Chanel Articles

Founded by the legendary Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel in 1909, the Parisian fashion house is a landmark designer of Haute Couture, with countless iconic products produced over its first century and since.

Chanel's Coromandel Twin Volute Enchantée watches symbolise the duality between yin and yang. One features a dark dial, decorated with Grand Feu enamel, that portrays a Chinese pipe player suspended on a cloud while the other dial is sculpted from mother
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GPHG 2014: artistry of the highest order from the metiers d art watch finalists

Van Cleef & Arpels 2008 Garance Poppy clip set with rubies, blue sapphires and a grey cultured pearl © Van Cleef & Arpels.
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Floral Jewels by Carol Woolton: new book unfurls the history of flowers in fine jewellery

Chanel 'Miol Mosaique' watch in white gold, from the Sous le Signe du Lion collection, set with 1,530 fancy-cut diamonds and two pear-cut diamonds.
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GPHG 2014: highlights in the Jewellery Watch category for the Grand Prix d Horlogerie de Genève

Chanel Café Society Vendome San Marco ring in white and yellow gold, with a Burmese ruby and brilliant-cut diamonds set into rock crystal.
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Humble rock crystal makes the leap into high jewellery

Chanel’s Birdcage combines expertise in watchmaking and jewellery featuring a cockatoo sculpture made with mother-of-pearl marquetry and stone-setting.
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Biennale des Antiquaires: The Bird Cage clock by Chanel is an ode to captive beauty

Chanel Midnight cuff featuring black onyx and diamonds.
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Cuff love: chunky bracelets adorned with gemstones pack a powerful punch

Chanel Café Society Cruise secret watch with an aquamarine bead bracelet contrasted with black spinels and diamonds.
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Biennale des Antiquaires: high jewellery watches gleam with precious stones in singular creations that mark the passing hours

Combining the clean lines of avant-garde geometry with mesmerising mosaics of colour, Chanel's Café Society Morning in Vendome earrings feature circles of brillliant-cut white and yellow diamonds and two emerald-cut yellow diamonds.
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Biennale des Antiquaires 2014: highlights from four stars of high jewellery

Chanel J12 watch. © CHANEL Horlogerie
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Chanel watches launches its first advertising campaign in over 20 years and it is tres chic

Chanel hosted a dinner with Vanity Fair France at the exclusive Tetou restaurant on day seven of the Cannes Film Festival. Lily Allen accessorised her quirky Chanel "bubble" dress with sapphire drop earrings, a floral ring and a delicate bracelet, all by
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Cannes Film Festival 2014: the red carpet jewels were out in force on day seven

Fellow 'Grace of Monaco' actress Paz Vega attended the photo call in a chic, cap-sleeved Zuhar Murad dress, accessorised with 'Bouton de Camélia' earrings and a 'Plume' bracelet and rings, all in white gold and diamonds, by Chanel
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Cannes Film Festival 2014: the red carpet jewels on day one are dominated by diamonds

The Chanel J12-365 watch in high-tech ceramic features soft beige-gold, an alloy created exclusively by Chanel, and a guilloche´-finished opaline dial
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Material matters: new materals in the world of watches for 2014