Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie

• Chanel Premiere Flying Tourbillon watch

On the 25th anniversary of Chanel’s first watch the Première, whose shape was inspired by the octagonal geometry of the No. 5 perfume bottle stopper and the Place Vendôme, Chanel has created a timepiece highly complicated for women.

After its first Tourbillon J12 model in 2005, this year, for the first time, Chanel presents a flying Tourbillon.

This exceptional Tourbillon, developed in close collaboration between Chanel and the Swiss manufacturers, engineers and master-watchmakers Renaud & Papi (APRP SA) – the advanced research and development branch of Audemars Piguet – is a first for both companies. This flying Tourbillon is decorated with the motif of the camellia, a tribute to Mademoiselle Chanel’s favorite flower. The flying Tourbillon makes one rotation per minute, with the petals indicating the seconds.

Equipped with a power reserve of 40 hours, this movement (“Camélia Flying Tourbillon” Caliber) has been mounted on a custom-designed rectangular bottom plate. All the finishes and parts that are chamfered, drawn and circular-grained by hand, adhere to the highest Swiss watchmaking traditions.

The hour and minute hands are off-center and set higher on the black ceramic dial. Produced in a limited edition of 20 numbered pieces, the “Première Flying Tourbillon” in 18-carat white gold is set with 101 baguette-cut diamonds for a total of 5.2 carats, and 127 brilliant-cut diamonds for a total of 2 carats. Each piece requires 23 hours of setting and over one hundred hours of assembly.

• J12 Chromatic Classic 41 mm

Titanium ceramic, a highly scratch-resistant material almost as hard as sapphire.

Its unique color and shine are obtained by the addition of titanium to ceramic and diamond powder polishing.

Self-winding mechanical movement.

Funcitons: hours, minutes, seconds, date.

42-hour power reserve.

Unidirectional rotating bezel.

Screw-down crown, water-resistance 200 meters.

• Rétrograde Mystérieuse J12

In 2000, to create a black watch, perfectly black, Chanel turned to ceramic, the only hightech material capable of achieving this.

An authentic finely-mechanical “complication” was a must if the J12’s tenth anniversary was to be celebrated in fitting style: a way of marking a new stage in Chanel’s career at the heart of fine watchmaking.

So Giulio Papi created for Chanel a perfectly round tourbillon watch. The retractable crown is vertically raised on the dial. The minute hands has to move up around the dial. So it moves up until it reaches the crown, and then moves backwards until the other side of the crown.

Read more about the J12 Collection in the HH Magazine.

• J12 Intense Black

Edition limited and numbered to 5 pieces.
18K white gold and black high-tech ceramic, equipped with the Manufactured movement with self-winding CHANEL – AP 3125.
724 baguette-cut black high-tech ceramic.
Black high-tech ceramic cabochon cutting, type ogive crown.
Requires 200 hours to set.
18K white gold triple-folding buckle.
42 mm diameter.

• J12 Haute Joaillerie

Edition limited and numbered to 12 pieces. 18K white gold and black high-tech ceramic, equipped with a self-winding mechanical movement. 578 baguettecut diamonds (~ 31 carats) and 84 baguette-cut black high-tech ceramic. Brilliant-cut diamond crown. Requires 185 hours to set. 18K white gold triple-folding buckle. Available in three sizes: 42, 38 or 33 mm diameter.

• J12 Joaillerie

Editions limited and numbered to 100 pieces. 18K pink gold and white high-tech ceramic, equipped with a self-winding mechanical movement.
46 baguette-cut diamonds (~ 4.4 carats).
Dial set with 8 diamond indicators. Brilliant-cut diamond crown. 18K pink gold triple-folding buckle.
Available in two sizes: 38 or 33 mm diameter.

• J12 Joaillerie

Editions limited and numbered to 100 pieces. 18K white gold and black high-tech ceramic, equipped with a self-winding mechanical movement.
36 baguette-cut blue sapphires (~ 6 carats).
Dial set with 8 diamond indicators.
Blue sapphire cabochon cutting, type ogive crown.
18K white gold triple-folding buckle.
Available in two sizes: 38 or 33 mm diameter.

• J12 mother-of-pearl and diamond dial

White high-tech ceramic and steel.
Mother-of-pearl dial set with 8 diamond indicators.
Self-winding mechanical movement. 42-hour power reserve.
Functions: hours, minutes, seconds. Steel triple-folding buckle.
Available in two sizes: 38 or 33 mm diameter.

J12 Joaillerie

Edition limited to 100 pieces.
18K white gold and black ceramic, equipped with an automatic-winding chronograph mechanical movement certified COSC* (3 counters: 12 hours, 30 minutes, 60 seconds).
36 baguette-cut rubies (≈ 6.9 carats). 264 brilliant-cut diamonds.
18K white gold triple-folding buckle.
41 mm diameter.
*Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres (Swiss Official Chronometer Control).

J12 Tourbillon Joaillerie

Edition limited to 12 pieces.
18K white gold and ceramic.
Tourbillon mechanical movement CHANEL 05-T1 manual rewinding on black ceramic bottom-plate (a CHANEL exclusive).
46 baguette-cut diamonds (≈ 4.55 carats).
18K white gold triple-folding buckle.
38 mm diameter.

• J12 HAUTE JOAILLERIE

Edition limited to 12 pieces, dedicated to Place Vendôme, the address of CHANEL Fine Jewelry in Paris.
18K white gold, equipped with an automatic winding mechanical movement with 3 hands.
725 baguette-cut diamonds - 43 carats.
350 hours to set.
18K white gold triple-folding buckle.

• J12 Joaillerie

18K white gold and white ceramic, equipped with an automatic winding mechanical movement with 3 hands.
130 baguette-cut diamonds – 6.40 carats.
12 baguette-cut black ceramic indexes.
18K white gold triple-folding buckle.
Available in three sizes: Ø 42, 38 or 33 mm.

• J12 Chronograph – Diamond Dial

White ceramic.
Dial 9 diamond indexes.
Automatic winding chronograph mechanical movement certified COSC* 42-hour power reserve.
Functions: hours, minutes, seconds, date & chronograph (3 counters: 12 hour, 30 minute, 60 second).
Steel triple-folding buckle.
Ø 41 mm.
* Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres.

• J12 Tourbillon Joaillerie

Edition limited to 12 pieces.
18K white gold and ceramic.
568 baguette-cut rubies – 38.29 carats. Dial 9 diamond indexes.
Tourbillon mechanical movement CHANEL 05-T1, manual rewinding on black ceramic bottom-plate (a CHANEL exclusivity).
18K white gold triple-folding buckle.
Ø 38 mm

• J12 Joaillerie

Edition limited to 12 pieces.
18K white gold and black ceramic, equipped with an automatic winding mechanical movement with 3 hands
36 baguette-cut rubies – 3.55 carats.
12 baguette-cut diamonds – 1.15 carats.
18K white gold triple-folding buckle.
Available in three sizes: Ø 42, 38 or 33 mm.

• J12 GMT

Black or white ceramic.
Automatic-winding mechanical movement.
42-hour power reserve.
Functions: hours, minutes, seconds, date & second time zone (GMT*).
Second time zone read on engraved 24-hour bezel.
Steel triple-folding buckle.
Ø 42 mm.
* Greenwich Mean Time.

• Première Pearls

18K white gold watchcase, dial set with 34 baguette-cut diamonds – 1.25 carats, and watchcase back set with 136 diamonds - 0.7 carats.
Bracelet encircles the wrist in three turns; with 194 Akoya cultured pearls mounted on woven 18K white gold threads.
Detachable 18K white gold buckle set with 110 diamonds – 0.55 carats.
High precision quartz movement– 11 mm.
Can be worn on the wrist or as a sautoir necklace.