Chopard is celebrating its 150th birthday with an Animal World collection of 150 glorious animal-inspired pieces, which also happens to be the largest collection its ever made devoted to a single theme. The collection required a total of 20,000 hours of work to complete and involved setting over 250,000 stones. Chopard co-president and artistic director Caroline Gruosi-Scheufele told WWD “I really wanted to make them like sculptures.”

And like little sculptures they are, all representing different wild creatures and showing a definite bend to the colorful and whimsical side. The collection includes both jewelry and watches, see a few of the jewelry pieces in the gallery below and click here to see the watches, courtesy of our own Ariel Adams.

This piece of designer diamond jewelry is from Chopard’s “Ice Cube” jewelry collection and features diamonds set in 18k white gold. There are 289 diamonds with a combined weight of 5.22 carats.The price is $65,520.00 and This is a stunning piece of designer diamond jewelry from Chopard’s “Ice Cube” jewelry collection!

STONE:      22 Asscher Cut White Diamonds E – F color VS clarity  weighing 4.22 carats
267 Round Brilliant Cut White Diamonds E – F color VS clarity  weighing 1.00 carats
METAL:      18K White Gold High Polish; 18K White Gold High Polish

From Chopard comes this “Happy Hearts” pendant made up in 18k rose gold. This design displays concentric heart shapes with a single bezel set “floating” center diamonds. This is a fun and fashioanble diamond heart pendant from Chopard.The price is    $1,890.00

STONE:      Round Brilliant Cut White Diamond F – G color VS clarity  weighing 0.05 carats
METAL:      18K Rose Gold High Polish

This “Happy Diamonds” heart ring is from Chopard and features round diamonds set in 18k white gold. There is one single “floating” diamond in the center surrounded by a pave diamond bezel and shank.The Price is $6,730.00

Stone: 1 Round Brilliant Cut White Diamond F – G color VS clarity weighing 0.05 carat; 44 Round Brilliant Cut White Diamonds F – G color VS clarity weighing 0.70 carat;Metal: 18K White Gold, Hand Finished;

Since adding jewelry designs to supplement their timepiece offerings nearly half a century ago, Chopard has become one of the most popular and respected European jewelry houses. Their “Happy Diamonds” designs are a endlessly popular and have become a classic of diamond jewelry fashion. Not sitting on their laurels, Chopard has built upon their success with innovative variations on the floating diamond theme giving birth to collections like “So Happy” and “Happy Spirit”.

With their “Haute Joaillerie” jewelry collection, Chopard takes jewelry craftsmanship to a new level of luxury. This collection offers some of the most extraordinary jewelry creations available anywhere in the world. Each piece in the collection is one-of-a-kind and handcrafted using only the finest and rarest materials available.

Often featuring large colorless and flawless diamonds, these exquisite creations dazzle beyond belief. Where flawless diamonds are absent, their place is taken by stunning natural Burma Rubies and Kashmir Sapphires. To complement these top shelf materials, these pieces feature design and production artistry which rivals any of the world’s historic jewelry houses. The “Haute Joaillerie” collection from Chopard truly represents the pinnacle of jewelry craftsmanship.

This piece of desginer diamond jewelry is from Chopard’s jewelry collection and features pave diamonds set into 18k yellow gold. There are 134 diamonds with a combined weight of 1.47 carats. This is a unique and gorgeous designer diamond ring from Chopard’s jewelry collection. The price is $12,970.00