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EDITOR'S CHOICE
Malta Business Review
Happy sport
Chopard celebrates the 25th anniversary of
its iconic model with a new interpretation
uniting its finest skills
Twenty-five years ago, its launch marked the
birth of an icon and more; a certain vision
of independence, modernity and freedom
of movement. Happy Sport now enriches
its repertoire of stylistic versatility with the
strength of a self-winding movement specially
developed by Chopard manufacture. It also
adds a precious and delicate touch with a
pastel-coloured textured mother-of-pearl
dial. Pure technical strength, shimmering
under a mantle of light.
Happy Sport, a revolution
In 1993, Chopard Co-President Caroline
Scheufele effectively captured the spirit of the
times in designing a sports watch based on an
original and astounding association between
steel and diamonds. Embodying unprecedented
audacity, the Happy Sport was born. In harmony
with the spirit of the Happy Diamonds that grace
its dial, whirling like skaters performing free
variations between two sapphire crystals, the
Happy Sport soon became a powerful emblem
of the Geneva-based Maison and of feminine
watchmaking. Ever since, it illustrates an
inimitable sense of chic embedded in its DNA.
This incredibly alluring style icon plays the mix
& match game and revels in combining various
genres and repertoires, steel and diamonds, the
eternal and the ephemeral.
A manufacture movement: the spirit of time
To celebrate its 25th anniversary, Chopard
Loyal to the spirit of the original Happy
Sport, the new Happy Sport appears with
a 36mm rose gold case and a polished or
diamond-set bezel. It is fitted with a grey
guilloché dial making a perfect match
with its 18-carat rose gold bracelet or grey
brushed canvas strap.
transports the Happy Sport into a new era: that
of an encounter with the other facet of the
family-run Maison, the watch manufacture.
Chopard has drawn on its watchmaking
expertise to endow the Happy Sport with a
mechanical self-winding movement, the 09.01-
C, exclusively developed for 30 mm ladies’ watch
cases. “Having it all” is the perfect motto for the
women who choose the Happy Sport. Feminine
and technical, playful and radical, precious
and modern: through the sheer diversity of
its qualities, the icon of the Maison Chopard
represents the quintessence of a successful
watch model. This creation bears witness to
Chopard’s ever more seamless integration of
its two centres of excellence – the result of a
unique combination of the myriad skills and
expertise contributing to the grandeur of Haute
Horlogerie and High Jewellery.
Suffused with a soft glow
Technical strength, shimmering under a
mantle of light. The Happy Sport makes no
concessions. The heart of the dial is suffused
with the depth and wealth of textured motherof-pearl.
The soft glow of this exceptional
material features the infinitely varied and
unique shades drawn from the heart of the
shell, sheltering its most precious curves.
The silky iridescence of textured motherof-pearl,
its rarity, and the singularity of its
naturally occurring wave-like motifs endow
each Happy Sport with unique character. This
luminous heart framed by a 30-mm case is
available in four versions: a blue dial with a
gem-set steel case; a pink dial with a steel and
18-carat rose gold case; a white dial with an
18-carat rose gold case; and a white dial with
a gem-set 18-carat rose gold case.
A palette of delicate colours echoes the subtle
shimmer of textured mother-of-pearl. Soft
pastels offer an inexhaustible source of visual
delight, where the gaze can linger at leisure.
A haven of tenderness to lift the spirit. A
gentle celestial blue, an invitation to a land of
dreams, where the eye can wander freely in
contemplation of the clouds billowing through
the imagination. A serene shade of blue. And
then of course pink. The pink of a blush, the pink
of femininity and the prism of optimism that
one adopts to see life at its most beautiful. And
finally, an immaculate and timeless white, the
meeting point of all wavelengths, fulfilling our
desire for gentleness and our quest for balance
with its pristine radiance.
These chromatic landscapes are enlivened
by the mesmerising presence of five moving
diamonds that appear to be whirling above
the dial, feather-light and supremely innocent.
Happy Diamonds offer wearers of the Happy
Sport watch the perpetual sight of an infinite
dance, echoing their every movement. A pas de
deux, a single momentum and a sole horizon:
that of freedom and joie de vivre. MBR
In 25 years of existence, Happy Sport watches
have been interpreted in more than a
thousand different ways. An abundance of
models reflecting the profuse inventiveness
of Chopard, the most creative contemporary
watchmaker-jeweller, and each representing
an opportunity to express the diverse range
of its skills. The collection now welcomes four
new models in 18-carat rose gold, featuring
a polished or diamond-set bezel and paired
with an 18-carat rose gold bracelet or grey
canvas strap. These elegant and sophisticated
models are graced with an entirely guilloché
silver-toned dial, a tribute to the decorative
traditions of classical watchmaking and
forming an ideal backdrop for its seven moving
diamonds. The latter treat the wearer of the
Happy Sport to the sight of a perpetually
changing ballet echoing each nuance of her
own movements.
Happy Sport, a new vision of time
In 1993, picking up the mood of the moment,
Caroline Scheufele – now Co-President and
Creative Director of Chopard – imagined a
sporty watch based on an original and quirky
association between steel and diamonds.
This unprecedented bold move gave rise
to the Happy Sport. Cultivating the spirit of
the Happy Diamonds twirling across its dial
like étoile ballet dancers performing free
variations between two sapphire crystals,
the Happy Sport rapidly became an emblem
of the Maison and indeed of feminine
watchmaking in general. MBR
Credit: Edwards Lowell
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