already represented the very best in the industry at the time, Mr Scheufele’s passion for safeguarding artisanal crafts had allowed the department in his factory that specializes in guilloché and vintage engine-turning machines to enhance their skills.

Three Luminous Halos

The solid 3N gold dial displays amazing three-dimensional depth. Look at the “filet sautant” — the decorative circular line that separates the central guilloché pattern from the area where the kite-shaped, applied indexes with faceted, mirror-polished finish sit. This pattern reappears on either side of the chemin de fer for the minutes. The result is three luminous halos that radiate outward from the center of the dial, like transcendent ripples emerging from a pool of pure gold. In keeping with the original Quattro configuration, the power-reserve indicator returns to 12 o’clock on the dial. Special attention has been paid to the depth and legibility of this display, including a laser-engraved three-dimensional hashmark showing when one day of power remains. Adding dynamic contrast to all the rich decorative technique is the aggressive velocity of the mirror-polished and faceted white gold dauphine-style hands as well as the white gold, arrow-tipped hands for the power reserve and date. As this timepiece uses the original L.U.C. 1.98, namely the 98.01-L, it features one additional day of power reserve on the indicator for a total of nine days.

Beautifully Finished

The movement, of course, is beautifully finished. Its two sets of barrels are covered by a large bridge that occupies about half of the movement’s visible architecture. A second bridge secures the gear train, including the escape wheel, distinguished by its gold shock absorber seated in a mirror-polished countersink at 6 o’clock. Engraved on this bridge is the Geneva Seal. The balance cock, with its stunning black-polished, steel swan-neck regulator completes the optically seductive triumvirate of elements. All three of these feature lavish Côtes de Genève beveling.