Market Focus UK: Distribution
Dec 02, 2004
Wholly owned distributors Chopard set up its own distribution company in London in February 1999. Managing Director Chris Proffitt, along with one sales representative, runs accounts with some 50 stores around the country, with its own flagship store in New Bond Street. He comments: “Our best line is definitely Happy Sport – it brings in about....

Feature: Independently Healthy
Dec 01, 2004
It is no secret that today’s prestige watchmaking business is a far cry from the charming cottage industry of yesteryear. After a decade of multimillion-dollar acquisitions and consolidation, luxury conglomerates now control an estimated 80 percent of the Swiss watch industry, including many of its oldest, most venerated brands. With the....

Chopard Teams with Sir Elton
Oct 01, 2004
Sir Elton John's annual White Tie & Tiara Ball, which benefits The Elton John AIDS Foundation, was sponsored this year by Chopard. The event raised more than £4 million for the charity. Mary J. Blige and Bryan Adams, along with Sir Elton, provided the entertainment. Celebrity onlookers included Elizabeth Hurley, Eva Herzigova, Kylie Minogue, Sting,....

Ritmo Mundo blends tradition with trends
Sep 29, 2004
Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills is the place to shop if a) you’re in the Californian neighbourhood and that’s your thing and b) you have enough pennies. One of the superb emporia that can be found there is David Orgell, a classy boutique that has offered ‘a tradition of discerning selection and luxury’ since 1933. There is jewellery....

Best of the Best: Watches
Jun 01, 2004
Color Shift Acquiring the Chopard Mille Miglia Racing Colors set of chronographs may be the most fun watch purchase you can make this year. Chopard is a company with a sense of humor, and, as is required by the Mille Miglia race, it approaches each project with an abundance of spirit and little restraint. This set of five sequentially numbered....

Concentrically mobile Happy Spirit
Apr 29, 2004
Concentric yellow gold rings nestle against each other, gliding delicately and silently with every movement. Coiled shell-like within the case, time is both concealed and revealed as the watch performs its function in a delightfully playful manner. The soul of the timepiece, a sparkling mobile diamond, nestles at the centre of the golden loops. Inspired by....

HAUTE JOAILLERIE WATCH by Chopard
Mar 31, 2004
Ladies’ watch in 18 carat white gold equipped with a quartz movement. Case set with 116 baguette diamonds, mother-of-pearl dial, black leather strap with diamond-set clasp, water-resistant to 30 metres. www.chopard.com Source: February-March 2004 Issue (Please credit europastar.com)

It happens on Europastar.com
May 01, 2003
It happens on Europastar.com Watch names that made the news on www.euroapstar.com since the beginning of this year 2003 are: Audemars Piguet | Breitling | Alfex | Chopard | Piaget | Omega Longines | Jaeger-LeCoultre | Oris | Kolber | Aquanautic | o.d.m. Limes Uhren | Seiko | Ikepod | Century | Movado | Guy Ellia Fossil | Hublot | Candino | Burberry |....

Features: The Real Deal
Apr 01, 2003
Chopard’s L.U.C. movement, like many of the new proprietary calibers, is a versatile, high-torque workhorse that can be adapted to a variety of future complications. By contrast, two newly developed Cartier calibers, the first 100 percent Cartier-made movements, are much more specialized. Both the dual– time zone and the jumping date movements....

Features: The Real Deal
Apr 01, 2003
The investments made to achieve manufacture status over the last few years have been astonishing. Since the late 1990s, Chopard, Vacheron Constantin, Piaget, Cartier, and Parmigiani Fleurier have either launched their own manufacture movements or opened manufacture factories with all operations under one roof. A partial explanation for all this activity is....