Animal World “Peacock” Watch
A peacock joins the bold
jewelery bestiary by Caroline Scheufele
Chopard continues its extraordinary journey down the path of the animal world that began in 2010 when Caroline Scheufele, Co-President and Artistic Director, envisioned a High Jewelery collection in tribute to the House’s 150th anniversary. Unfolding an impressive jewelery bestiary, the Animal World collection left a memorable mark on the history of the House and of High Jewelery in general. The adventure continues with a watch-jewel ‘Peacock’, a peacock, which revives the world of mischief and infinite beauty that made the collection so successful.
Since the presentation of the first pieces of the collection, Animal World inspires the wonderful world of High Jewelery with miniature frescoes and dreamy tales. Each animal, invested with its own symbolic charge, represents a new challenge for Chopard’s sculptors, casters, polishers and setters. Thanks to their exceptional mastery of jewellery, they make the best possible use of shapes, tones and materials, bringing to life animals in precious stones and gold with gestures and expressions charged with emotion.
This time Caroline Scheufele has decided to pay homage through a jewel-watch to a peacock full of elegance. The bird gracefully spreads its tail around the mother-of-pearl sphere, guarding the course of time with a corsage of jeweled feathers. This fascinating fan of feathers fascinates with its multiple eyes with sapphire blue pupils, fringed with intense green eyelashes. This sun wheel, celebrated in Indian mythology, opens the mind to serene contemplation and regeneration of the soul. The peacock feather is also a symbol of justice because the balance of its plumage hangs by a thread and the weight can break it at the slightest breath.
Powered by an automatic movement, this exceptional timepiece was selected in the prestigious Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix competition in the jewelery category. Its creation has required no less than 340 hours of work by the workshops, including the setting of some 2,230 precious stones – ranging from diamonds to Paraíba tourmalines, sapphires, tsavorites and lazulites – in a skillful anodized titanium setting.
Technical details
18-carat ethical white gold and titanium watch-jewel set with sapphires (4.7 cts), Paraíba tourmalines (1.67 cts), white, cognac, black and brown diamonds (for a total of 1.55 cts), tsavorites (1.04 cts) and lazulites (0.71 cts).
Ref. 134674-9001