Chopard - The Hong Kong Watch Auction: TWO Hong Kong Monday, May 30, 2016 | Phillips

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  • Manufacturer: Chopard
    Year: Circa 2008
    Reference No: 20/9057
    Case No: 572'235 and 775 1
    Model Name: Happy Spirit
    Material: 18k white gold and diamonds
    Calibre: Quartz
    Bracelet/Strap: Turquoise Chopard crocodile leather strap
    Clasp/Buckle: 18k white gold buckle
    Dimensions: 43 mm. width
    Signed: Case, dial and movement signed

  • Catalogue Essay

    The Happy Spirit collection by Chopard expresses femininity in a playful way with free moving diamonds set within the watch case. The blue mother-of-pearl dial is set within a glazed compartment containing two brilliant-cut diamond-set free moving open hearts and a brilliant-cut diamond collet within.
    The present watch is a stylish and very fine wristwatch for both every day wear and formal occasions.

  • 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. 20/9057
A lady's fine white gold and diamond-set heart-shaped wristwatch with blue mother-of-pearl dial

Circa 2008
43 mm. width
Case, dial and movement signed

Estimate
HK$70,000 - 90,000 

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The Hong Kong Watch Auction: TWO

Hong Kong Auction 31 May 2016