For 2023, Paris, France-based Chanel launched the primary tourbillon-based model of the boys’s Monsieur assortment watch. The limited-edition piece is called the Chanel Monsieur Tourbillon Meteorite, and sooner or later, there’ll possible be additional variations of the Monsieur Tourbillon. Let’s take a look at the debut model and focus on the Chanel Caliber 5.1 motion within it. Whereas Chanel is generally related to girls’s watches (and different objects), the style home has had some notable males’s watches, a very powerful of which is the ceramic Chanel J12 that was initially designed as a males’s watch although Chanel has primarily produced girls’s variations of the favored J12 timepiece household. Please learn my evaluation of the Chanel J12 42mm matte black ceramic males’s watch.
In 2016, Chanel began a brand new, even higher-end concentrate on males’s watches with the Monsieur. It debuted in numerous 18k gold instances with a Caliber 1 motion that was developed for Chanel by the esteemed Romain Gauthier. That motion was tailored and became the Caliber 5 tourbillon that first appeared in a girls’s J12 Diamond Tourbillon 38mm jewellery timepiece. The Caliber 5 is again in a barely extra skeletonized type and is understood on this watch because the Caliber 5.1. Manually wound and working at 3Hz with 72 hours of energy reserve, the Caliber 5.1 motion options an off-centered show for the time (with minutes and hours) together with a flying tourbillon on the 6 o’clock place on the dial. Whereas considerably easy general, the motion’s foremost attraction factors are its elegant general design (with a notable theme of repeating circles) and high-quality execution. Over the tourbillon is a cap within the form of a three-dimensional lion. This identical lion character originated within the first Monsieur watch and is a vital animal for the Maison. The lion was Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel’s favourite animal in addition to her zodiac signal (Leo).
Because the identify of the watch implies, many of the face is created from a reduce piece of pure meteorite, a preferred and exquisite natural materials present in watches throughout the model spectrum. The darkish grey meteorite matches nicely with the largely matte black ceramic case. Along with black ceramic, the 42mm large, 30-meter waterproof case makes use of parts of metal for the development, which make for good, polished traces across the case. This Monsieur Tourbillon Meteorite watch is the second Chanel Monsieur product to be comprised of ceramic, regardless of the fabric being iconic for the corporate. The primary Chanel Monsieur in ceramic was the attention-grabbing and sporty Chanel Monsieur Superleggera Version watch. It has the same, albeit barely totally different ceramic case.
Paired to this higher-end Monsieur Tourbillon watch is a comparatively pedestrian strap produced from black nylon and black calfskin leather-based. With that stated, the standard and luxury of the strap are very excessive, and you need to love the buckle formed just like the Chanel No. 5 fragrance bottle cap (which itself is modeled after the architectural form of Paris’ Place Vendome). The buckle of this Monsieur watch is a testomony to the bigger DNA of the complete home of Chanel. Be aware that the strap is positioned on quick-release spring bars with a small “C” for Chanel branding marks.
Uncommon and unique, tourbillon watches by Chanel are positioned as an unique deal with inside the home. Point out of this watch isn’t even on the Chanel web site, a considerably widespread observe with their most high-end creations. It’s also a good bit of cash for a comparatively commonplace tourbillon mechanism, even when the motion is particular to Chanel and has a stunning design to it. Chanel presents nice model attraction and magnificence in trade for the premium pricing of watches reminiscent of this. As a restricted version of 55 items, the Chanel Monsieur Tourbillon Meteorite watch has a retail value of 120,000 Euros. Be taught extra on the Chanel web site.
