Manufacturer: Chopard Year: Circa 2001 Reference No: 10/6815-20 Case No: No. 588 Model Name: Ice Cube Material: 18K white gold and diamond Calibre: Quartz Bracelet/Strap: 18K white gold and diamond-set Chopard bracelet, max length 175mm. Clasp/Buckle: 18K white gold Chopard double deployant Dimensions: 30mm. wide Signed: Case, dial and bracelet signed. Accessories: With Chopard wooden presentation box, Certificate of Origin dated December 2001, confirming the watch with 920 brilliant cut diamonds for 8.11 carats, and Chopard setting pin
Catalogue Essay
The Ice Cube is a perfect blend of horlogerie and haute joaillerie, creating a sensuous and stunning bracelet watch. Working in collaboration with de Grisogono, Chopard designed a watch that stands up to the name Ice Cube with its cool classic appeal. The workmanship is outstanding with each bracelet link individually screw set giving the watch an amazing flexibility and twist, which is only seen in the highest quality jewellery.
The present watch is in exceptional original condition and comes complete with box, papers and setting pin, making this a wonderful piece for those seeking the quality of haute joaillerie. With over 8 carats of diamonds the watch is cool as ice.
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.