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Madonna's New Chopard Jewelry

Posted Apr 10th 2008 4:02PM by Rigel Gregg
Filed under: Jewelry, Celebrity Shopping

Chopard and Madonna worked together once before to create the pavé diamond "Hung Up" necklace she wore on tour for her last album, and now they're in cahoots again. Designed by Chopard co-president Caroline Gruosi-Scheufele, Madonna has two sparkly new pieces of jewelry for her latest album "Hard Candy." The album art features a wrestling theme and on it Madonna wears a gold and diamond knuckle ring that says "M-dolla" in 258 brilliant cut white diamonds with a Chopard floating diamond on the "M," and a Happy Diamonds cross necklace featuring 3 diamonds. The album comes out at the end of this month.

Gallery: Madonna and Chopard

Chopard Happy Paws Watches

Posted Mar 28th 2008 9:02AM by Laura Malesich
Filed under: Timepieces

Who doesn't like to buy a new watch that supports a good cause. Chopard's Happy Paw watches feature a floating diamond paw and five moving white diamonds in stainless steel with a dark mother of pearl dial. This watch which is finished in a colorful leather strap runs for $6,955 whereas the diamond bezel version is $15,715. In support of our little pawed friends Chopard will donate five-percent of sales of Happy Paw watches to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The company is also sponsoring the 11th Annual ASPCA Bergh Ball on April 17th at The Plaza.

Chopard L.U.C. XP Watch

Posted Mar 23rd 2008 3:02PM by Deidre Woollard
Filed under: Timepieces


Taking a note from the super-thin Appella watches, Chopard will be introducing the ultra-thin L.U.C XP at the Baselworld watch show. This watch uses the automatic Chopard in-house caliber L.U.C. 96HM with 29 jewels and a 70 hour power reserve. The caliber is just 3.3mm thick. The case measures 39.5mm X 6.8mm. This simply styled watch is available in rose or white gold with a slate gray dial. Very elegant.

Oscar Jewels on Display

Posted Mar 8th 2008 8:02AM by Deidre Woollard
Filed under: Jewelry

If you are in New York City, you might want to swing by the Chopard flagship store at Madison and 63rd St. They will be displaying display jewelry pieces worn by Oscar winners from the past five years from March 7-14. Chopard has got a pretty good Oscar streak going: Marion Cotillard (2008), Helen Mirren (2007), Rachel Weisz (2006), Hilary Swank (2005), and Charlize Theron (2004) all wore Chopard jewelry when they won their Oscars. This year's winner, the charming Marion Cotillard who won for La Vie en Rose wore a 64-ct.champagne diamond briolette necklace with a light and dark brown 106-ct. dark brown diamond bead necklace with her mermaid-like Gaultier dress.

Chopard Diamond Brooch for Your Sweetheart

Posted Jan 13th 2008 4:02PM by Laura Malesich
Filed under: Jewelry


Come February, Chopard will be releasing this exquisite diamond brooch. Perhaps a gift for your favorite lady-friend for cupid's day? Made of titanium, spinel, conch pearl and diamonds, it is glamor and femininity in one beautiful little package. Displaying a price tag of $351,000 it isn't for the flat-walleted. But with that hint of pink at it's center I believe it is sure to warm someone's heart and warrant some serious points for the often-in-trouble type of man.

Chopard Happy Fish Bag, Handbag of the Day

Posted Aug 15th 2007 5:02PM by Sandy Maple
Filed under: Handbags


Chopard may be better known for timepieces and jewelry, but their collection of accessories does include a few lovely handbags and wallets. This is the Happy Fish Bag, made from grained calf leather and cotton canvas. Compared to other bags in this price range, this one seems rather lightweight and skimpy on the leather, but it does have the cute factor. The bag features little fish cut-outs as well as metal and resin fish hardware. With a simple flap closure, the bag might be rather spare, but it is definitely unique. $520.

Chopard Happy Sport Mark II Chornograph Watch

Posted Apr 3rd 2007 11:02AM by Deidre Woollard
Filed under: Timepieces


The Chopard Happy Sport watches, with their cluster of rotating diamonds have always been happy little jewelry watches since their launch in 1993. Given that more women are looking for something a little more rugged these days, Chopard is rolling out this hybrid, the Happy Sport Chrono. The watch is definitely girly with a pink crocodile strap, gold case and the mobile Happy diamonds but it also has a big crenellated bezel and chrono functions. It seems a strange melding of styles. Perhaps this is for the person who wants to know exactly how much time it takes the manicurist to finish her acrylics.

Liz Hurley's Big Rock

Posted Mar 5th 2007 8:02PM by Deidre Woollard
Filed under: Jewelry, Celebrity Shopping

It's not the most exciting ring design I've ever seen but it's hard to fault the brilliance of Elizabeth Hurley's massive engagement ring. Vogue UK points us to a pic of the Chopard ring that Arun Nayer gave to her. It features a 15.09 carat Asscher cut diamond in a white gold setting with pave diamonds along the shank. The ring is from Chopard's Haute Joallerie collection and Chopard is also behind Hurley's wedding band of 20 square cut diamonds set in white gold.

Academy Awards Jewelry Picture Roundup

Posted Feb 25th 2007 10:04PM by Deidre Woollard
Filed under: Jewelry, Celebrity Shopping

At the Academy Awards the blackened gold and rough diamond trend continued with many stars wearing pieces that were had a vintage feel. Last year's most amazing piece was probably the Bulgari collar worn by Keira Knightley. There weren't, in my opinion, any real showstopper pieces like that on the red carpet this time but there were definitely some major jewels being displayed.

The evening belonged to earrings and bracelets. Jennifer Hudson wore a yellow diamond necklace (picture after the jump) and a few others wore diamond necklaces but overall heavy earrings and wrists layered with diamonds were the order of the day. Cate Blanchett, Cameron Diaz, Jessica BIel and Jada Pinkett Smith all surrendered their earlobes for the evening to some beautiful and costly gems.

The extraordinary bracelets worn by Nicole Kidman were a pair of 375 carat rough diamond cuffs designed by L'wren Scott. The cuffs contain 187 "arrowhead" shaped diamonds that are known as maccles. The stones are distorted octahedrals that at some point in their growth have "changed direction" creating distinctive triangle shape and are uncut.

After the jump, some of my favorite gems of the evening.

PS (For Info and commentary on the fabulous gowns, please check out our sibling blog Styledash).

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Chopard L.U.C. Strike One Watch

Posted Dec 4th 2006 11:02AM by Deidre Woollard
Filed under: Timepieces


What makes the latest L.U.C. watch from Chopard so special can be seen in an opening at the top of the watch. A tiny window allows a view of the striking mechanism and the hammer. The Strike One watch does just what you would think, it strikes each passing hour once. The watch uses the LUC 96SH caliber and the mechanism provides the energy for the hammer to strike each hour. The 18K white gold watch also has date, hour and minute indications and shows small seconds. You can check out the amazing movement inside this watch here.

[via Time Zone]

Prizewinning Watches For 2006

Posted Nov 14th 2006 11:03AM by Deidre Woollard
Filed under: Timepieces

JCK reports on the winners of the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève ceremonies which were announced last week in Geneva, Switzerland. The jury-judged competition is one of the major awards for luxury watches.

Here are the winners:
--The top prize, the "Prix de L'Aiguille d'Or" went to F.P. Journe for his Grande et Petite Sonnerie Souveraine timepiece shown above.
--The Jury Prize went to Lange & Söhne for the Tourbograph timepiece.
--The Lady's Watch Prize went to Patek Philippe for its Gondolo Gemma.
--The Men's Watch Prize was awarded to Roger Dubuis' Excalibur Triple Time Zone timepiece.
--The Prize for Watch Design went to the limited edition Cartier Santos Mystérieuse.
--The Lady's Jewelry Watch was given to Piaget's Limelight Party timepiece.
--The Prize for Watch with Complication was awarded to H. Moser & Cie for its Moser Perpetual 1.
--The Sports Watch Award went to two watches, Chopard's L.U.C. Extra Plate and TAG Heuer's Carrera Calibre 360.
--The Digital Watch Prize was awarded to Seiko for its 'Electronic Ink' Watch.
--The Public's Prize went to Breguet's Classique 5177.

Madonna's Latest Bauble

Posted Aug 11th 2006 8:01AM by Deidre Woollard
Filed under: Jewelry

hungupVogue UK reports that Chopard has designed Madonna her very own necklace, a diamond necklace that says "Hung Up," the title of her single from her Confessions On A Dancefloor album. The necklace is done in white gold with 1.95 cts of white diamonds. Like many of Chopard's pieces the necklace features a mobile diamond. The necklace has a gold chain of eight brilliants. It looks like a bedazzled version of Carrie's infamous name necklace from Sex and the City.

Chopard Happy Paws Watches

Posted May 1st 2006 8:01AM by Deidre Woollard
Filed under: Timepieces


The latest in Chopard's Happy line of watches which feature floating ornaments inside is the Happy Paws collection. Happy Paws watches feature floating diamond paws and a percentage of the sales will go to the ASPCA. The watches will only be sold at Chopard’s Madison Avenue boutique and sell for  $2,180 to $27,180. More versions after the jump.

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Sharon Stone Gets Glammed Up in Chopard for Basic Instinct 2

Posted Mar 15th 2006 7:31PM by Deidre Woollard
Filed under: Jewelry, Timepieces

Sharon Stone's long-delayed return to the big screen in" Basic Instinct 2" might be worth watching for the lux-spotting alone. A while ago we learned that Stone would be driving a Spyker C8 Laviolette Spyder in the movie. Now comes the news that she will be decked out in Chopard jewels. Chopard is the official jeweler for the movie and Sharon will be wearing the Strada XXL diamond watch shown here, a pair of white-gold Ice Cube rings with diamonds, a diamond ring with a heart-sized pink diamond at its center and diamond and aquamarine earrings. Maybe all the diamonds will distract us from the fact that we will be watching mutton dressed as lamb.

Chopard Happy Valentine Watch

Posted Jan 24th 2006 8:03AM by Deidre Woollard
Filed under: Timepieces

Joining the ever-increasing list of heart-themed watches (recently we have seen heart watches from Hublot, Blancpain, and Charriol) is the Chopard Happy Valentine watch. The watch is done in white gold and is based on the Happy Diamonds collection that features free-floating diamonds. The Valentine watch has a heart set with rubies and a mobile diamond. There is a pink mother-of-pearl dial and a red crocodile strap. There is also a “Happy Spirit” heart-watch in 18ct yellow gold with a pink mother-of-pearl dial. mobile diamond and pink crocodile strap (you can see a picture here).

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