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Chopard
Ref. 538 1
A lady's fine yellow gold and diamond-set heart-shaped bracelet watch with mother-of-pearl bezel
- Estimate
- HK$60,000 - 80,000€7,200 - 9,600$7,500 - 10,000
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Chopard
- Year
- Circa 1995
- Reference No
- 538 1
- Case No
- 450'298
- Material
- 18k yellow gold, diamonds and mother-of-pearl
- Calibre
- Quartz
- Bracelet/Strap
- 18k yellow gold and diamond-set <em>Chopard</em> bracelet, 155 mm. maximum length
- Clasp/Buckle
- 18k yellow gold <em>Chopard </em>folding clasp
- Dimensions
- 25 mm. width
- Signed
- <em>Case, dial and movement signed</em>
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
The present lady's bracelet watch is playfully set with six diamond-set bows that sparkle and give an enormous lift to its appearance. The dial is further embellished with pavé-set diamonds surrounding by an eye-catching mother-of-pearl bezel, which really adds presence on the wrist.
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.