Wynn Magazine - Las Vegas
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JEWELRY unexpected, delightful piece with a hint of humor and a delicious radi- ance." Animal World, launched in 2010 to celebrate Chopard's 150-year anniversary, was conceived in the same spirit. Each piece in the collec- tion is a mini fantasia on the inherent physical beauty and emotional expressions and gestures of various animals: A bespectacled ruby, pink- sapphire, and diamond owl is perched on a watch; a pink-diamond frog scales a cascade of emerald lily pads on a necklace shimmering with dia- monds and aquamarine drops; and a warren of diamond rabbits, nestled together on a white-gold cuff bracelet, nibble on orange-sapphire and green-tourmaline carrots. The Wynn boutique offers a handful of these delightful creatures, including a black-and-white penguin waddling on a watch face with diamonds, and the most adorably chubby bear cub, ensconced in a toasty-warm coat of brown diamonds, trying mightily to climb atop a rose-gold cocktail ring. Those who prefer a more classic look should consider pieces that incorporate Chopard's signature motif, Happy Diamonds. These unset diamonds are unencumbered by prongs or weighty settings and "float" like Champagne bubbles or tossed confetti. The first Happy Diamonds were a series of men's watches that debuted in the 1970s; inspired by the way splashing drops from a waterfall reflect sunlight in mid-air, the watches feature free-spinning diamonds moving around the dial as though they were dancing. When Karin Scheufele, Caroline and Karl-Friederich's Chopard's 18k white-gold ring with 139 white diamonds totaling 1.2 carats ($15,170), from the 2012 Happy Emotions collection " There's nothing more precious than time and nothing more eternal than diamonds." —chopard ceo marc hruschka mother, first caught sight of them, she exclaimed, "These diamonds are happier because they are set free," and thereby gave name to the collec- tion. Ever since, Happy Diamonds have been popping up in imaginative, playful variations season after season; Caroline is constantly seeking new ways to highlight the theme in her new collections. Happy 8, for example, is an important debut for fall—especially at the Wynn boutique due to its symbolic, lucky-charm significance. The watches, pendants, rings, and earrings all incorporate the number eight, a numeral many cultures consider a good omen. (The Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, for example, began its opening ceremony August 8, 2008, at exactly 8:08 pm.) It also universally symbolizes harmony and completeness while foretelling happiness and prosperity. Caroline's "8" is a roly-poly, snowman-like interpretation that hovers somewhere between Kandinsky-inspired and playfully chic. A handful of Happy Diamonds fleck each design with subtle sparkle, except in the case of the watches, which display the stones with wild abandon—concentric diamond-accented circles form poker-chip-like watch faces that "smile" at you from satin straps. Happy Emotions is fall's new collection of rings, earrings, and pen- dants that incorporates the droll notion of diamonds at play. Interlaced white- or rose-gold circles form a textural frame for three to five dia- monds "captured" beneath a thin, barely visible glass disc. Presenting the diamonds in this manner means the stones swirl and swish about when you gesture with your hands, throw your head back in laughter, or when someone close to you fingers and inspects the baubles. (The allur- ing nature of these designs compels one to do so—wear one of the pieces for five minutes, and you'll see what we mean.) "We are renowned for original and refined jewelry creations that high- Chopard's groundbreaking LUC Lunar One watch, 2012 edition ($63,600) 70 WYNN light feminine beauty," says Hruschka. "We absolutely look forward to welcoming loyal clients and friends from around the globe into our new home and are also very excited to encounter newcomers." Whether you opt for a watch or a piece of jewelry from the collections highlighted above or you let your heart lead you to some other extraordinary Chopard creation, shop with an eye for that "iconic and classic piece which transcends time and generations," says Hruschka. "There's nothing more precious than time and nothing more eternal than diamonds. This is what Chopard is all about." n