A new jewellery collection from Chopard draws from the theme of its famous free-spinning diamonds. 

Inspired by clouds and borne upon the gentle wings of fanciful reveries, Happy Dreams treats the world’s most joyful diamonds to an ethereal fantasy journey.

The new line was among the many creations unveiled by Chopard at the 2016 Baselworld watch and jewellery show in Switzerland last month.

‘Looking skyward’ and ‘head in the clouds’: a whole dreamy new vocabulary and unprecedented feather-soft designs are making their entrance into the iconic Happy Diamonds collection, the Swiss brand says.

Set against a superb mother-of-pearl background floating amid ‘heavenly’ scenery, the famous moving diamonds continue their dazzling waltz. Happy Dreams is a precious collection displaying even more generously sized moving diamonds featuring a new ‘prong’ setting.

Joyful, whirling Happy Diamonds have been punctuating Chopard’s finest hours since 1976. Inspired by sunbeams glinting off the droplets of a waterfall, they quickly established themselves as a House icon, consistently expressing their playful, lively nature through countless different interpretations. 40 years on, Happy Dreams with its interwoven circles and its round, full curves, introduces a new play on light and new volume effects. Inspired by clouds, these dreamy and romantic creations invite the imagination to roam freely through the realms of space.

In the Happy Dreams collections, diamonds swirl across textured white mother-of-pearl forming a soft, airy cocoon. Another new feature of these models lies in the fact that all diamonds – including the moving variety – are prong-set, endowing them with an even more striking aura of freedom and ethereal grace. This precious setting technique reveals the diamond in all its pristine purity and nobility.

The Happy Dreams collection comprises earrings, a necklace, a ring and a large pendant. The latter, composed of four interlacing circles, is graced with beautifully balanced proportions. Three moving diamonds dance in the foreground, while the other circles – each set with diamonds – are also lit up by a shimmering textured pearl background. The other models feature similar designs but in even daintier sizes, with three or four delicately interwoven gem-set circles of which one is adorned with a prong-set moving diamond.