The feather-light dancing 2021 Happy Diamonds almost defy the laws of gravity

 

Chopard Happy Diamonds Joaillerie: new 15 dancing diamonds swirl around the dial in a playful game of hide-and-seek.

 

Synonymous with Joie de Vivre (a French phrase often used in English to express a cheerful enjoyment of life,) since its creation in 1976, the Happy Diamonds collection welcomes a new watch inspired by one of the luxury Maison’s historic variations: a creation on which 15 dancing diamonds swirl around the dial in a playful game of hide-and-seek, at times hidden beneath a mother-of-pearl gallery, and at others cascading across the lower part of watch. Combining the sparkle of diamonds with the shimmer of Tahitian mother-of-pearl, the Happy Diamonds Joaillerie timepiece shines with responsible radiance thanks to the use of ethical 18-carat rose gold.

At the centre of this watch crafted in ethical 18-carat rose gold and adorned with diamonds and Tahitian grey mother-of-pearl with iridescent rainbow reflections, an inner round dial indicates the time by means of voluptuous leaf-shaped hands. It is surrounded by an outer dial providing a playground for 15 dancing diamonds.

Nonetheless, the true feat of ingenuity embodied in this Happy Diamonds Joaillerie watch lies in a gallery placed
between 9 and 3 o’clock where these daring diamonds can temporarily remain hidden from sight. When they emerge
from this secret passage, they cascade down the dial, playing an endless game of hide-and-seek with entranced
observers. These dancing gems coexist in two different sizes thus emphasising the random nature of this sparkling
waterfall.

Further diamonds also catch the light on the outer bezel thanks to a particularly ethereal prong setting, making this
jewellery watch a truly dazzling creation.

Measuring 38 millimetres in diameter, the Happy Diamonds Joaillerie is presented on a grey brushed canvas strap,
matching the colour of the Tahitian mother-of-pearl and fitted with a diamond-set rose gold buckle.