The movement built out of a series of circular bridges made of brass with black ADLC coating. For me, I like the design of the movement because of the balance and use of negative space. Generally, the function of the movement is what is most important (don’t get me wrong it is not only important, it is crucial – duh), but it’s nice to see Chanel tackle a movement design with the aesthetics as the priority. The movement is both visually striking and impressive due to the fact that they were made by Romain Gauthier (like the Calibre 1 and 2 before it). It’s manual-winding and the power reserve is a helpful 55 hours. But the most interesting thing about this movement, is not how it looks but how it was built. Usually skeletonized movements are made by cutting away from an existing movement. The Calibre 3, however, was built as a skeletonized movement from the ground up. Other notable examples of this are the Cartier Santos Skeleton and the Jaeger LeCoultre Master Ultra-Thin Squelette. The layout of the Calibre 3 is very classic as well with mainspring barrel up top, fourth wheel running in a jewel at the bottom of the largest central circular bridge, with the seconds hand on the pivot of the fourth (seconds) wheel.
from Best Watches For Men https://ift.tt/2M3Pub4