SEEING RED

One of three creations in Chanel’s latest Haute Horlogerie Red Edition collection, the J12 X-ray Red Edition Rouge reveals the watch’s trademark transparent silhouette with an unexpected touch of red, one of the maison’s signature colours. Set on a fixed white gold bezel, as well as indicating the hours on the dial, a total of 58 baguette-cut rubies endow the numbered and limited 12-piece model its unique and sophisticated character. Arnaud Chastaingt, director of Chanel’s Watchmaking Creation Studio, describes the striking hue best: “There is nothing faint-hearted about red! It has an uncompromising elegance.”