In 2020, Chanel celebrated the 20th anniversary of the J12 with the perfectly transparent J12 X-Ray. This year, the J12 Diamond Tourbillon shows once again that even the most cutting-edge watchmaking expertise can be entirely subordinate to aesthetics. Here, a solitaire diamond rotates on a flying tourbillon: pure poetry.
Chanel J12 Diamond Tourbillon: the flying solitaire
Watches & Wonders 2022 saw Chanel release an eye-catching, diamond-set haute horlogerie J12 featuring the Caliber 5, the brand’s first-ever in-house flying tourbillon. The maison also announced a new COSC-certified automatic movement for the J12 33mm.
Flying High: Chanel Unveils the J12 Diamond Tourbillon at Watches & Wonders 2022
With its J12 Diamond Tourbillon watch, Chanel once again underscores its expertise in the field of grand complications. As the name suggests, the highlight of the hand-wound caliber, manufactured in-house in La Chaux-de-Fonds, is a flying tourbillon, a first for the manufacture. A circular cutout in
A Feast for the Eyes: Chanel J12 Diamond Tourbillon
More famous for haute couture than haute horlogerie, Chanel nonetheless has a strong record when it comes to watchmaking. The Parisian fashion house’s first watch was 1987’s Première, but it was a model that debuted in 2000 that made Chanel a hit on the wrist. The J12 offered a smart combination of sports aesthetic and sleek chic thanks to its avant-garde full ceramic construction. In part due to the brand’s canny investment in independent watchmaker Romain Gauthier in 2011, Chanel now boasts exclusive in-house calibers and Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève honors for watches such as the Boy.Friend Skeleton and the J12 Caliber 12.1.
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Among the bevy of new Chanel timepieces waiting in the wings this year is this stunning head-turner which is likely to be the French maison’s main highlight for 2014. This is not the first tourbillon watch by Chanel, neither is it the first tourbillon J12 model; since 2006 there has already been a J12 […]
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