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Forged from ethical steel that underscores a commitment to safeguarding the environment and species threatened with extinction like the eagles that inspired its name, the Chopard Alpine Eagle is sustainable luxury at its finest by Diego Tamone
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orm is like a good suit that adds tone to substance. Substance, for its part, is the material that gives form its clout. Form and
substance complete each other. All good design is about balance and the right balance between form and substance is a guarantee of longevity. This is particularly true of the haute horlogerie world where every single timepiece is designed quite literally to survive for ever. In the watch industry, design and precision mechanics are the tangible expression of the rather abstract concepts of form and substance. Never has this been more true than since the arrival of Chopard’s glorious Alpine Eagle, a model
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The Alpine Eagle has a COSC-certified automatic mechanical movement. Its grey brass dial is inspired by the iris of an eagle
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The gently tapered Alpine Eagle bracelet comprises a single ingot-shaped link topped by a raised central cap. Crafted from Lucent Steel A223, it contains 70 per cent recycled steel. Sketch left, the crown with engraved windrose
that is revolutionary in its way because it has rather daringly lengthened the list of variables involved. It not only flanks razor-sharp styling with a sportily elegant approach and sophisticated COSC-certified manufacture self-winding movements. The materials used to make the Alpine Eagle are quite extraordinary too: Lucent Steel A223 and Fairmined gold. The former is an innovative alloy that is uniquely durable and harder than any other steels as well as extremely reflective. It also contains 70 per cent recycled steel. Fairmined gold, on the other hand, is traceable and certified as both environmentally and socially ethical. Form and substance combine in this new icon of sustainable luxury. www.chopard.com
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