Watch, Chopard et Cie, Geneva, 1973
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1973
Watch, Chopard et Cie, Geneva, 1973 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 1973. The museum's brief description reads: Woman's watch, gold with diamonds set in platinum. Made for Kutchinsky, London by Chopard et Cie. Switzerland, 1973. Museum description: Eighteen carat yellow gold integrated Milanese linked tapering bracelet bearing a Florentine finish. Plain gold face set in an asymmetrical elliptical gold frame, at the top of which is a small convex rectangular panel set with 12 round eight-cut diamonds in white gold. Movement- Swiss 17 jewelled lever movement. The museum record gives material recorded as eighteen-carat gold, white gold, diamond; measurements Weight 57.43 g; Length 161 mm; Height 9 mm; Width 25 mm; place associated: Geneva. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Historical context
This elegant lady's watch was made by Chopard, founded in Switzerland in 1860, for the London jeweller Kutchinsky. Joseph Kutchinsky (1914-2000) moved the family firm from Commercial Road in London's East End to Brompton Road, Knightsbridge, not far from Harrod's. The firm was bought by Moussaieff Jewellers Ltd. in 1991, after which Mr Kutchinsky retired.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- eighteen-carat gold, white gold, diamond
- Dimensions
- Weight 57.43 g; Length 161 mm; Height 9 mm; Width 25 mm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Gold set with diamonds
- Place recorded
- Geneva
Design
- Inscriptions recorded
- London import marks for 1973, sponsor's mark KLD for Kutchinsky Ltd; Gold mark for Geneva; LUC incuse in a modified rectangular punch 0.750 in a rectangular punch; 51 565 5031 1; C2909
Identification
- Museum attribution
- Chopard et Cie
- Museum object name
- Watch
- Museum object number
- M.232-2007
- Museum system number
- O140636
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm materials, dimensions, maker and wider type against the museum record and a specialist reference.