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With this watch, worn as a necklace and complemented by a pair of headphones, the Parisian maison reverses the ubiquitous “wireless” trend and reinvents the art of disconnection/reconnection.
A jackhammer piercing the sidewalk. A group of friends laughing out loud on a café terrace. A woman so engrossed in her animated telephone conversation that she forgets the rest of the passengers on the bus. In this urban jungle, submerged by its shattering noise and deafening fauna, the only way to keep your footing is to cling to your Première Sound in the hollow of your ears, to find, thanks to Chanel, inner peace through the gentleness of music. With this watch, worn as a necklace to which a pair of headphones is attached, the Parisian maison reinvents the art of disconnection/reconnection and provides a means of being literally connected to oneself, far from the “wireless” trend.
Faithful to the silhouette of the original Première, created in 1987 after the geometry of a N°5 bottle stopper, itself inspired by the design of Place Vendôme as seen from the sky, the watch features an octagonal steel case (26.1x20x7.65mm) clad in yellow gold, whose winding mechanism is punctuated by an onyx cabochon. It sits on a long chain to be wrapped around the neck, made of golden links and a black leather lace, modeled on the braided handles of a Chanel bag. Two studs are used to plug in the removable earphones stamped with the double C, while a standard jack plug, supplemented by an adapter if required, can be inserted into the phone or any audio device. Through the silicone ear-tips, the chosen melody spreads its benefits, and by manipulating the on-board remote control on the cable, it’s possible to skip to the next track, return to the previous one, adjust the volume, or take a call through the included microphone. While the high-quality sound insulation immerses the ears in sounds and voices, the small stick-shaped hour and minute hands scroll across the black-lacquered dial, stirred by a quartz movement.
