{"id":15098,"date":"2017-12-13T21:34:53","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T21:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.truefacet.com\/guide\/?p=15098"},"modified":"2018-07-02T11:01:59","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T15:01:59","slug":"history-chanel-watches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.truefacet.com\/guide\/history-chanel-watches\/","title":{"rendered":"The History of CHANEL Watches"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CHANEL<\/a>\u2019s watch collection carries through the French brand\u2019s identity with its provocative designs and by tapping into the maison\u2019s signature motifs. We take a closer look at the history of CHANEL\u2019s watches and how their watches, and the J12 model in particular, has grown into one of the most hotly-coveted accessories for the fashion elite.<\/p>\n

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Vintage CHANEL Premi\u00e8re Watch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

CHANEL Watches Debut<\/strong>
\nThe CHANEL watch collection premiered in 1987 with the appropriately named PREMI\u00c8RE watch. The watch\u2019s unconventional design was inspired by the Place Vendome, the iconic square in the heart of Paris. This particular piece of urban design is distinguished for its clipped corners that give the square its unique octagonal shape. This architectural influence was combined with design concepts from CHANEL\u2019s No5 perfume bottle and its cabochon stopper to complete the PREMI\u00c8RE\u2019s design.<\/p>\n

On the heels of this debut, CHANEL opened its first watch boutique at 40 Avenue Montaigne in Paris\u2019s posh shopping district.<\/p>\n

Over the years, CHANEL\u2019s watch business flourished with the acquisition of Manufacture C&F Chatelain in Switzerland. In turn, CHANEL expanded Chatelain\u2019s factory floors to make room for the growing collection. Soon after, in 1997, another boutique opened in Paris at 18 Place Vendome, across from the Ritz Hotel where Mademoiselle Chanel historically resided.<\/p>\n

The J12 Collection<\/strong>
\nIn 2000, CHANEL released the J12 Collection<\/a>. The watch\u2019s all-black design was sleek, sporty and struck all the right chords with CHANEL fans. But the J12\u2019s most distinguishing feature was the use of ceramic as its core material, a novel material choice in watchmaking. The elegantly cool J12 nearly immediately became a commercial sensation and was considered by tastemakers as one of the most iconic modern watches. CHANEL followed up the success of the J12 with an all-white version in 2003.<\/p>\n

[lfp_panel link=”https:\/\/www.truefacet.com\/j12-black-ceramic-unisex-watch-38mm-automatic.html” image=”https:\/\/www.truefacet.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1_1134.jpg” title=”CHANEL” status=”Pre-owned” price=”$5,039″]J12 Black Ceramic Unisex Watch 38mm Automatic[\/lfp_panel][lfp_panel link=”https:\/\/www.truefacet.com\/chanel-j12-h2979-grey-ceramic-brand-watch.html” image=”https:\/\/www.truefacet.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/170687054814_0_1.jpg” title=”CHANEL” status=”Pre-owned” price=”$3,969″]Chanel J12 H2979 Grey Ceramic Brand Watch[\/lfp_panel][lfp_panel link=”https:\/\/www.truefacet.com\/chanel-j12-h4465-white-ceramic-automatic-38mm-womens-watch.html” image=”https:\/\/www.truefacet.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/201793422339_0.jpg” title=”CHANEL” status=”Pre-owned” price=”$4,401″]Chanel J12 H4465 White Ceramic Automatic 38mm Womens Watch[\/lfp_panel]In 2005, CHANEL upped its watchmaking competition with the J12 Tourbillion and entr\u00e9e into the world of grande complications, the upper echelon of watchmaking and movements. The limited edition J12 Tourbillion included a hand-wound mechanical tourbillon movement with the first ever ceramic main plate.<\/p>\n

Today, the CHANEL J12 as developed an impressive celebrity following including actress Blake Lively, supermodel Alessanda D\u2019Ambrosio and tennis star Anna Kournikova.<\/p>\n

CHANEL\u2019s Watchmaking Accolades<\/strong>
\nSince the J12\u2019s celebrated release, CHANEL\u2019s watch manufacturing has grown into a real force in the world of watchmaking, releasing novel complications and world firsts. 2010 saw the launch of the J12 Retrograde Mysterieuse; this complicated design featured a retractable vertical crown at the 3 o\u2019clock marker.<\/p>\n

In 2012, CHANEL released its Premi\u00e8re Flying Tourbillon and was named the Best Ladies Watch at the Grand Prix d\u2019Horologerie de Gen\u00e8ve. The following year, CHANEL was awarded the Artistic Crafts Watch Prize at the Grand Prix d\u2019Horolgerie de Gen\u00e8ve for their Mademoiselle Priv\u00e9 Cam\u00e9lia Brod\u00e9.<\/p>\n

To explore more of CHANEL\u2019s accessories, check out our post The History of CHANEL Jewelry<\/a> here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CHANEL\u2019s watch collection carries through the French brand\u2019s identity with its provocative designs and by tapping into the maison\u2019s signature motifs. We take a closer look at the history of CHANEL\u2019s watches and how their watches, and the J12 model in particular, has grown into one of the most hotly-coveted accessories for the fashion elite. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[314,6],"tags":[26,362,363,320],"class_list":["post-15098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brand-spotlight","category-education","tag-chanel","tag-chanel-watches","tag-j12","tag-womens-watches"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.truefacet.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.truefacet.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.truefacet.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.truefacet.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.truefacet.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15098"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.truefacet.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17329,"href":"https:\/\/www.truefacet.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15098\/revisions\/17329"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.truefacet.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.truefacet.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.truefacet.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.truefacet.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}