No Reserve
584
Chopard
Gem Set and Diamond Pendant, 'Happy Diamonds'
- Estimate
- HK$50,000 - 90,000•€5,700 - 10,300$6,500 - 11,500
HK$57,150
Lot Details
Designed as a whimsical gold clown with limbs set with circular-cut sapphires and pink sapphires, the body inset with floating multi-coloured gemstone and diamond collets, hat, bowtie and shoes highlighted with brilliant-cut diamonds, circular-cut yellow and green sapphires, further decorated with sapphire eyes, mounted in yellow gold, signed Chopard, numbered, length approximately 63 mm, case stamped Chopard.
Specialist
Chopard
Swiss | 1860At the age of 24, Louis-Ulysse Chopard started his company L.U.C. Chopard in Sonviller, Switzerland. Since the brand's inception in 1860, Chopard understood the need for thin and accurate pocket watches to be functional for daily wear. The brand gained world recognition in 1912 after Tsar Nicolas II became a client.
Following Louis-Ulysse's death in 1915, his sons Paul-Louis and Paul André took over the business and moved their headquarters to La Chaux-de-Fonds. In 1963, the company was taken over by Karl Scheufele, who remains the brand's owner. Arguably Chopard's most recognizable design, the "Happy" line, was inspired by Scheufele's daughter Caroline. In 1996, his son Karl-Friedrich established Chopard as a manufacturer of its own range of in-house movements under the name L.U.C., creating groundbreaking, exquisitely finished watches that have earned the brand worldwide acclaim.
Browse ArtistFollowing Louis-Ulysse's death in 1915, his sons Paul-Louis and Paul André took over the business and moved their headquarters to La Chaux-de-Fonds. In 1963, the company was taken over by Karl Scheufele, who remains the brand's owner. Arguably Chopard's most recognizable design, the "Happy" line, was inspired by Scheufele's daughter Caroline. In 1996, his son Karl-Friedrich established Chopard as a manufacturer of its own range of in-house movements under the name L.U.C., creating groundbreaking, exquisitely finished watches that have earned the brand worldwide acclaim.