What you see here, is the high jewellery watch from Chopard, Imperiale Joaillerie Rainbow, that I had chance to see once in Switzerland. My wife was with me that day and she was super happy to offer her wrist for modelling this outstanding watch. It’s not just some ordinary jewellery watch from Chopard, this is a super complex piece to produce. The Imperiale Joaillerie Rainbow is fully covered with baguette-cut sapphires, running the full spectrum of colours from majestic purple to anise green. In total, 581 baguette-cut sapphires can be counted on the watch, with a total weight of 47.98 carats. The majority of stones are colored sapphire crystals, but some of them are various tones of purple amethyst. Chopard claims 1,012 hours in the selection, cutting, and setting off the stones.
This watch comes in all-18k rose gold with a matching bracelet. Case diameter is 40 mm.
The Imperiale Joaillerie watch is powered by Chopard’s in-house made automatic movement, calibre 01.03-C, which is produced by them at Fleurier Ebauches (a unit that produces the brand’s large-volume calibers). This movement has a power reserve of 60 hours and operates at 4Hz (28,800bph).
581 baguette-cut sapphires, with a total weight of 47.98 carats. 1,012 hours in the selection, cutting, and setting off stones.
Now we can see the rainbow watches from many brands, usually only around bezel, some also with dials, but it was 2015 when Chopard introduced this watch. At that time it was just the very beginning of the “Raindow trend” and already then Chopard went all-in by showing the watch that is fully covered with baguette-cut sapphires (including bracelet).
Chopard Imperiale Joaillerie Rainbow, ref.384340-5003, is not a limited edition, it is made “on request”. However, considering how much time is needed to build one watch, the quantities will be extremely low. The price of this watch is around 600,000 EUR.
