Chopin's Store on Madison Avenue in new york.
Xiao Bangbiao is a Swiss luxury watch, jewelry and jewelry manufacturer, founded in 1860. Its founder, Louis Athens Chopin, founded the brand at the age of 24. Chopin began to focus on making accurate pocket watches and chronographs, but the company's performance has been sluggish. 1963, Carl Schaefer bought the company. The Chevron family also runs its own watch and jewelry company in Pforzheim, so Carl successfully brought his watchmaking experience to Chopin.
history
Louis-Athens Chopin
Louis Athens Chopin, the founder of Xiao Bangbiao, was born in a peasant family, and his father expressed great support for his son's keen interest in learning to make watches. Louis Athens realized from an early age that the income from watchmaking was considerable for a farmer, so he decided to open his own watch brand. 1860, 24-year-old Louis Athens opened a handicraft workshop called L.U.C in Villier, Switzerland.
With its excellent quality and accurate timing, although the quantity is small, it has won a good reputation for Louis-Athens watches. His works are even favored by customers in Eastern Europe, Europe and Scandinavia. 19 12 years, he took his works to Poland and Hungary, and gained a market overseas.
1860– 1980
1860: 24-year-old Louis-Athens Chopin founded the L.U.C watchmaking workshop in Sunville, Switzerland, which was the predecessor of Chopin's watch factory.
1937: The factory moved to Geneva, with about 150 employees, and started mass production of watches.
1963: Paul-Andre Chopin, grandson of founder Louis-Athens Chopin, sold the factory to another watchmaker, Carl Chevron. Carl quickly introduced new ideas after taking over the factory, accelerated the modernization of the production process, and began to use jewelry as an ornament in the process of watchmaking.
1974: The factory moved from Geneva to Meilin and began to produce Kun brand watches and ladies' jewelry watches.
1976: Happy Diamond Series was launched. This series is characterized by two crystals around the dial, and a dozen broken diamonds that can move freely in the middle of the interlayer.
1980: It opened its first boutique in Hong Kong, and successively opened stores in Geneva and Vienna in 1980s.
1985 till now
1985, karl friedrich and Caroline Chevreux were appointed as vice presidents of Chopin group. Caroline loves Buddha music deeply. Because she is young, she drew a jewelry design model with hinged legs and a complete diamond, and colored gems laid the first major sketch of the clown. This is the first high-end jewelry store to become Chopin's icon and push the company: Happy Diamond.
From 65438 to 0988, Chopin and the legendary classic car rally Mille Miglia started cooperation in Italy. Chopin has established a cooperative relationship with 1000 Miglia sports watch series. Yes, and Chopin has maintained the tradition of developing a new special edition of Mille Miglia watches every year.
1993: Chopin's Happy Sports Collection appears in 1993.
1996, the company returned to its origin and founded the watch manufacturing company Fleurier. During the Jurassic period in Switzerland, it specialized in the planning and development of mechanical LUC movements. Later, in the late 20th century, the first Chopin internal movement was made, the movement was 1.96, which was a breakthrough movement of Chopin in many aspects. A comprehensive technical overview of the 1.96 movement written by Walter Odets (see the link below). It is called perhaps the best Swiss automatic watch movement and has been produced now. Creation is a branch of jose carreras International leuémie Foundation in Geneva, headquartered in carreras.
1998 Chopin became the official partner of Cannes Film Festival and the Golden Palm Award for Caroline Chevrolet's redesign. From now on, Chopin will hold an elaborate seminar.
2000: At the beginning of the new millennium, Chopin introduced LUC Quattro wristwatch, which was equipped with four advanced movements, that is, this innovation provided a nine-day power reserve.
200 1: The world clock is the first barrel self-winding movement of Chopin LUC barrel watch with eccentric micro-rotor. In 2002, Chopin's new concept of gold and diamonds expanded the jewelry series.
2002: Chopin becomes the famous Monaco Historical Grand Prix and the official time trial of the classic car race in Monte Carlo. Elton john wristwatch series was launched by elton john AIDS Foundation.
2003: Chopin's tourbillon wristwatch expanded its manufacturing scope, and the spiritual pleasure series was born.
In 2004, the company launched L.U.C' s Regulateur watch and butterfly jewelry series.
2005: Chopin introduced Copa cabannes and Gold Diamond Series, and launched LUC Lunar New Year. The brand has become a part of the sailing world and started Chopin's 35th sailing competition in the Grand Prix.
2006: The company celebrated the 30th anniversary of Happy Diamond Watch Series and the 10 anniversary in Fleurier's movement factory.
20 10: Celebrating Chopin 150th Anniversary Series and Introduction: Animal World,150 Unique animal-themed high-end jewelry works, as well as four brand-new manufacturing movements, LUC engine-tourbillon, and four brand-new LUC models dedicated by LUC to Louis-Athens Chopin, including LUC 1937.
20 10/20 1 1: The estimated sales of the company is 550? 1 billion dollars and 25 billion dollars in total sales? Ten thousand yuan watches, about 100 stores around the world.
20 14 20 13: a new company of Chopin group: the shangri-la chronograph Ferdinand Berthoud sa of Freire. Chopin Group has established a new milestone in the development of watchmaking industry by establishing new companies and developing new brands, and further consolidated its position in Fleurier of Val de Travers, Neuchatel, Switzerland.
Global distribution
Chopin Watch Factory has factories in Merlin, Fleur and Pforzheim, producing jewelry and self-winding movements.
Activities and sponsorship
the Cannes Film Festival
Chopin trophy
Monaco grand prix