Mademoiselle Privé Comète Brodée

The jewelry watch collection, entitled “Mademoiselle Privé”, opens the door to the intimate world of Gabrielle Chanel, and showcases her most cherished symbols and objects she loved to have around her.   

In the hands of the finest master artisans - enamellers, engravers, carvers and stone-setters - this collection adds yet another chapter to CHANEL’s creative saga, and uncovers new grounds for expressing unsurpassed skill and know-how of the Métier d’Art craftsmanship used in Fine Watchmaking and High Jewelry.   

For almost a century, the House of Lesage has been embroidering elaborate designs for all the top names in haute couture and fashion, and continues perpetuating its exceptional know-how. Diamonds and fine pearls stitched with silk threads form precious camellias and comets on ink-black and beige silk dials. 

The tour de force is found in how the thickness of the embroidery fits into the extremely thin watchcase and how the hands turn just above the raised seed-stitch. 

The small dial surface, 37.5 mm in diameter, requires all the embroiderer’s exactitude and precision and each motif produced by hand and needle reveals all her freedom and dexterity. Each dial is an exceptional and unique piece. 

To pay homage to this masterwork, CHANEL has removed the crown and achieved a perfectly round watchcase.