Monday, January 9, 2012

Red and Black Chanel J12 - Limited Edition of 11 Pieces1

J12, actually, is the name of a sailing boat that gained countless glory in international sailing history. To professional sailing lovers, J12 represents elegance, precision and courage. Chanel Art Director, inspired by this legendary sailing boat, named its sport watches "J12"

J12 produced a great sensation as it adopted high-tech delicate ceramic case. This ceramic is anti-scratch and anti-oxidation while has excellent hardness that could even equal that of diamond. As a innovative material,chanel watch for men, it also satisfies people's curiosity. The high-tech delicate ceramic, after polishing,chanel watch for women, brings dazzling lustre to J12. The case back and buckle adopt slight-arch design and thus make J12 very wearer-friendly.

Chanel always launches limited edition of 12 pieces, but this model, obviously is an exception. Though it seems that the limited No. is still 12, the "4" is, in fact,white chanel watch, canceled, considering that Asia people may not like it. The model shows only 11 piece in the market and only is available in Asia.

The buckle is improved with a reduced size. Smaller spring buckle enhances the smoothness of bracelet lines and strengthens visual aesthetic feeling and brings wearing-comfort as well.

The color using on the watch is really amazing: rubies are in orderly row on the bezel. Chanel has a particular passion on red which is thus often applied in Chanel's design. In eyes of Asia people, red is not only embodiment of warmth and excitement but also the symbol of luck and privilege. And that is why this limited edition adopts rubies. Profound black case sets off natural rubies on the bezel, presenting a striking visual contrast. This J12 limited edition features more sport temperament than other J12 series while boasting elegant attitude.

Compared with other precious stones, color of rubies shows more difference, even single ruby may has different colour and lustre. This makes it difficult to unite the color of all rubies on a watch. However, Chanel J12 makes it through extremely careful selection process.

The 33mm model is driven on quartz movement. The bezel, case, crown, case back and buckle are all crafted from 18k white gold. The dial is set with 84 rectangle cutting diamonds amount to 1. 1 carats. 12 black ceramic rectangles are used as hour markers. On the bezel, there are 48 trapezoid-shape cutting rubies amount to 4. 3 carats. The crown is also adorned with a natural ruby

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