Chopard presents the Alpine Eagle, a men's sports watch and an evolution of the famous St. Moritz of the 1980s. Unlike the latter, the new model features a round, smooth bezel with the characteristic protrusions now placed on either side of the case middle as lateral protections for the crown on the right side. The entire image of the timepiece has been simplified by the adoption of enlarged Roman and bar indices coated with Grade X1 SuperLuminova. The sun-pattern dial retains the date display between 4 and 5 o'clock. The bracelet echoes the design of the St. Moritz, albeit completely redesigned, with satin-finished links and bevelled and polished edges. Another key element of the watch is the quality of the steel used for the case and bracelet, the new Lucent Steel A223 alloy with a luminosity comparable to gold, dermo-compatible and twice as resistant to abrasion. The Alpine Eagle, which is available in ten references in steel, gold, a combination of steel and gold, or gold and diamonds, comes in two diameters: 41 and 36 mm (like the St. Moritz), for a relatively moderate thickness of 9.7 and 4.95 mm respectively. The 41 mm version houses the in-house automatic calibre 01.01-C (60-hour power reserve, Cosc-certified), while the 36 mm models are equipped with the Chopard calibre 09.01-C with 42 hours of power reserve. The latter, with only 8 lines, is one of the smallest to have received Cosc certification. Both are visible through the case back. For more details, don't miss L'Orologio 281 (October 2019), with an extensive report dedicated precisely to the new sportsman from the Chopard house. The issue will be on newsstands from 9 October.
