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The moving element

Roulette or Happy Diamonds

Boodles · Chopard

Roulette flip ring in white gold: a small circle of diamonds held upright on a pavé diamond band
Image © Boodles

Boodles

Roulette

A small ring of brilliant-cut diamonds that turns over as the wearer moves, showing diamonds on one face and plain gold, or more diamonds, on the other.

Happy Diamonds Icons pendant in rose gold on a chain: a round glass-fronted locket with three loose diamonds inside, on a white ground.
Image © Chopard

Chopard

Happy Diamonds

Diamonds set free between two sapphire crystals, so they slide and tumble with every movement of the wearer.

Chopard frees its diamonds; Boodles turns them over. Happy Diamonds, born on a 1976 watch by Ronald Kurowski, encloses loose stones under sapphire crystal so they scatter and gather as the wearer moves, a waterfall caught in a round case. Roulette keeps its brilliants set but makes the whole circle swivel, diamonds on one face and polished gold, or more diamonds, on the other. Both move, but Chopard's motion belongs to the stones and Boodles' to the setting.

Boodles Roulette vs Chopard Happy Diamonds, facts side by side
FactRouletteHappy Diamonds
Introduced—1976
Designer—Ronald Kurowski
SchoolLondonGeneva
Materialsyellow gold, white gold, rose gold, platinum, diamond, coloured diamond, pearlyellow gold, rose gold, white gold, diamond
Movesrotatesslides
From€3,127€2,170
Top of line€47,895€88,800

Prices in euros as published by each house, October 2026.

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