The glossy, rectangular mauve invite read: “20 years ago a miracle happened, diamonds were captured and were able to move freely…it was in 1993 that Caroline Schuefele created one of the Chopard icons, the HAPPY SPORT WATCH”.

The occasion: Bijoux’s celebratory soirée on Thursday, December 5 to showcase Chopard’s new luxe timepieces at its New Kingston enclave.

The guest list: Business movers and shakers, legal eagles, society notables and Chopard enthusiasts.

The menu: Tasty Suzanne Couch-catered eats.

The mood: Festive, fab, much cooing over the line’s watches, jewellery and accessories, and a few negotiations.

SO takes you inside Bijoux’s Chopard event.

(Photos courtesy of Chopard)

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Happy Diamonds Icons diamond-set rose gold pendant

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Happy Diamonds Icons diamond-set white earrings

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Happy Hearts diamond-set rose gold sauitor necklace

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LUC 1937 Classic rose gold watch

(Photos: Karl McLarty)

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Diamonds are a girl’s best friend, and Selective Homes exec administrative manager Pauline Edie knows it.

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Chopard’s Happy Sport 20th anniversary edition timepiece — stainless steel, embellished with diamonds on the bezel, with seven floating diamonds on the dial. Founded in 1860 by Louis-Ulysse Chopard, from whom the company takes its name,

Chopard is a Swiss-based luxury watch, jewellery, and accessories company.

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Lannaman and Morris Shipping head honcho Harry Maragh and his company director wife Charmaine (right) and company marketing exec Natalie Samuels greeted our lens.

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Select Brands Managing Director David McConnell and his corporate marketing officer wife Tania paused from their early Christmas shopping jaunt at Bijoux for a photo op.

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Lannaman and Morris Shipping Director Charmaine Maragh (right) — who was gifted with a Chopard necklace more than a decade ago by her shipping exec hubby — contemplates another Chopard buy from Bijoux’s Jeannie Chandiram.

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Entertaining thoughts of the luxe 18-carat rose gold Chopard Imperial as a Christmas gift, Miss Jamaica World 2000 and attorney-at-law Ayisha Richards listens as Jeannie Chandiram details the watch’s specs.

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Bijoux bag in hand, sales consultant Vevienne Hall — in a season-appropriate red-and-black Topshop dress and Guess heels — paused from her fragrance and Pandora gift-shopping for a snapshot.

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Tickled pink by the Chopard piece shown to her by Bijoux’s Imran Shah, McKay Security exec Jackie Domenico relays her excitement to a friend on her cellphone.

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Retired businessman Tyrone Chin is fitted with a luxe timepiece by Bijoux’s Subhash Lalwani as businesswoman wife Lorraine Chen looks on admiringly.

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Sterling Asset Management prez and his attorney-at-law wife Natalie (centre) consider a Chopard watch shown to the couple by Bijoux manager Yvonne Boyce.

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Ethan Sinclair, attorney-at-law with Myers, Fletcher and Gordon, mulls over a watch shown to him by jewellery concierge Jeannie Chandiram.

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Realtor Roma Chin (left) and Bijoux’s Veena Chanrai.

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From left: BCW Capital portfolio advisor Kerie Baylis, Medical Link manager Paula McKay, her businesswoman mum-in-law Bridget McKay, and client services manager at McKay Security Jackie Domenico.

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Bijoux Managing Director Anup Chandiram (left) with Victoria Mutual Building Society Chairman Michael McMorris (centre) and Sterling Asset Management CEO and prez Charles Ross.

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A super-delighted Pauline Edie, executive administrative manager at Selective Homes, displays her newly acquired Chopard bracelet.

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Loyal Bijoux customer Lorraine Chen (right) shared a snapshot alongside Pandora brand manager Tricia Todd (centre) and Pandora sales representative Rashida Gopie.

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Bijoux’s Denny Chandiram assists Rosalie Donaldson, senior vice-president of international marketing at the Port Authority, in trying on the Chopard Happy Heart diamond necklace.

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Jeannie Chandiram (left), her niece Veena Chandiram (second left), retail operator Camille Jones (second right) and family therapist Angela Forest enjoying girl talk (with a side of laughs).

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Chopard enthusiasts Sophia Gordon (left), human resources director at J Wray and Nephew and attorney-at-law friend Donna Brown.

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Observer Video Editor Sean Barnes shoots Senior Associate Editor Novia McDonald-Whyte interviewing Bijoux director Denny Chandiram (right) about a Chopard watch that MegaMart CEO Gassan Azan contemplated purchasing.

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Bijoux representative Nari Chandiram (right) details the specifications of the Hearts On Fire five-stone diamond wedding band to Digicel Senior Communications Manager Shelly Ann Harris as her saxophonist hubby Warren Harris looks on.

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Attorney-at-law Michelle Fitz-Henley points out the Hearts On Fire diamond jewellery she’s feeling to her Sagicor Agency Manager fiancé Chris Lawe.

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Bijoux managing director Anup Chandiram (left) traded laughs with Musson Group Chairman and CEO PB Scott and his attorney-at-law wife Jennifer Scott.

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Kaili McDonnough Scott, editor of KÚYA magazine, with restaurateur Colin Hylton.

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Stocks and Securities Limited CEO and prez Mark Croskery (left) and Stewart’s Motors Director James Lechler.

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Waiter Ian Morrison serves lobster thermidor in filler cups at the Suzanne Couch-catered event.

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Remax realtor associate Shereene Welsh (left) and Allison Pitter and Company broker associate Sheryl Tomlinson.

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Businessman and developer Peter Rousseau talks shop with Mayberry Investments Executive Chairman Christopher Berry.

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Pokar Chandiram in convo with interior designer Beverly Rousseau (left) and dermatologist Patricia Yap.