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| Chopard | |
| Company type | Private (société anonyme) |
| Industry | Watchmaking, luxury goods |
| Founded | 1860 |
| Founder | Louis-Ulysse Chopard |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Co-Presidents: Caroline Scheufele Karl-Friedrich Scheufele |
| Products | Watches, jewellery |
Production output | 75,000 watches (2016) 75,000 jewelleries (2016) |
| Revenue | More than CHF 500 million (2016) |
| Owner | Scheufele family |
| Website | chopard.com |
Le Petit-Fils de L.-U. Chopard & Cie S.A.,[1] commonly known as Chopard (French pronunciation: [ʃɔpaʁ]), is a Swiss manufacturer and retailer of luxury watches, jewellery and accessories.[2][3] Founded in 1860 by Louis-Ulysse Chopard in Sonvilier, Switzerland, Chopard has been owned by the Scheufele family of Germany since 1963.[2][4][5]
Chopard is best known for making high-quality Swiss watches and jewellery, and its clients have included Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.[5][6] The company is headquartered in Geneva and has a site in Fleurier, Canton of Neuchâtel, that manufactures watch movements.[7]
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- ^ "Chopard's History | Chopard Official Website". www.chopard.com. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
- ^ Elizabeth Doerr (11 December 2013). "Chopard Resuscitates Historical Watchmaker To Create Ferdinand Berthoud Brand". Forbes. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
- ^ a b "History (Chopard) -Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie". www.hautehorlogerie.org. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
- ^ "Brand History: Chopard". Luxos. 30 April 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
- ^ Nicholas Foulkes (6 June 2014). "Profile: Caroline and Karl-Friedrich Scheufele, Chopard co-presidents". The Financial Times. Retrieved 16 March 2016.