Chanel Boyfriend Cyberdata from CHANEL INTERSTELLAR CAPSULE COLLECTION A dial featuring a circuit board design set with diamonds. A quilted black patent leather strap with a silver-coloured lining. A magnetic interpretation of the BOY·FRIEND watch. For its return to Watches and Wonders earlier year, Chanel debuted its Interstellar Capsule Collection using motifs from the worlds of … Read more

The Chanel Boy.Friend watch – when I first saw the release for this watch I wanted to hate it. After all, it appears to be your typical quartz fashion watch. But I was wrong. It isn’t – it’s actually mechanical. And even though the design appears to be simple, when you take a closer look, you can … Read more

You may know them best for their bags, their shoes, and their chic tweed jackets, but Chanel has consistently been upping the ante in the watch industry over the past few years. This year is no different. For 2019, Chanel is re-launching their popular J12 model on its 20th anniversary. Yes, it’s the one you … Read more

Today I’d like to review the Chanel J12 GMT Matte ref. H3101 men’s watch from a brand that typically makes things for women. No doubt you are probably familiar with the Chanel J12 family of watches. For at least a while in mid 2000s, the J12 was perhaps the hottest luxury lady’s watch around. You could travel … Read more

Chanel has just released a new asymmetrical version of its popular Chanel J12 watch. Taking the need to choose between Chanel’s black or white ceramic versions out of the equation, the watch splits down from the two o’clock to four o’clock positions of the watch. The colors are taken from two separate ceramic watch cases rather … Read more

Traditionally regarded more as a luxury fashion brand, Chanel J12 Diamond Tourbillon has been getting serious about its watchmaking for some time now, especially since it unveiled the impressive Monsieur de Chanel in 2016. And the brand enhanced its haute horlogerie credentials even further at Watches & Wonders 2022 last week with the launch of its new … Read more

There is a sort of dismissive attitude among The Faithful towards the Chanel J12. Which I understand. After all, it is a watch that comes from Chanel (a fashion house, mon dieu!) and it is easy to attack it as a derivative, luxury-brand ripoff of the Rolex Submariner. Of course, given the shenanigans you have to … Read more

At Watches and Wonders this year, iconic fashion brand Chanel entered the event with a handful of new timepieces all following a futuristic theme. Dubbed the Interstellar Capsule Collection, the capsule uses motifs from the worlds of science fiction, space, and time travel, presenting new interpretations of the brand’s J12, Première, Boy-Friend, and Code Coco … Read more

I am coming up on my first year as a “watch person,” and I’ve finally seen enough in the metal to create a sort of mental reference library and a more discerning frame of reference. Watches still frequently surprise me when they settle onto my wrist (it has only been a year, after all), but … Read more

Transparency is almost always a good thing, be it in political donations, corporate bonuses or who your local member of parliament is having lunch with. It is a concept that Chanel has adopted as a motif in their watchmaking department, seen in the Boy.Friend Skeleton, their remarkable Monsieur de Chanel Pocket Watch (an almost US$800,000 … Read more