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    • Of quartz movement the pavé-set circular dial with gold hands, and mother-of-pearl subsidiary seconds, within a baguette-cut diamond bezel, back secured by six screws, with inverted diamond-set crown and lugs, to the square-cut diamond link bracelet, mounted in 18K gold, 15.0 cm.

    • Signed 'Chopard', no. 39/3234-20 415416 4156, with Swiss assay marks.

  • Artist Biography

    Chopard

    Swiss • 1860

    At 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.

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A Diamond 'Imperiale' Wristwatch

Of quartz movement the pavé-set circular dial with gold hands, and mother-of-pearl subsidiary seconds, within a baguette-cut diamond bezel, back secured by six screws, with inverted diamond-set crown and lugs, to the square-cut diamond link bracelet, mounted in 18K gold, 15.0 cm.
Signed 'Chopard', no. 39/3234-20 415416 4156, with Swiss assay marks.

Estimate
CHF32,000 - 40,000 

Sold for CHF40,000

Magnificent Jewels

18 Nov 2008, 4pm
Geneva