Chopard

The month of May is a very busy time for connoisseurs of Chopard, aficionados of Automobile racing and Gentlemen in general. 

Not only do they have to contest (or spectate) at the Grand Prix de Monaco Historique and the Mille Miglia race, they have to accompany luscious ravishing ladies at the Cannes Film Festival. 

Faced with glorious pulchritude on the Red Carpet, what does an urbane, trendy man adorn himself with? 

We have to fall back upon reassuring territory and choose Chopard watches...especially L.U.C timepieces. 

At the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, Mads Mikkelsen, DJ Jack Guinness, Oliver Cheshire, Brendon Hartley and John Boyega chose L.U.C timepieces to adorn their looks.

Please tell us your Favourite...... either Watch or Actor would do   

What does that say about you?

Of course, the ladies outperformed us in the Dazzle Department......

Caroline Scheufele walked the red carpet accompanied by Victoria Beckham in Chopard.

Victoria Beckham wore two bracelets in 18k white gold set with diamonds and a ring in 18k white gold set with a 8.88 carats of cushion-cut diamonds, all from the High Jewellery Collection.

Julianne Moore wore earrings from the Green Carpet Collection in 18k white Fairmined gold set with two pear-shaped emeralds (more than 10 carats each) and marquise-cut diamonds; and a ring from the Green Carpet Collection in 18k white Fairmined gold adorned with a 10.3-carat cushion shaped emerald and set with marquise-cut diamonds

The Cobra strikes Twice with Julianne Moore!

Chinese Actress Zhao Tao chose a necklace in 18k rose gold set with rubies (131.5 carats) and diamonds (31.34 carats), a pair of earrings in 18k rose gold set with rubies (24.97 carats) and diamonds (2.84 carats) and a bracelet in 18k rose gold set with rubies (20.09 carats) and diamonds (20.15 carats, all from the Red Carpet Collection.

Look out for the Big Report from the Red Carpet at the 69th Cannes Film Festival (2016)...

Regards,

MTF

 

This message has been edited by MTF on 2016-05-25 03:40:37

And I just noticed the subtle pusher for the GMT dial; nice.

ryan

Ahhh!  The subtle pusher on the L.U.C Regulator is so...er...subtle. 

Here is a video:

L.U.C Regulator

When will you resolve your "madness" for the watch?

Regards,

MTF

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In the sense that--would they pay their own money for these? And even if they did, would they then choose these from among their collections? I assume these were 'supplied' to the actors, so I don't give much credibility to the appearances... please let me know if I'm wrong here.
This message has been edited by Mostel on 2016-05-25 11:24:38

When I was asked to wear brand watches when speaking at Collectors' Dinners, I had a choice of either using my own or loan watches e.g. Cartier, Bulgari, Montblanc, Carl F. Bucherer, Audemars Piguet, Piaget or Chopard, to name a few.  Most of the time, I could wear my own watch. If a loan watch was needed, we usually came to a compromise based on personal preference, clothing and if it had a "good fit" with me. e.g. a Diver's watch may be pretty but I don't dive.

When it was a specific watch launch, I was forced to wear demonstration pieces because there were no production piece in stock.

I wore a Bulgari Octo to give a Launch speech in Manila, that had just returned from a famous American actor's wrist at a hot & sweaty awards ceremony the week before . I can testify that famous sweat is as malodourous as anyone's ! 

At celebrity events, the celeb may use his own watch e.g. Robert Downey Jr., Jose Carreras and Jacky Ickx have their own collections from brands they support.

Or they may be offered a selection usually with first picks based on their "seniority" or "hotness" so the hot celeb gets first choice. 

See the nice blue dial L.U.C XPS chosen by Eddie Redmayne (or his dresser) when he was hot favourite for 2015 Oscar. It matched his blue tuxedo.

Brendon Hartley is the newest Chopard ambassador from the world of endurance racing with the Porsche Motorsport team. he has started a personal collection of Chopard watches that he wears in his own time as well as at Chopard events.

See KenH's interview with Brendon Hartley in Japan, talking about his small growing Chopard collection. [CLICK the link]

When I interviewed Jacky Ickx, he vouched a preference for steel or titanium chronographs instead of gold because of his lifestyle and previous profession.

The key point is that the choice of watch, whether owned or loaned says a lot about your station in life and that snapshot moment e.g. if Redmayne had not been an Oscar favourite, he would not have had the choice of the blue dial.

Don't you think?

So, if you were on the Oscar Award shortlist, what would YOU choose from the Chopard catalogue, money-no-object?

Does it reflect the "You" in you?

Regards,

MTF

Beautiful people overdose is real! 

Beautiful watch and jewelry overdose is real too! 

From some angles, even Julia Roberts looks "wonky" and not beautiful at all!  (gasp; shock; horror; probe)

Others similarly afflicted are Jerrry Hall, Meryl Streep, Renee Zellweger, Drew Barrymore, Sarah Jessica Parker, Owen Wilson, Al Pacino, Nicholas Cage, and even Brad Pitt.

Yet they are considered 'beautiful people' .

I guess they are because they feel they are.

Empowerment is the most beautiful attribute, after all!

Regards,

MTF