Review: Chanel – Premiere Flying Tourbillon Sapphires

Alvin Wong 26 November 2015

This watch’s demure disposition belies its technical content.

The pretty camellia motif you see rotating at the bottom of the dial is a cage that houses a flying tourbillon mechanism, which is probably the most visually dramatic high complication ever, constructed here by renowned movement making house Renaud & Papi. The bezel, which comes laced with diamonds, rubies or sapphires, sets off the plain white or black dial brilliantly. Voted Best Ladies Watch at the 2012 Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Geneve, the Premiere Flying Tourbillon Sapphires has become one of Chanel’s calling cards in technical horology.

Price: S$340,000 (incld GST)

Alvin Wong

Ex Editor-In Chief

Alvin promises not to be a douche when talking about watches. He may have scoured the Basel and Geneva watch fairs for the past 15 years, and played an instrumental role to the growth of Singapore's pioneering horological and men's lifestyle publications, but the intrepid scribe seeks to learn something new with each story he writes.