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    • Comprising a ''Casmir'' watch with quartz movement, the mother-of-pearl dial enclosed in a gold circular bezel to the paisley motif link springband bracelet with pavé-set diamond lugs; a matching bracelet en suite, mounted in 18K yellow gold, watch and bracelet 5.8 and 5.6 cm in diameter.

    • Watch and bracelet signed ''Chopard'', watch numbered 43/5912 444016 917 1.

  • 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 Gold and Diamond ''Casmir'' Watch and Bracelet

Comprising a ''Casmir'' watch with quartz movement, the mother-of-pearl dial enclosed in a gold circular bezel to the paisley motif link springband bracelet with pavé-set diamond lugs; a matching bracelet en suite, mounted in 18K yellow gold, watch and bracelet 5.8 and 5.6 cm in diameter.
Watch and bracelet signed ''Chopard'', watch numbered 43/5912 444016 917 1.

Estimate
CHF6,500 - 9,500 

Sold for CHF7,800

Magnificent Jewels

13 November 2007
4pm Geneva