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Baselworld 2013: Chopard Happy Sport Medium Automatic
For 20 years, the Happy Sport watches by Chopard have been appealing to
devotees of contemporary, daring, and subtly unconventional timepieces.
To mark this jubilee year, the iconic collection welcomes a mechanical
interpretation in the shape of the new Happy Sport Medium Automatic.
It was in 1993 that Caroline Scheufele created one of the Chopard icons, the Happy Sport watch. Repeatedly interpreted over the years in occasionally humorous and consistently elegant ways, it has lived under various highly evocative identities: Happy Beach, La Vie en Rose, Happy Spirit, Mystery Pink…
Now, in celebrating the finest anniversary of its diamonds moving freely just a few mili metres above exquisite watch dials, Chopard unveils the new Happy Sport Medium Automatic. The famous moving diamonds – one of the most fascinating jewellery innovations in recent decades – adds an unprecedented mechanical dimension to their entrancing natural charm.
Moving diamonds meet a mechanical movement
Elegant, sophisticated and entirely loyal to the spirit of the original Happy Spirit, the new Happy Sport Medium Automatic reveals a guilloché silver-toned dial, a tribute to the decorative traditions of classical watchmaking and a perfect backdrop against which to highlight the seven moving diamonds. On the back, a sapphire crystal provides a chance to admire its mechanical self-winding movement adorned with a straight Côtes de Genève motif also known as Geneva stripes. Its 36 mm-diameter steel case is water resistant to 30 metres and fitted with a black alligator leather strap.
Case:
• Steel
• Total diameter: 36.00 mm
• Thickness: 12.08 mm
• Water resistance: 30 m
• Steel crown set with a blue sapphire 6.00 mm
• Seven moving diamonds
• Glareproofed sapphire crystal
• Exhibition back
Movement:
• Mechanical self-winding movement
• Diameter: 26.20 mm
• Thickness: 3.60 mm
• Number of jewels: 25
• Frequency: 28,800 vph (4Hz)
• Power reserve: 42 hours
Dial and hands:
• Guilloché silver-toned dial or fully set with diamonds dial
• Rhodiumed gold-toned hour, minute and seconds hands
• Rhodiumed or gold-toned hour-markers
Functions and displays:
• Central display of the hour, minute and seconds
• Date at 4.30 (except for fully set version)
Strap and buckle:
• Alligator leather strap
• Steel pin buckle or 18ct rose gold pin buckle
Ref. 278559-3001 – In stainless steel
Ref. 278559-3003 – In stainless steel with diamond-set bezel
&
Ref. 274808-5003 – In 18ct rose gold with diamond-set bezel
Ref. 274808-5002 – In 18ct rose gold with In 18ct rose gold bracelet
Sapphire back
Ref. 274891-5001 – In 18ct rose gold fully set with diamonds
It was in 1993 that Caroline Scheufele created one of the Chopard icons, the Happy Sport watch. Repeatedly interpreted over the years in occasionally humorous and consistently elegant ways, it has lived under various highly evocative identities: Happy Beach, La Vie en Rose, Happy Spirit, Mystery Pink…
Now, in celebrating the finest anniversary of its diamonds moving freely just a few mili metres above exquisite watch dials, Chopard unveils the new Happy Sport Medium Automatic. The famous moving diamonds – one of the most fascinating jewellery innovations in recent decades – adds an unprecedented mechanical dimension to their entrancing natural charm.
Moving diamonds meet a mechanical movement
Elegant, sophisticated and entirely loyal to the spirit of the original Happy Spirit, the new Happy Sport Medium Automatic reveals a guilloché silver-toned dial, a tribute to the decorative traditions of classical watchmaking and a perfect backdrop against which to highlight the seven moving diamonds. On the back, a sapphire crystal provides a chance to admire its mechanical self-winding movement adorned with a straight Côtes de Genève motif also known as Geneva stripes. Its 36 mm-diameter steel case is water resistant to 30 metres and fitted with a black alligator leather strap.
Case:
• Steel
• Total diameter: 36.00 mm
• Thickness: 12.08 mm
• Water resistance: 30 m
• Steel crown set with a blue sapphire 6.00 mm
• Seven moving diamonds
• Glareproofed sapphire crystal
• Exhibition back
Movement:
• Mechanical self-winding movement
• Diameter: 26.20 mm
• Thickness: 3.60 mm
• Number of jewels: 25
• Frequency: 28,800 vph (4Hz)
• Power reserve: 42 hours
Dial and hands:
• Guilloché silver-toned dial or fully set with diamonds dial
• Rhodiumed gold-toned hour, minute and seconds hands
• Rhodiumed or gold-toned hour-markers
Functions and displays:
• Central display of the hour, minute and seconds
• Date at 4.30 (except for fully set version)
Strap and buckle:
• Alligator leather strap
• Steel pin buckle or 18ct rose gold pin buckle
Ref. 278559-3001 – In stainless steel
Ref. 278559-3003 – In stainless steel with diamond-set bezel
&
Ref. 274808-5003 – In 18ct rose gold with diamond-set bezel
Ref. 274808-5002 – In 18ct rose gold with In 18ct rose gold bracelet
Sapphire back
Ref. 274891-5001 – In 18ct rose gold fully set with diamonds
Press Release
This message has been edited by Kong on 2013-04-25 06:31:04
People may have missed this IS news!
How many times have we asked for a mechanical movement with the Happy Diamonds like the original Gent's Happy Diamonds watch of 1976?
This Happy Sport proves that it is possible to make an automatic movement version albeit not THE Happy Diamonds model but the sporty version.
The old story was that the original mechanical watch had it's adjustment crown at the back of the watch and that feature is found in modern quartz movements. Since there are no modern mechanical movements with caseback crowns, we thought the request was "impossible".
Although 36 mm diameter of the new Hapy Sport Medium Automatic may be suitable for some men (and women), I wonder what size is a Chopard Happy Sport Large Automatic watch?
Even better, what size is the XL version?
MTF
XL is ...
diameter 42mm ( chopard.watchprosite.com
)
As this is the year of Happy Sport, perhaps, what you have been thinking, may likely to happen, a mechanical inside Happy Sport.
The Imperiale, at diameter 40mm, already with Fleurier Ebauche movements.
Will the XL be XLL, to diameter 44mm? Could be a possibility too, like the Pink MM you have
There will be a customization programme for the Happy Sport. Interesting!
Kong
As this is the year of Happy Sport, perhaps, what you have been thinking, may likely to happen, a mechanical inside Happy Sport.
The Imperiale, at diameter 40mm, already with Fleurier Ebauche movements.
Will the XL be XLL, to diameter 44mm? Could be a possibility too, like the Pink MM you have
There will be a customization programme for the Happy Sport. Interesting!
Kong
Look forward to see the photo of its movement
thro the caseback. Maybe one for the Mrs ;p
Thanks, Kong
Melvin
Something to fill in the blank at the moment :-)
She will be delighted with the choices
I'm sure ;p
I'll keep a look out on more info on this auto Happy Sport.
Melvin