The complete History of Chopard watches

The complete History of Chopard watches

Chopard is commonly a Swiss company that manufacture and retail luxurious watches and any other precious products, like jewellery and accessories. This Swiss company was established by Louis Ulysse Chopard in 1860 in sonvilier, Switzerland, and after some time a German family named Scheufele owned the Chopard company. The headquarters of this company is situated in Geneva, Switzerland.
 

Chopard watches London is one of the best companies in all over the world for manufacturing Chopard watches and pieces of jewellery. Nicholas II of Russia is one of the famous clients of Chopard company. 

 

Early History of the Chopard Company 

Louis Ulysse Chopard, a Swiss watchmaker, who established the Swiss company Chopard in 1860, was grew up in a town in Swiss Jura in sonvilier, After the establishment of the Chopard Company at Sonvilleair it was found that the market could have benefited more from the finished watch than by mechanical movements. After he died in 1915, Paul Louis, son of Louis Ulysse and Paul Andre, grandson of Louis Ulysse takes over the Chopard company. The specialization of the swiss company Chopard is making pocket watches and ladies wristwatch. In 1921 the company was moved to a large town, Chaux-de-fonds, in the canton of Neuchatel. There were 150 employees in the company in 1937, and the Chopard company relocated to Geneva seal, and in 1943 Paul Andre took over the company. Because of having no children who wish to continue the business in 1963 Paul Andre Chopard sold the Chopard company to Karl Scheufele III who was a watchmaker and a German goldsmith from Pforzheim, was seeking the watch movement manufacturer for his business. 

 

Recent Developments of the Chopard

In 1974, the factory moved from the centre of Geneva to Meyrin Geneva, and within two years, the company started making free-floating diamond watches with the company signature behind the glass in 1976. In 1980 the company launched sports watches for both men and women.

 

The company established watch movement of manufacturing in Fleurier in 1996. Chopard celebrates their 150th anniversary in 2010, and approximately 150 stores of Chopard watches in the UK are available all over the world. Chopard produces around 80,000 pieces of watches and around 70,000 pieces of jewellery per year, so if you are interested to take a look or purchase luxurious items of Chopard you can visit Chopard watches online in London here a huge range and variety of Chopard items are available.