The Monsieur wristwatch is endowed with
Calibre 1, Chanel's first in-house movement
When it was launched in 2016, the Monsieur received glowing reviews. For one, it featured a unique combination of retrograde minute and jumping hour. For another, the manual-winding movement, visible on the caseback, was a beauty, constructed to reflect Chanel’s famously chic aesthetic.
Designed, developed and assembled entirely at its manufacture in La Chaux-de-Fonds in Switzerland, it boasted wheels created to Chanel’s specifications by independent watchmaker Romain Gauthier, whose business the French maison has secretly bought a stake in to bolster its manufacturing capability.