Seven exceptional watches pay homage to an essential component of Gabrielle Chanel’s stylistic world: the button.
Shining a light on the intimate major Gabrielle Chanel, the Mademoiselle Privé watch collection is designed to showcase the actual symbols that Mademoiselle held dear and the objects of which she loved to surround herself. Crafted by the greatest artisans, this collection constitutes an exclusive realm of expression for the finest forms of craftsmanship: Watchmaking, High Jewelry, and other Artistic Crafts from the involving Couture.
In 2020, the particular Chanel Horological industry Creation Studio is presenting the Mademoiselle Privé Bouton collection, which pays respect to a important component of Gabrielle Chanel’s stylistic world: typically the button. Taking her inspiration from military clothing and from sailor’s uniforms, Gabrielle Chanel paid particular attention to the button motifs, that presented a wide variety of ornamental designs.
The Chanel Mademoiselle Privé Bouton collection is comprised of seven timepieces, including two exceptional Higher Jewelry pieces.
Accentuated by a leather braid, or a 18-carat yellow gold braid set with 316 diamonds (Mademoiselle Privé Bouton Diamond Ganse), or entirely snow-set (Mademoiselle Privé Bouton Snow Set) often the black tweed or 18-karat white gold bp cuff of the Mademoiselle Privé Bouton watch is 3. 5 mm wide. It folds over over and fastens to the wrists by means of a 2 . 5 milimeter diameter switch which covers a small white gold switch set along with 142 brilliant-cut diamonds, that is identical on all 7 models. Under this call is located a high-precision quartz movement. Each of the seven models features a different key: a pearl, a carved gold lion, a camellia formed of diamonds, a Byzantine motif, and the profile of Gabrielle Chanel in agate.
Chanel presents the exact Chanel Mademoiselle Privé Bouton collection of seven different jewellery watches that are based on a flexible cuff mounted to the band wrist with a press button. The cuffs are covered in either the classic Chanel tweed together with gold line woven through it or, for the high jewelry versions, black lacquer as well as diamonds.
The collection pays honor to Chanel Mademoiselle Chanel’s obsession using buttons. Bringing men’s developing staples such as tweed and also military uniforms into female fashion was one of the couturier’s most striking innovations. She paid particular attention to the very detail of the buttons and by using more feminine motifs such as camellias or big cat heads, she transformed the main language associated with male army tailoring into feminine and elegant garments.