Memory of a golden age
Legacy

By overturning the codes of watchmaking and jewellery in the mid-1970s, Chopard accompanied the upheavals of an era marked by the emancipation of women and the liberalisation of society. The Maison pays tribute to this victorious past that forged its identity.

Forever Happy Sport

An explosion of colours and extravagance, a turning point, an icon and the watch most collected by women: Happy Sport is all this and so much more. The embodiment of Caroline Scheufele’s passion and joie de vivre, from their birth in the 90s to the present, Happy Sport models have epitomised a noble legacy of casual chic style in a kaleidoscope of more than 1,000 variations – each one infused with the spirit of Chopard’s Co-President and Artistic Director. A powerful metaphor of the emancipatory momentum women experienced in the 20th century, the Happy Sport watch sealed Chopard’s place in contemporary watchmaking and continues to stage a fascinating and perpetually creative show in which women play a starring role. Happy Sport is forever.

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(On-screen text: LEGACY) 


(Against a silvery background, the letters of the word LEGACY rain down, each bearing a pattern reminiscent of one of the Happy Sport watches.) 


Overflowing with fearless creativity, an explosion of colors and extravagance, Chopard established iconic watches. 


(Stars sparkle on a black background, different watches with colorful designs and sparkling jewels appear. The stars draw together to form the shape of a timepiece, then the word "Chopard".) 


(On-screen text: FOREVER HAPPY SPORT) 


Guided by a unique family spirit, Caroline Scheufele created an icon in women's watches: Happy Sport. 


(Multiple black and white family photographs flit by and end on a photo of Caroline that zooms in. A flash of white light reveals a Happy Sport watch that forms the "O" in the word ICON.) 


(On-screen text: HAPPY SPORT) 


(Hands reach out, holding or wearing different Happy Sport watches, diamonds dancing within.) 


Instantly recognizable as an original, forever present in our lives, an icon represents a turning point, a step forward, a new horizon, a revolution, a symbolic moment, a pioneer, an advocate. They are forever remembered. 


(Different Happy Sport ads flash by, from old to new, always featuring the watch's dial at the center of the screen.) 


Happy Sport, a pinnacle in women's watches. The watch that sealed Chopard's fate in the world of contemporary watchmaking. 


(The C of the Chopard symbol floats in a starry sky, surrounded by Roman numerals.) 


(A sketch of the Happy Sport watch is covered by many different versions of the watch, in different colors, materials and designs.) 


So popular was the model, it expanded into new territories with new materials, shapes, colors, gem settings and complications. A kaleidoscope of daring and playful variations. 


(Colors, gems, Roman numerals, complications and engravings spin like a kaleidoscope.) 


Caroline's spirit is infused into each creation. 


(Black and white photo of Caroline, one eye covered by her hand adorned with a large sparkling ring.) 


She takes us on a voyage, a journey into her life which would become the universe of Happy Sport. 


(A rose gold pendant with dancing diamonds inside hangs among colorful painted flowers, lilies and orchids, which part to reveal the words "Happy Sport" surrounded by a swirling line of diamonds.) 


Swimming in the deep blue ocean, living out our dreams, seeing La Vie en Rose, speeding through racetracks, going to the moon and back, on adventures to the Arctic, meeting wild animals, walking the red carpet, attending glamorous celebrations, and supporting causes that matter. 


(A series of Happy Sport watches illustrate each of these endeavors. Each year of Happy Sport watches rolls by, and the timeless stainless steel case Happy Sport watch stays in the center while the background changes endlessly, with animations of different dial shapes, hands and Roman numeral designs, then a variety of different watches that fill the screen and zoom out into a photo of Caroline.) 


From its birth in the '90s until today, Happy Sport watches have embodied more than 1,000 variations. The watch most collected by women, reflecting all their facets and splendor. For the love of the Maison and her love of life, Caroline conveys a passion. 


(Caroline sketches on a pad; drawings of the Chopard logo, dancing diamonds and watch face designs appear on a white background.) 


Happy Sport is forever connected to Caroline's joie de vivre, forever filling every woman's heart with pure joy. 


(Caroline laughs and smiles on camera during an interview. Golden hearts appear on the screen and open up to reveal the word "CHOPARD".) 


(On-screen text: Chopard)

“Little Diamonds do Great Things”

The creative soul of the Maison, Caroline Scheufele began shaping her brilliant destiny from childhood onwards. Born into a long line of watchmakers, she designed her first watch as a young girl, from pieces of aluminium foil. While still a teenager, she let her fertile imagination wander by designing a clown pendant with small dancing diamonds twirling inside its belly. Made in secret by the workshops on the initiative of Caroline Scheufele's father, this clown was to be the first ever piece of Chopard jewellery. A joyful and playful creation, it quickly became the favourite gift of a generation of fathers to their beloved daughters, and the symbol of Chopard's formidable jewellery adventure.

“Diamonds are happier when they are free”

The history of Happy Diamonds is set against the backdrop of the profound transformation and cultural changes of the 1970s. Inspired by the lightness and freedom of the spray from a waterfall, the Chopard workshops decided to release diamonds from all settings for the very first time: a real upheaval in the world of watchmaking. "Diamonds are happier when they are free" exclaimed Caroline Scheufele's mother when she first caught sight of these icons in the making. Conveying a universal message, Happy Diamonds reflected the spirit of the times: precious things should not be locked up! Free and liberated, they sparkled more brightly than ever – like the women who wore them.

Free spirited women

From the very beginning, the powerful energy of the Happy Sport distilled an aura of Joie de Vivre. Combining diamonds and steel turned watchmaking codes upside down, in line with the modern society that women were taking an extraordinary place in. With more and more of them taking up positions of responsibility, their influence began to steadily grow within the family as well as in business and politics.

A new style of living began for these women conducting their lives in a free-spirited, independent way and fashion had to adapt. The Happy Sport model perfectly reflected this tendency. A key initiator of the sport-chic trend, magnificently paired with jeans and trainers as with a little black dress and heels, conquering catwalks, red carpets and women’s wrists!

Rebirth of the luxury women's watch: a 1990s icon

The perfection characterising the design of the first Happy Sport watch presented in 1993 lives on with a vintage yet highly contemporary charm that continues to fascinate. So much so that Caroline Scheufele decided, nearly 30 years on, to revive this exceptional diamond watch through a limited reissue: Happy Sport the First. Produced in a highly anticipated run of just 1993, this revival watch is an exact look-alike of its illustrious ancestor: a luxury watch with curvaceously feminine shapes carved in steel, a pebble link bracelet and a silver-toned dial whose understated elegance sets the perfect stage for the luminous ballet of seven dancing diamonds. A diamond watch: the 1990s icon for 21st century women!