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| The J12 Moonphase – shot with my Leica |
What if Chanel plucked the moon from the skies ? This is how Chanel introduced its new watch collection yesterday : the J12 Moonphase. After celebrating the 10th anniversary of the J12 White sooner this year, and recently dedicating a pop-up store to the Première watch, Chanel once again demonstrates its unparalleled creativity in watchmaking.
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| The J12 Moonphase collection |
With the Moonphase, Chanel succeeds in re-inventing the J12 – the first watch icon of the 21st century that transformed high-tech ceramic into a precious material – in quite a poetic way… With the Moonphase, Chanel’s emblematic J12 goes higher up into deep space, to the heart of a swarm of comets, and onwards to the moon star : a journey combining technical excellence and highly refined design, giving birth to a moon phase watch.
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I got to try the Chanel J12 Moonphase: bezel set with 54 diamonds (~1.42ct), opaline
guilloché dial set with 63 diamonds (~0.34 ct) and an aventurine counter
Shot with my Leica |
Chanel brings a real innovation with this complication watch : unlike classic moon phase watches where the phases appear through an aperture, those of the J12 Moonphase are displayed on a deep-blue aventurine disc.
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| Close up on the J12 Moonphase counter in aventurine |
Sparkling like a summer night – to keep the poetry on – the disc features the four main phases of the moon and is adorned with a little serpentine hand in polished steel. A subtle distinction, the date is indicated by a central hand poetically tipped with the shape of a crescent moon…
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| The J12 Moonphase in 18K white gold, with 696 baguette-cut diamonds (~42.45cts) |
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The J12 Moonphase in black high tech ceramic. Bezel set
with 54 diamonds (~1.42ct), black
guilloché dial set with 63 diamonds
(~0.34 ct) and an aventurine counter |
Definitely not your average moon phase watch, the J12 Moonphase watch opens a new chapter in the Chanel watchmaker saga. In black or white high-tech ceramic, set with diamonds or in a jewelry version in titanium ceramic, the J12 Moonphase concentrates in its genes all the classic power of seduction and creative spirit of Chanel.
