Review: Chopin Opus 10 No 12

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We take a close look of the new independent brand Chopin Aptly named after the great Polish composer, the Opus 10 No 12 is the first watch from them Made in collaboration with the Frederic Chopin Institute who approved using the name for creating a watch named after the famous composer.

Full hands on and analytical review.

Chopin Opus 10 No 12

The watch itself is a collaboration The Frederic Chopin Institute which was created by the Polish government to preserve the heritage of the great composer was one key instrumental party The other two were the Industrial Design house of NeoDesis and the work of their principal Antoine Tschumi in Le Locle.

And the third key is the manufacturer of the watch itself – Schwarz Etienne in La-Chaux-de-Fonds.

Tschumi had done watch design work for a number of brands, including Breguet, Hublot, Czapek, Harry Winston, Greubel Forsey, and Hermes

Schwarz Etienne is a completely independent manufacturer since 2007, producing movements according to its own patents and ensuring the production of 100% in-house watches

The first piece is a limited edition of 56 pieces.

The brand is granted by the Frederic Chopin Institute an exclusive license to use the composer’s name and produce a total of 56 watches annually This first piece is inspired by the Étude Op 10, No.

12 in C minor, known as the “Revolutionary Étude” (click on the link the introduction played by our own Chester Lau) or the “Étude on the Bombardment of Warsaw”, is a solo piano work by Frédéric Chopin written circa 1831

The case, dial and hands

The case design is an interesting array of complex surfaces juxtaposed into a melange which we judge to be of somewhat of a cross between a technical showcase and a pleasing aesthetic beauty

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The case is rather large at 43mm in diameter.

But looks and wears smaller than the dimensions might suggest, perhaps as the case is not very thick The case features a polished stepped bezel with a domed sapphire crystal The case middle has a brushed band running around the middle with a knurled finish.

The lugs look like musical notations, and are polished While the case design is rather complex case, we think it works as the elements lend themselves to create harmonious overall look which unique to the Opus 10 Number 12.

The crown sits on a raised, and matte polished island rising out from the knurled case middle But as it sits no higher bezel spill over from the front of the dial and the case back, we found that it is not easy to pull the flattened onion shaped crown out to set the time.

A small cabochon adorns the crown with a blue stone.

The dial design makes references to the Revolutionary Étude, in multi levels, a nod to []

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