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Chopard

Chopard is a Swiss luxury company focused on watches, jewellery and accessoires. Chopard was founded in 1860 by Louis-Ulysse Chopard. In 1963 Karl Scheufele acquired Chopard; Scheufele is a descendant of a dynasty of watchmakers and jewelers from Germany.

After the acquisition Chopard quickly gained traction among collectors, it is now one of the leading luxury watch companies and operates entirely independent as a family-run brand. The Chopard manufacture in Fleurier produces L.U.C movements which can be found in many Chopard timepieces. Notable Chopard watches for men and Chopard women’s watches include the Happy Diamonds, Imperiale, Classic Racing, L.U.C., Classic. Being a luxury focused brand Chopard is both popular for its Chopard men’s watches and the diamond watches it produces for women.

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Beginning the Year of the Rabbit with Seven Symbolic Timepieces

January 22nd marks the beginning of the Chinese New Year and thus will kick off the Year of the Rabbit. The twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac are representative symbols of Chinese history, mythology, and customs. More than any other of the animals in the zodiac, the rabbit is closely associated with luck and bringing...

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Jan 22, 2023 by Caleb Anderson

Highly Symbolic and Beautifully Detailed: Chopard’s L.U.C XP Urushi Year of the Rabbit

Since 2013, Chopard has dedicated a statement piece from its L.U.C haute-horlogerie collection to the sign of the Lunar zodiac year. This ethical rose gold watch is based on the L.U.C XP extra-flat watches, with a dial decorated using the traditional Urushi Maki-e technique – a combination of lacquer and gold powder – in a...

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Jan 20, 2023 by Sabine Zwettler

Did You Know That: Precious Metals Are Not The Best In Transmitting Sound

The minute repeater is still one of the most coveted complications. It is challenging to make, and not that many brands even do so. With the brands that have them in their collection, they more often than not rank among their most expensive offerings. That also makes for quite a catch 22, as the clients...

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Jan 2, 2023 by Martin Green

Editor’s Pick: The Most Memorable Watches From 2022

As the year winds to a close, our editors here at WatchTime are taking a look back at some of the most notable watches to catch our eyes in 2022. Watchmakers across the industry approached the year with vigor, experimenting with vibrant colors, innovative materials, and reaching new technical feats. While we reflect on the...

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Dec 30, 2022 by WatchTime

2022 Year in Review: 5 Tourbillons to Talk About

Keeping in line with our annual recap tradition, today we look back at a handful of innovative tourbillon releases that broke onto the scene in 2022. There is much debate amongst watch industry professionals regarding whether or not a tourbillon is considered a complication. Through today’s picks we’ll take a look at how impressive and...

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Dec 23, 2022 by Caleb Anderson

Four Watches That Prove That Less Is More

It is often thought that simple, clean designs are the easiest to create. Unfortunately, the opposite is true. The cleaner the design of the watch is, the more weight individual details have on the overall look. The trick is to incorporate just the right elements, and not a single one more, and create a synergy...

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Oct 29, 2022 by Martin Green

Showing at WatchTime New York 2022: Chopard Alpine Eagle Flying Tourbillon

In March of this year at Watches and Wonders 2022, Swiss watchmaker Chopard debuted the Alpine Eagle Flying Tourbillon. Taking inspiration from a historical Chopard model reinterpreted across generations, the design uses rich blue hues and references the Swiss Alp mountain eagle with a flying tourbillon. The watch, which is a chic addition to the...

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Oct 11, 2022 by WatchTime

Flying High: Chopard Enriches the Alpine Eagle Collection with New Executions

Chopard’s Alpine Eagle sports watch collection, which is dedicated to the Swiss Alps and one of their most fascinating animal species, the eagle, welcomes a new dial color available for the 41-mm lineup. Like Aletsch Blue, Bernina Grey, and Absolute Black colorways which have preceded the latest addition, the new “Pine Green” is inspired by...

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Oct 1, 2022 by Sabine Zwettler

Achieving Excellence: The New Chopard L.U.C Full Strike Tourbillon

When Chopard commits to developing the achievements of its brand, there is no stopping at the minimum. In 2016, the brand launched its very first repeating wristwatch, the Full Strike, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its manufacture. The celebration became even more festive when the Full Strike won the coveted best-in-show award at the...

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Sep 7, 2022 by Martin Green

FEATURE

How Green is My Watch? How Watch Brands Are Embracing Sustainability

Sustainability is the topic of the hour. But how committed is the watch industry to ethical and ecological responsibility? We explore several interesting solutions in this feature from the WatchTime archives.

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Aug 1, 2022 by Maria-Bettina Eich

Pedal to the Metal: Chopard Releases Annual Edition of the Mille Miglia Race Edition

Chopard has been partnering with the legendary Mille Miglia classic-car race since 1988. To the delight of old timer and chronograph enthusiasts, the annual event is accompanied by a special edition limited to 1,000 timepieces in stainless steel. In addition, the watches feature a tachymeter scale and a C.O.S.C.-chronometer certificate for the proven precision of...

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Jul 11, 2022 by Sabine Zwettler

The WatchTime Q&A: Bilal Khan, WatchTime’s new Senior Editor

LA-based Bilal Khan joins WatchTime as Senior Editor. Here's what makes him tick.

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Jun 22, 2022 by WatchTime

Bird’s Eye View: Reviewing the Chopard Alpine Eagle XL Chrono

The dial of the Chopard Alpine Eagle XL Chrono was inspired by the iris of an eagle’s eye. Even though we cannot view this fascinating steel chronograph with the extraordinarily sharp eyesight of that bird of prey, we nonetheless scrutinized it with an eagle eye during our test. Scientists believe that eagles can spot animals...

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Jun 12, 2022 by Martina Richter

Green Rambles: Being Sustainable Ain’t Easy

The environment is a hot topic. Quite literally, as life for us will become far less sustainable as the earth is heating up. It will make the oceans rise, the weather far more unpredictable and volatile, accelerates desertification, and the list goes on. To turn the tide, a change is needed, fast and quite radical....

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May 30, 2022 by Martin Green

Colorful Gray: 14 Watches With Gray Dials

Trendy watches of the past few years have been mainly blue and green. Now we’re seeing something completely new: gray. So take a few minutes to view some of today’s most exciting gray watches and immerse yourself in the diversity of color. It’s time well spent. Watches have become noticeably more colorful during the past...

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May 22, 2022 by Ruediger Bucher

Chopard Celebrates 25 Years with the Limited Edition L.U.C XPS 1860 Officer

In a tribute to the 25th anniversary of the L.U.C collection, Chopard intoduces the new L.U.C XPS 1860 Officer, a timepiece that is distinguished by many intriguing details. Limited to 50 pieces, it features a refined 18-carat hand-guilloché dial in forest green with the brand’s signature honeycomb pattern and an officer-type back cover that is adorned with...

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Apr 15, 2022 by Sabine Zwettler

Chopard Introduces the Alpine Eagle Flying Tourbillon at Watches & Wonders 2022

With the Alpine Eagle Flying Tourbillon, the Swiss manufacture Chopard, which celebrated its 25th anniversary last year, opens a new chapter in its luxury sports watch line first presented in 2019. The collection, inspired by the beauty of the Swiss Alps and its majestic inhabitant, the mountain eagle, also introduced a new stainless-steel alloy that...

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Mar 31, 2022 by Sabine Zwettler

Faces of Nature: Five Watches with Dials Inspired by the Natural World

Watch dials have undeniably gotten more colorful in recent years, but even beyond expanding the palette of tones and textures, some watchmakers have turned to the flora and fauna of the natural world for inspiration. Here are five watches that bring organic and environmental motifs to the wrist. CHOPARD ALPINE EAGLE CADENCE 8HF Chopard’s Alpine...

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Jan 3, 2022 by Mark Bernardo

Chopard Blends Titanium and Ethical Gold in its Latest Alpine Eagle XL Chrono

Chopard launched an “extra-large” chronograph version of its sport-luxury Alpine Eagle model in 2020, consisting of two references with cases and bracelets in Lucent steel and a third in a bi-material execution combining Lucent steel and the maison’s “ethical” rose gold. For the latest iteration of the Alpine Eagle XL Chrono, released at the end...

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Jan 2, 2022 by Mark Bernardo

2021, The Watch Year in Review: Eight Wordly Travel Watches

By almost any standard, the luxury watch world enjoyed a successful year in 2021 despite the lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and its worldwide economic consequences — with high-profile retailers reopening and expanding, new auction records set, some large-scale industry events (like our own WatchTime New York) returning, and of course, a host of...

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Dec 29, 2021 by Mark Bernardo
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