When jewellery learned to move
Chopard introduced Happy Diamonds in 1976, allowing stones to move freely rather than remain fixed in a setting. At the line’s 50th anniversary at Casa Cipriani in Manhattan, Bella Hadid and Caroline Scheufele presented that history as living, wearable memory rather than museum heritage.
The Happy Sport Joaillerie New York Special Edition carries more than nine carats of Ashoka-cut diamonds and an apple-shaped New York charm. Yet the evening’s strongest layer was emotional: for Hadid, the design recalls her mother’s watch and the intimate continuity of family objects.
Happy Diamonds endures because it makes movement—not carat weight—the protagonist. Half a century later, that still feels modern.
Source: ELLE. Updated 18 September 2026.
