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On the evening of the 20^th of March, at the Musical Theatre Basel, Chopard hosted a spectacular party to celebrate its 150^th anniversary. A longtime friend of Scheufele family, Jose Carreras performed with Spanish flamenoo dancer Sara Baras to benefit his foundation against leukaemia. Following the concert, the maestro joined all the friends of Chopard, for a cocktail dinner followed by an afterparty which took place in the backstages of the theatre.

Meanwhile, we saw new beautiful watches and jewelries specially designed for its 150^th  anniversary, in which the Animal World Watch Collection and Happy Sport Blue Jewelry amaze everyone.

Chopard 150th Anniversary Happy Sport Blue Jewelry Watch Collection

Chopard Happy Sport 150th Anniversary limited edition was inlaid brilliant mobile diamonds. This collection represents single pure blue: aventurine painted blue dial matches blue crocodile leather strap or satin strap, charming and mysterious. Simple dial has five moveable pentagrams, calendar and brand name “Chopard”, abandoning numeral or stick markers, clean, pure and elegance. The bezel presents with full steel, full inlaid diamonds or sapphire. It can perfectly match every kind of dress, jeans, suit or evening dress. They are all water-resistant up to 30 metres.

Chopard Happy Diamonds Animal World Watch Collection

Luxury watches for women with animals on them are really in – and Chopard is taking full advantage of that with a major new collection in celebration of their 150th anniversary. The collection is actually not just about watches, but a full line of animal themed jewelry that is quite well done may I say. The watches follow suit with their Happy Diamonds / Happy Sport watches – sharing a similar case shape and having the free floating diamonds in the watches. See here are three watches in 18k white or rose gold. Seen here are the Polar Bear, Monkey, and Penguin watches. What I really like is that the animals are placed against a background of their “habitat.” The lone polar bear has ice behind it, the monkey is in a jungle, and the penguin is in the midst of fellow birds. the animals are covered in diamonds, and the watches further have diamond bezels. Straps are satin fabric, and the movements inside the watches are likely quartz. You can of course tell the time via hands in the background, but time is not the emphasis of these pieces.

This complication is one of two that are the most popular exports from Switzerland (the other being the chronograph), according to the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry. This contrasts strongly with the world time watch, which is rarity. Of course, the contrasts don’t end there. Aesthetically, the world time watch and a watch with a second time zone, which we shall call the GMT watch, are totally at odds.

GMT watches are very clean and legible, unless of course there is another complication thrown into the mix. This clean and professional look – very nearly like an industrial tool – is part of the appeal of the GMT watch. Typically, the GMT watch has a central hour and minutes display for the local time, while home time or the second time zone is indicated via a second hour hand, which also operates out of the central hour axis but only makes a circuit of the dial once every 24 hours.

All things being equal, there will be only one crown on a GMT watch. A rotating bezel is useful but not de rigueur. The addition of more than two time zones sometimes means that additional crowns will come into play.

History tells us that the GMT watch came into play at the dawn of the commercial jet age, classics here being from Rolex of course. The original GMT Master watch in 1954 was in fact the first GMT watch ever produced. Though this and other classic GMT watches use just one movement, some watches with more than just a second time zone actually feature different movements.

In the face of global warming, particularly its impact on the ecology of the Himalayas, IWC has released an Ingenieur Automatic Ken Noguchi Edition in aid of the Sherpa Fund.

Noguchi first conquered Mount Everest in 1999 and became the youngest person ever to scale the highest mountains of the world’s seven continents.

Mr. Georges Kern, CEO of IWC Schaffhausen, said: “Other than his significant adventure achievements, Mr. Ken Noguchi deserves our great respect and support for his contribution to society in terms of raising concern for protecting the environment. Noguchi is also a watch enthusiast and IWC is very proud that Noguchi has chosen IWC to be his accompany.”

The limited edition stainless steel timepiece features an automatic Pellaton winding system, shock-absorption system, date indicator, centre second with stop device and a special engraving on the back showing Mount Everest and a mountaineer.

After a recent voyage, Noguchi said: “I wore this watch during my expedition of Mount Everest and experienced the engineering excellence of this watch. I am glad that the contribution from IWC is not just to the Sherpa Fund but also to spread the message to others on Earth.”

The Ingenieur Automatic Ken Noguchi Edition is identifiable by its brown dial and orange markers, and is water resistant to 120m. Only 200 will be made and it’s on sale at the IWC Hong Kong Boutique.