Chopard Brand
L’Heure Du Diamant - A Sparkling Showcase For Chopard’s Watch And Jewellery Skills
Luxferity, 13.01.2025
The L'Heure du Diamant collection sums up the wealth of skills cultivated within Chopard, by artisans ranging from master watchmakers to gemsetters. It is reinvented in a new watch with an oval-shaped case fashioned from ethical 18-carat white or rose gold, graced with a textured mother-of-pearl dial and rimmed with diamonds. This creation is paired either with the emblematic tree bark-textured gold bracelet sculpted using a proprietary technique, or a leather strap. Another delightfully precious variation is adorned with a stunning bracelet in ethical white gold entirely paved with diamonds. Beating to the rhythm of a mechanical hand-wound movement, these timepieces bear within them the genius of expertise patiently nurtured through the years by Chopard's Artisans of Emotion.
A natural-born classic
With L'Heure du Diamant, all the elements contributing to the virtuoso construction of an artwork – encompassing artistic, technical, symbolic, artisanal and heritage dimensions – converge to perfection. Chopard once again demonstrates this wide-ranging prowess through a jewellery watch featuring modern lines and proportions testifying to the extraordinary vitality of its workshops. The oval-shaped case has been revisited in a smaller size accentuating the precious nature of this jewellery watch. Combined with the unique bark-textured strap, it revives the inimitable spirit of 1960s glamour, while embedding it firmly in contemporary aesthetic codes.
Sashiko Pink Lotus S
Luminous gemsetting
The absolute purity of the diamond is majestically highlighted by the collection’s emblematic crown setting technique, which exalts the beauty of each of the gems by allowing the light to shine through. This ribbon of diamonds encircling the case lights up a delicate textured mother-of-pearl dial – itself dotted with 12 diamond hour-markers. Mother-of-pearl with its shimmering reflections provides an extraordinarily vivid mineral echo of the diamond mantle adorning the watch.
A sculpted gold bracelet
The light also plays brilliantly across the tree bark-style bracelet featuring a texture, silky touch and impeccable comfort stemming from unique expertise. Reflecting the plant world, its extremely fine veins endow it with special vibrancy: this fine mesh give the gold an incomparably supple and light feel. The bracelet follows the curves of the wrist without ever snagging on fabric. This hand-crafted goldwork technique was developed by the Scheufele family in the 1960s. It epitomises the pinnacle of mental and manual brilliance displayed in this jewellery watch, the result of ancestral watchmaking and jewellery skills.
This L'Heure du Diamant timepiece is also available with a slender black or red leather strap, as well as in even more precious variation further showcasing the enchantment of diamonds through an entirely gemset bracelet.
f-43 Bicompax Black On Aviator Strap
Watchmaking and jewellery heritage
Powered by a mechanical hand-wound movement with a 40-hour power reserve, this watch testifies to the complementary skills nurtured by the Maison. Jewellery watches are a decades-long speciality of the Scheufele family currently at the helm of Chopard. An ideal blend of beauty and precision, L'Heure du Diamant collection reaps the benefits of this technical virtuosity dedicated to impressive artistic modernity. From designer to watchmaker and from jeweller to gemsetter and polisher, these creations were brought to life by the wide-ranging talents cultivated by the artisans within the Manufacture.
