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The partnership has lasted for a decade, but the connection between tennis player and watchmaker is still going strong.

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The partnership has lasted for a decade, but the connection between tennis player and watchmaker is still going strong.

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One of the most exciting aspects of watches is the engineering that goes into complex pieces. A perfect example of a watchmaker’s ability to engineer in such an exciting way has to be the new Richard Mille RM 53-02 Tourbillon Sapphire. For starters, the bezel, caseband and caseback are all crafted out of a single […]

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Hublot’s list of brand ambassadors is just as spectacular and diverse as the watches that the Swiss company designs. A blend of sport and art inspired individuals to open the creative realm of collaborations that result in sought after collector pieces. Hublot is pleased to announce Samuel Ross as the newest addition to the family. […]

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MB&F has been designing and creating watches for the past 15 years, using quality materials and the latest technology. The Legacy Machine Perpetual Evo, developed in 2015, plays a key role in the MB&F collection. After five years, the Swiss watch company has released an updated version of the watch. Staying true to its roots, […]

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Chanel’s foray into the world of watchmaking began over 30 years ago, in which time the maison has not looked back, nor slowed down.

The fashion powerhouse has over the last few decades come out with some of the most memorable, distinct and aesthetically provocative watches for women, inspired by aspects of the French brand’s history as well the life of its founder, Mademoiselle Coco Chanel.

As we have some fun wearing four of Chanel’s classics – the Code Coco, Boy.Friend, J12 and Première – we're reminded of why they are among the most hotly coveted accessories for both fashion-forward and timeless dressers alike.

Code Coco

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Chanel’s Code Coco is stunningly distinct, edgy but also an elegant timepiece inspired by the clasp of the iconic Chanel 2.55 purse created in 1955. An ultra-chic watch worthy of succeeding the trendy Boy.Friend, the Code Coco is made in stainless steel or ceramic, and comes with a rectangular black dial that flows seamlessly into a quilted bracelet, and a rotating clasp/ metal bar that conceals or shows the time that closes with a click – as you may have guessed, just like the quilted 2.55 bag.

Launched in 2017, Chanel this year presented three new versions: The first is of which is all about extravagance with an XXL steel strap that wraps around the wrist like a cuff, the second comes with embossed black leather with a quilted motif, and last but certainly not the least the So Black version that’s crafted entirely in black.

Boy.Friend

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The Boy.Friend is a timepiece of understated elegance. Launched in 2015, the line celebrates masculine dressing – a style Mademoiselle Chanel embraced long before the rest of the fashion world caught on the trend in a big way. If the watch’s rather provocative name was anything to go by, you’d know that the Boy.Friend was designed to shake up classic, feminine codes, making the watch appealing to either gender. Its octagonal case is a seeming derivative of Chanel's earlier classic, the Première, as well as the bottle cap from the Chanel No. 5 perfume.

The watch comes in three sizes – small, medium and large – made in beige gold (a material unique to Chanel), white gold or steel. Its dial is available in either black or opaline, and free of numerals or indices and instead features an extended centre decorated with a delicate guilloché pattern, or fully paved with diamonds.

J12

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The J12 watch stands as yet another testament to Chanel’s insatiable desire to shake things up. . This playful watch, executed in ceramic, is both artistic and innovative, representing some of the maison’s most technically impressive timepieces. First launched in black in 2000, the watch was three years later crafted in white ceramic in 38mm and 33mm versions. In the process, the J12 came out with a myriad of iterations featuring an impressive suite of complications, starting with a chronograph, then a tourbillon and a GMT, to name a few.

This year, as the cult classic celebrates its 20th anniversary, the J12 was given subtle refinements such as a wider dial opening, and a more refined bezel, dial and numeral indicators, which this time around is also presented in ceramic. This year’s J12 is also equipped with a specially designed, COSC-certified 12.1 calibre automatic movement, which offers an impressive 70 hours of autonomy. The J12 comes primarily in black and white – two colours dear to Mademoiselle Chanel.

Première

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Its case shape is patterned after the aerial view of Paris’ glitzy Place Vendôme, and incidentally the cap on the bottle of its famous Chanel No. 5 perfume, the delicately sophisticated Première watch that made its debut in 1987 conjures up not only images of the brand, but of Paris itself. Technically speaking, the Première would come to house Chanel’s first in-house movement, the Calibre 1, and not long after to mark the watch’s 30^th anniversary, encased its second manufacture movement, which had a touch of Coco Chanel’s favourite camellia flower. While other – and arguably – more buzz-worthy watches came to join Chanel’s family of watches, the Première, would remain an integral part of the Chanel watches suite.

Credits:
Photography Ricky Lo
Styling Tasha Ling
Hair Jean Tong @Aten
Make-up Littlewhite
Model Vika D

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Hublot has just debuted their new High Jewelry Collection for 2020 which includes three incredible diamond-filled watches. Each of these watches is unique in their own right, but the one aspect they all share is their brilliance. Each of the stones on the watches was hand-placed by a very patient and precise stone-setter. In fact, […]

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Like music and dance, the ingenious new Richard Mille RM 72-01 Lifestyle In-House Chronograph beats to the tempo of life itself.

That most technical of Swiss watch manufactures, Richard Mille, has taken yet another step forward with the introduction of the RM 72-01 Lifestyle In-House Chronograph, which features not only the brand’s use of advanced and often lightweight materials and innovative construction methods, but also an entirely new flyback chronograph calibre.

Unlike the architecture found on traditional chronographs, which typically employ a horizontal-coupling clutch mechanism, the unique patented design of the RM 72-01’s skeletonised automatic CRMC1 calibre has adopted a double-oscillating system, which splits the torque provided by the mainspring directly from the barrel to the hour, minute and second counters.

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The watch’s skeletonised dial features a 24-hour chronograph subdial at 5 o’clock with vivid green-tipped hand, a 60-minute chronograph subdial at 2 o’clock with orange-tipped hand and a 60-second subdial at 9 o’clock with blue-tipped hand, all three of which perform a dance of time between three prominent luminous red-gold numerals at 3, 8 and 11. A date window, meanwhile, is placed at 7 o’clock, with a red-tipped central hand denoting elapsed seconds and red-gold hour and minutes hands, also filled with luminous material. The watch’s baseplate and bridges are in grey electroplasma-treated grade 5 titanium alloy, while the skeletonised rotor, which is visible through the watch’s caseback crystal, is in platinum.

With a power reserve of around 50 hours and 3 bar of water resistance, the RM 72-01 Lifestyle In-House Chronograph is avilable in four distinct combinations of materials and colours: 5N red gold, titanium and black or white ceramic, with pushers in black TZP ceramic and red gold on all versions. Likewise, the crown is in red gold and black ceramic, with a rubber double O-ring and collar.

Architectural in concept and appearance, and designed to be worn every day, the RM 72-01 Lifestyle In-House Chronograph might be regarded as a work of genuine modern art on the wrist. Much like music or dance, which have been captured in the new film Within by Richard Mille brand partners Benjamin Millepied and Thomas Roussel, the watch’s three dials beat between three numbers — 3, 8 and 11 — synthesising colour, time and movement to replicate the rhythm of life itself.

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The TAG Heuer Monaco is back again, but this year it comes with a new and stylish bracelet. For the 2020 model of the Monaco, TAG Heuer is giving their customer options that this classic watch most definitely deserves. There are essentially three new models for the 2020 release of the Monaco. First up is […]

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IWC Schaffhausen has just opened up their all-new flagship store in Zurich and it’s unlike any other watch boutique in the world. The main premise behind this store is to take visitors on a journey through the world of motorsports. You see, IWC has a strong connection to the the motorsport world and this entirety […]

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Jacob & Co. has announced the release of yet another incredibly unique timepiece with inspiration derived from one of the most dangerous serpents in the world. The Astronomia Art Cobra features a rotating 3D designed snake entangled within the tourbillon movement. The piece unique example celebrates the strength and meaning behind the cobra while highlighting […]

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