For this issue, we look at innovation in watchmaking from a fresh angle. Chanel?s J12 Couture Workshop Automaton Calibre 6 represents the brand?s evolution as it takes steps to improve its in-house innovation.
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The word ?innovation? especially when used in the context of watchmaking can sometimes be an oxymoron. With the luxury watchmaking industry so entrenched in the traditions of craftsmanship and mechanical movements, is it really an ?innovation? per se when someone invents a slightly more efficient way to keep time in an inherently inefficient device. All of this is said in jest however as we, of all people, know that despite how inefficient our timekeepers are in the grand scheme of things, there is an intrinsic beauty in the very traditional ways our favourite watches are put together. That is not to say within the industry context there is no room for improvement. With technology where it is today, and with the amount of money going into research and development, even for something this niche, advancements will naturally occur.
For this issue, we put Chanel?s J12 Couture Workshop Automaton Calibre 6 on the cover because it represents the type of innovation we are looking at in the context of the luxury watch industry. The automaton movement may not be the most cutting-edge technological advancement in watchmaking but when you...