Key dates
• 1975 : Beginning of Dior watches. Christian Dior is one of the first Fashion Houses to take an interest in watchmaking.
• 2001 : The Dior House equips itself with its own development and manufacture structure: Les Ateliers Horlogers Dior SA situated at La Chaux-de-Fonds in the cradle of Swiss watchmaking.
• 2003 : Launch of "La D de Dior", first watch designed by Victoire de Castellane.
• 2004 : Launch of "Chiffre Rouge", the first watch from the Men's universe. Chiffre Rouge combines the formal vocabulary of Dior Homme and its values of excellence through a collection of exclusively automatic movements.
• 2005 : Launch of "Dior Christal". A couture fashion icon created by John Galliano, Dior Christal is a new twist on sapphire crystal, usually used for watch glass, as pyramids on the bracelet and in marquetry on the bezel.
• 2008 : Launch of "Dior Christal Tourbillon" calibre, one of the grandest watchmaking complications associated with a new transparency thanks to sapphire crystal.
• 2009 : Launch of "Dior Christal Tourbillon" calibre, entirely setted by diamonds and baguette rubies, and of the first Dior Christal with mysterious movements
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