In the autumn 1996 the Chopard Manufacture was officially born in Fleurier. This was 20 years ago… Today I talked with Karl-Friedrich Scheufele about the 20th anniversary of L.U.C
When Karl-Friedrich Scheufele took the decision to develop his first in-house calibre and then to build up the Chopard Manufacture he was ahead of time. In 1996 I was among the very first journalist to see the first developed calibre L.U.C 1.96 and the new replica Chopard Manufacture in Fleurier.
Today we talked about the year 1996 and what happened next …