Chopard - The Hong Kong Watch Auction: TWO Hong Kong Monday, May 30, 2016 | Phillips
  • Manufacturer: Chopard
    Year: Circa 2000
    Reference No: 373187
    Case No: 383'236 and 1'215
    Model Name: Imperiale
    Material: 18k yellow gold, diamonds and pink diamonds
    Calibre: Quartz
    Bracelet/Strap: Pink Chopard crocodile leather strap
    Clasp/Buckle: 18k yellow gold Chopard folding deployant clasp
    Dimensions: 37 mm. diameter
    Signed: Case, dial and movement signed
    Accessories: With Chopard appraisal letter dated 17 December 2015, fitted presentation box and outer packaging.

  • Catalogue Essay

    The present Imperiale chronograph wristwatch, generously embellished by diamonds weighing approximately 3.50 carats and pink diamonds weighing approximately 1.70 carats, expresses femininity and appeals to distinguished women. Encircled by pave-set diamonds lugs and pink diamond-set bezel, the dial displays 12 baguette-cut diamonds-set numerals and chronograph registers. The watch is perfect for both every day and formal wear.

  • 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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Ref. 373187
A lady's fine yellow gold, diamond and pink diamond-set chronograph wristwatch with date

Circa 2000
37 mm. diameter
Case, dial and movement signed

Estimate
HK$96,000 - 144,000 

Sold for HK$137,500

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