Watches and Wonders Edit: Chanel’s Couture O’Clock and Pink Edition timepieces wow with design elements and technical features, under the direction of Arnaud Chastaingt

Watches and Wonders 2024 concluded in Geneva in mid-April , with more than 50 of the world’s top horology brands coming together to present the first new releases of the year. For Arnaud Chastaingt, director of Chanel’s Watchmaking Creation Studio, this meant – among other releases – dropping the aesthetically arresting Couture O’Clock haute horlogerie and horlogerie capsule collection. {"@context":"https://schema.

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jpg"} Chanel J12 White Star Inspired by Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel’s Rue Cambon atelier and the tools of her seamstresses – including thimbles, scissors and safety pins – the collection’s jewel watches marry bold design elements with refined details and technical sophistication. The limited edition J12 Couture Workshop Automaton Calibre 6 has a dial animated by a cartoon Coco Chanel brandishing a pair of scissors next to her couture mannequin. The bezel is enhanced by 48 baguette-cut diamonds, while the crown is set with a brilliant-cut diamond, the stones totalling around 3.

34 carats. Paris Fashion Week, wrapped: Chanel, LV – and a ‘secret’ Saint Laurent show The timepiece is equipped with the Calibre 6, a Chanel Manufacture manual-winding mechanical movement with automaton function. The movement – whose 355 components include 54 rubies – is responsible f.