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    CHANEL’S BIG THREE

    Apr 03, 2018 6 minutes
    BY TRACEY LLEWELLYN

    Internationally known for its fashion-statement watch the J12, as well as its inspiring collaborations with movement powerhouse Audemars Piguet Renaud & Papi, Chanel started to work on in-house calibres 10 years ago. Since acquiring a share in the Le Sentier-based Romain Gauthier manufacture in 2011, the brand has stunned the watch world with 2016’s Calibre 1, housed in the Monsieur and featuring digital jumping hours with retrograde minutes, and Calibre 2, which powered last year’s extraordinary incarnation of the Première – the GPHG Award-winning Camélia Skeleton. And now, Baselworld 2018 sees the launch of the proprietary movement named, unsurprisingly, Calibre 3, housed inside the Boy.Friend Skeleton.

    According to Gauthier, after deciding to work together, Chanel made an amicable acquisition of a portion of his . Speaking of the relationship, he says: “This offer from Chanel immediately struck me as the best solution. Chanel has always attached great importance to developing, supporting and working with the greatest craftsmen and designers, the real experts in their sphere. My team and I have the

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