For the tenth edition of the Only Watch auction, CHANEL is offering a pair of Mademoiselle J12 LA PAUSA watches in high-resistance black and white ceramic, designed by Arnaud Chastaingt, Director of CHANEL's Creative Watchmaking Studio.
The auction will take place on Friday 10th May in Geneva, under the High Patronage of H.S.H Prince Albert II of Monaco.
Since its beginning in 2000, the J12 watch has broken the codes and revolutionized the world of watchmaking, to become the first icon of the 21st century. The J12 watch becomes the J12.
Inspired by a photograph of Mademoiselle Chanel taken in her garden at La Pausa, her vacation home in the South of France, the Mademoiselle J12 LA PAUSA watch features her silhouette dressed in a Breton jersey and button-front pants. The image is printed on a sapphire crystal plate and affixed to the dial.
Each watch is equipped with the self-winding Caliber 12.1 movement developed and produced by the Manufacture Kenissi, co-owned by CHANEL.
A CHANEL watch is never where you expect it to be. It calibrates time and boldly twists codes.
A unique* duo of Mademoiselle J12 LA PAUSA watches in black and white highly resistant ceramic featuring the silhouette of Mademoiselle Chanel, equipped with the self-winding Caliber 12.1 movement, which can be seen through a sapphire crystal caseback inscribed "Pièce unique. Only Watch 2023. Mademoiselle J12".
*except reproduction for the needs of Chanel Heritage and Archives
