Lorena

Artisan chorégraphe des diamants mobiles

Libres de leur mouvement

Ils tournent, ils valsent, ils virevoltent, ils semblent défier les lois de l’apesanteur et en feraient presque oublier le temps qui passe. Il n’est rien de plus hypnotique que le mouvement gracieux des diamants au cœur des montres et des bijoux Happy Diamonds. Libres de leur mouvement, ils semblent dotés de vie. Et c'est Lorena, artisan chorégraphe des diamants mobiles depuis 2013, qui prépare la scène sur laquelle les Happy Diamonds vont se lancer dans une danse éternelle.

[A sustained note in the background] 


(A light shines on an assorment of sparkling diamonds. Lorena uses jewellery tweezers to gently select one.) 


Bringing Happy Diamonds to life is something you only learn here. Only the Maison Chopard makes jewellery like this. 


(A close-up of a Happy Diamonds timepiece with the diamonds gliding over the dial.) 


(On-screen text: ART, from the Latin ARS, ARTIS. Talent, skill, dexterity.) 


[Soft piano music plays] 


(On-screen text: The word ART becomes ARTISAN.) 


(On-screen text: From expertise to emotion. Chopard) 


(A black and white graphite sketch of the palm of a hand, surrounded by the words EXPERTISE, CREATIVITY, EMOTION.) 


To me, an artisan creates real value because we really work with our hands.


(A portrait of Lorena.) 


(On-screen text: Lorena, Choreography Artisan) 


My job is to breathe life into jewellery and timepieces by adding mobile Happy Diamonds. 


(Dressed in a white lab coat, Lorena sits at her workstation. She plunges the diamonds into a liquid to clean them.) 


(On-screen text: Cleaning the diamonds) 


When I first started working at Chopard, when I applied for a job in mechanical watchmaking, I knew I was going to learn new things, which is something I enjoy. When you enjoy what you're doing, you can learn very fast. 


(On-screen text: Checking the diamond) 


(Lorena studies a single diamond through a microscope.) 


Happy Diamonds are diamonds that are specifically designed to spin and twirl inside jewellery and watches. 


(On-screen text: Manually setting a prong-set diamond) 


(Lorena delicately picks up a diamond and a clawed basket and sets the diamond carefully.) 


It gives me the freedom to show all my strengths as a person and as an artisan. It's amazing to see a piece of jewellery with mobile diamonds that can move freely inside.


(On-screen text: Integrating the mobiles into the case middle) 


(Lorena places the set diamond onto the crystal; it spins slightly as she sets it down. She polishes the outer crystal and puts it in place on the case.) 


And to know it was made by an artisan, and not by a machine. That's what gives Chopard jewellery its value. My special talent is assembling tiny parts.


(On-screen text: Automatically gemsetting the mobiles) 


(Lorena arranges the diamonds and a machine presses them into their settings.) 


I've always enjoyed meticulous work. Not that I'm a very patient person, but when it comes to jewels, I'm very patient because I'm aiming for excellence.


(On-screen text: Cleaning and assembling the bezel) 


It's a challenge and I have the goal of making our clients happy. Gratitude is very important. That's how my parents brought us up. 


(On-screen text: Screwing down the bezel) 


(Lorena polishes the bezel and lowers it onto the case. She uses tiny tools to fix it in place.) 


Chopard reached out to me when I needed them, when I was looking for work. They gave me the chance to show my skills. So today, I am very grateful. 


(On-screen text: Integrating the mobile into the bangle) 


(Lorena places a single diamond between two crystals at the end of a bangle.) 


I'm proud to work for Chopard because the Scheufele family is the image of a real family. 


(On-screen text: Manually assembling the jewellery) 


(Lorena assembles and carefully polishes a bangle and a pendant necklace which both feature diamonds dancing between two crystals.) 


For me, it is a great Maison, and even though they have so much today, they still work very hard, because I think they know there is a family behind every employee.


(On-screen text: Fitting one of the pendant's sapphire crystals) 


What I do today is something I have always wanted to do because it's my passion.


(On-screen text: Chopard - The artisan of emotions - Since 1860)

"Un double ballet gracieux généré par le mouvement auquel les diamants s’accordent - ou décident de suivre leur propre chemin."

Lorena, Artisan chorégraphe des diamants mobiles

Lorena, Artisan chorégraphe des diamants mobiles

Lorena est la chorégraphe des diamants. C’est elle qui les met en scène, qui les protège délicatement entre les deux verres saphir et leur ménage cet espace de liberté, en toute sécurité. Tout se passe devant son établi. Mais avant tout, afin qu’ils puissent tourbillonner librement sur le cadran des montres, les diamants mobiles auront été sertis dans une culasse bombée. Ce système ingénieux inventé par les ateliers Chopard dans les années 1970 permet aux gemmes d’improviser les mouvements les plus extravagants, sans rayer le verre. Lorena nettoie d’abord avec précaution le verre saphir du cadran puis elle y dépose les diamants mobiles.

Variations libres

Ensuite, elle referme la cavité avec le second verre saphir, dépose un joint qui va comprimer la glace et lui permettra d’être contenue, puis elle va la chasser manuellement grâce à une potence. Tout l’art consiste à appliquer une pression uniforme sur tout le verre afin qu’il soit placé de manière uniforme et assure à la montre ou au bijou une parfaite étanchéité. Son doigté dans l'obtention de tolérances parfaites garantit également que les diamants bénéficient de l'espace nécessaire pour évoluer de manière ludique, mais toujours parallèlement au cadran – et donc sans être bloqués entre les deux verres de saphir transparent, ni risquer de se retourner et de révéler ainsi l’envers du décor. Ils réalisent des variations libres et dansent comme s’il n’y avait pas de fin.

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