Happy Sport Chrono

Happy Sport Chrono

The chic, ultra-feminine chronograph

A critically acclaimed feminine watchmaking icon regularly interpreted since its creation through a multitude of daring designs, the Happy Sport has been reinvented in a new chronograph version. Sporty by nature and ethical in essence, this daring 40 mm-diameter watch has what it takes to appeal. Its seven dancing diamonds swirl around its elegant dial, framed by case made entirely of ethical 18-carat rose gold or a bi-material version made of stainless steel and ethical 18-carat rose gold. The Happy Sport Chrono is powered by a chronograph movement boasting COSC-certified chronometer precision and endowed with a 54-hour power reserve. It is paired with a blue leather strap that contributes to its chic yet casual appearance.

A complication at the heart of the design

The chronograph is an elegant and sporty complication that naturally resonates with the Happy Sport identity. It made its collection entrance in 1996 and now defines the look of the new Happy Sport Chrono model. On the right-hand side of the case – crafted in either ethical 18-carat rose gold or a bi-material stainless steel and ethical 18-carat rose gold version – the designers have added two distinctive pushers without detracting from the roundness and balance of the collection’s characteristic design.

On the gilded – or silver-toned for the bi-material version – dial featuring a sunburst satin-brushed and guilloché centre, the hours and minutes counters required for the timekeeping functions are likewise harmoniously integrated, with blue transfers ensuring perfect legibility of the information. The same is true of the Super-LumiNova® coating on the hour-markers and hands that ensures the time can be read in the dark. The predominance of gold in this creation is a reminder of the commitment to sustainability upheld by Chopard, which since July 2018 has been using 100% ethical gold in the production of its watches and jewellery.

At the heart of the timepiece beats a precision chronograph movement, certified by the Official Swiss Chronometer Testing Institute. Its self-winding mechanism serves to store up a 54-hour power reserve, enough to find the watch keeping perfect time after a long weekend without it.

Matching the blue dial transfers, the blue leather strap makes the watch perfectly comfortable to wear, while emphasising the casual look typical of Happy Sport women.

Happy Sport: a daring and free-spirited creation

Flashback to 1993, when Caroline Scheufele captured the spirit of the era by devising a sports watch based on the unprecedented mingling of steel and diamonds. Happy Sport was born of this bold vision. Since then, it has perpetually celebrated Joie de Vivre and a free-spirited approach daily reinvented by women to conquer the world in which they wish to live and become the woman they aspire to be. Thanks to dancing diamonds that are "happier when they are free" – as Caroline Scheufele’s mother exclaimed when she discovered the first prototype of this novel concept in 1976 – the Happy Sport watch stages a fascinating and perpetually creative show. One in which women play a starring role, since it is their own movements that breathe life into the dancing diamonds and this constantly recomposed scene. A powerful metaphor of the emancipatory momentum women experienced in the 20th century, the collection vividly reflects this vibrant life force and has lent itself to countless transformations ever since its debut.