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Chopard Happy Sport XL Lady's Watches

The Chopard Happy Sport watch collection seems to be the bread and butter sports watch line for ladies from the Swiss brand that sees no end in its limitless variations. The new limited edition Happy Sport XL line is large at 42mm (in steel) wide for women, in three colors - blue, coral, and green mother-of-pearl. New hands and unique dials are what characterize the collection. In my opinion the cool water blue dial of the blue version is going to be the top earner of the bunch - though they are all very nice. The dials are done in various types of lacquers, with of course the free floating diamonds steel in gold (or maybe steel) that hover around in a sandwiched section in the middle dial. Love those fat colorful hands, and the rubber strap. Sporty and colorful indeed - with artistic dials - making them VERY Chopard in nature. Likely to have Swiss quartz movements.

The Happy Sport XL collection is going to be a limited edition of just 500 pieces (of each style). They are going to be exclusively available at Chopard brand boutiques. Nice overall, but the prices start at a whopping 5,590 euros. Seriously, just once do I want to be "pleasantly surprised" by the prices of watches in this segment.

Ariel Adams publishes the luxury watch reviews site aBlogtoRead.com.

Gallery: Chopard Happy Sport XL blue

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Chopard 150th Anniversary Happy Sport Star Diamonds Watch

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Chopard 150th Anniversary Happy Sport Star Diamonds Watch

First there was the Chopard Happy Diamonds, which then turned into the Happy Sport, which then turned into a bunch of weird watches that were only eclipsed by the saturated world of fakes. The original concept was great, and then I think that Chopard just forgot what the whole point of the watch was. Well as a 150th anniversary celebration of the brand, Chopard released a brand new Happy Sport watch that finally feels fresh, yet connected to the original Happy Diamonds concept. The idea was about having a section of loose moving diamonds set in steel or gold, sandwiched between two sapphire crystals sitting over the watch dial. The Happy Sport Star Diamonds watch takes those diamonds and puts five of them into a star shaped steel settings. The watch dial itself is in a beautiful aventurine lacquered blue - that shines like a night sky. Movement is Swiss quartz.

The shape of the case has been updated as well. It retains the classic look, but with a more modern feel. There are two versions: one with just the loose star diamonds, and one with a diamond studded bezel. The watch is available with a matching blue satin or alligator strap. Only thing I would change is putting the date on a blue disc, or more tastefully incorporate it into the dial design. Oh, and while the Chopard name is nicely full applied to the sapphire crystal, it is rather showy for my taste.

Ariel Adams publishes the luxury watch review site aBlogtoRead.com.

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Chopard Happy Sport Mark II Chornograph Watch

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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.

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