KARL-FRIEDRICH SCHEUFELE

The co-president of Chopard sat down with Tatler to share insights into the maison’s philosophy, the art of watchmaking and the inspiration behind its latest collections

The dragon watch completes the Urushi collection, Chopard’s range of timepieces featuring the Japanese urushi lacquer technique. What story did you want to tell through this piece? When we started the Urushi theme, over 12 years ago, we were the first, and are still more or less the only watch company who managed to collaborate with an urushi master for such a long time to create so many different pieces and items and subjects. We also persuaded him to make something small, because urushi items are normally bigger. We reduced the surface to the size of a dial, which is a great complication for any urushi master. The gentleman explained to us that this is really a performance challenge. We made a piece for the Indian market with Lord Ganesh;…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, September 2024

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