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Chopard
Ref. 5038
A fine and rare white gold and diamond-set oval bracelet watch with onyx dial
- Estimate
- HK$70,000 - 90,000
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Chopard
- Year
- 1971
- Reference No
- 5038
- Case No
- 30'740
- Material
- 18k white gold, diamonds and onyx
- Calibre
- Mechanical, 17 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- 18k white gold<em> Chopard </em>bracelet, 162 mm. maximum length
- Clasp/Buckle
- 18k white gold <em>Chopard </em>folding clasp
- Dimensions
- 42 mm. width
- Signed
- <em>Case, dial and movement signed </em>
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
This lady's bracelet watch is fitted with an onyx dial and a diamond-set bezel. Fitted with a mesh bracelet that is evocative of the 1970s, this jewelry time piece remains ever in vogue today.
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 MakerFollowing 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.