Luxury label Chopard is channeling the magic of Swan Lake, the world’s most popular and one of its most frequently performed ballets, into a dazzling new creation. Caroline Scheufele’s iteration will be unveiled at the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 2025. The swan is the star, not the secret, of the show, set to perfection with 35.09 carats of white diamonds in ethical white and yellow gold. The bird is perched on a titanium lake, a lightweight, workable, and robust base. It should be noted, Titanium is rarely used in high jewelry, but Chopard’s artisans employed it because of its featherlight strength, echoing the ballet’s theme of grace with power.
On the other hand, diamonds enhance the setting to create the illusion of foamy waves that seem to follow the swan wherever it goes. The sculpture-style timepiece uses onyx for the eyes and spessartite (orange) garnets with black diamonds for the beak. This exceptionally detailed and dazzling Swan Lake secret watch is worn on a satin strap adorned with white feathers, accompanied by a feather-shaped buckle in ethical white gold set with diamonds.
While there is innate beauty in the timepiece, it is, after all, a watch, and mechanics, play a crucial role. This mechanical ballerina conceals a secret, a mother-of-pearl dial that is revealed when the head turns. As a result, the wings unfurl in three articulated sections, and the time of day is yours to read.
The movement inside, Chopard Caliber 10.01-C, is a manual-winding mechanical caliber with a 45-hour power reserve and is as thin as two stacked five-cent coins. Artisans spent more than 1,500 hours bringing this swan to life and refining one of Chopard’s smallest, thinnest hand-wound calibers. In 2024, the Geneva house won the GPHG’s Jewellery Watch Prize for its secret watch “Laguna.”
This unique creation, priced at CHF 730,000 (around $920,000), is a one-off piece that underscores Chopard’s high-jewelry artistry, according to Worldtempus. Whether this swan will sail to victory will be revealed on November 13, 2025, at the Oscars of Watchmaking, to be held at Geneva’s Bâtiment des Forces Motrices.
