{"id":812,"date":"2011-09-15T11:42:41","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T10:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/preprod.gmtmag.com\/?p=812"},"modified":"2016-06-17T17:32:21","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T15:32:21","slug":"hermes-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/nouveaute-en-n-en\/xxl-2\/hermes-4.html","title":{"rendered":"Herm\u00e8s : Time beyond time\u2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arceau Temps Suspendu<\/strong>
\nCase\u2009:<\/strong> 750 rose gold or 316L steel Movement\u2009:<\/strong> mechanical self-winding (42-hour power reserve), 254 parts, circular-grained and snailed bridges, C\u00f4tes de Gen\u00e8ve on the oscillating weight, Time Suspended module with 360\u00b0 retrograde hour and minute hands Functions\u2009:<\/strong> hour, minute, date with retrograde functions; pushpiece serving to suspend time Dial\u2009:<\/strong> opaline silvered or black with stamped herringbone motif Water resistance\u2009:<\/strong> 30m Strap\u2009:<\/strong> matt havana or black alligator leather with rose gold or steel folding clasp Limited series\u2009:<\/strong> 174 in rose gold<\/p>\n

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Cape Cod \u201cGrandes Heures\u201d<\/strong>
\nCase\u2009:<\/strong> 316L steel, sapphire transparent case-back Diameter\u2009:<\/strong> 36.5 x 35.4 mm Movement\u2009:<\/strong> mechanical self-winding movement (with Grand Hours module, 42h power reserve), circular-grained and snailed bridges, oscillating weight adorned with \u201cC\u00f4tes de Gen\u00e8ve\u201d motif Functions\u2009:<\/strong> Hour, minute, centre-second, variable-speed hour hand Dial\u2009:<\/strong> Silvered or anthracite dial, available with three different hour displays\u00a0 Water-resistance\u2009:<\/strong> 50m Strap\u2009:<\/strong> Matt havana alligator or graphite alligator with safety folding clasp<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Founded in Paris in 1837, the House of Herm\u00e8s built its reputation for excellence on its skill in making horse saddles. In the early 20th century, it further developed this know-how acquired in the field of leather craftsmanship, notably by producing belts, clothes and bags. The Herm\u00e8s watchmaking tradition dates back to the 1920s, when its saddle-making talent was first exercised on watch straps. In 1928, the first Herm\u00e8s watches were presented in the company store at 24, Faubourg Saint-Honor\u00e9. At the time, Herm\u00e8s placed its signature on \u201ctimepieces\u201d created in cooperation with the greatest names in the Swiss watch industry \u2013 such as Jaeger-LeCoultre, Universal, Vacheron Constantin and Audemars Piguet \u2013 before founding in 1978 the Ateliers de La Montre Herm\u00e8s in Switzerland. Almost ten years ago, La Montre Herm\u00e8s entrusted the production of its haute horlogerie mechanical models to Vaucher Manufacture Fleurier, in which it current holds a 25% stake and with which it shares a passion for hand-crafted fine workmanship. Heir to over two centuries of expertise, this great name in the watch business is indeed one of the rare full-fledged manufactures to master the full range of horological professions. This association enables La Montre Herm\u00e8s to adopt a traditional small-scale approach to complications meeting the standards of craftsmanship and quality cherished by the House. Luc Perramond has been at the head of La Montre Herm\u00e8s since 2009, and has assigned it the mission of creating \u201ctime to dream\u201d, specifying that he wished to place technology in the service of poetry and stating that \u201cwe must enchant clients\u201d.
\nJust as Herm\u00e8s does with all artisans working for the great House, whatever their profession, it requested the multiple award-winning creative watch designer Jean-Marc Wiederrecht to take his time in creating an unconventional object. Three years later, when the world-first function housed within the Arceau Time Suspended<\/strong> watch is activated, the question that comes to mind is not \u201cwhat time is it?\u201d, but \u201cwhere time is it?\u201d. By delicately pressing the pushpiece at 9 o\u2019clock, the Epicurean owner of this timepiece decides to take a break. The hour and minute hands switch to stand-by mode by positioning themselves around noon in an entirely unaccustomed manner. The watch no longer indicates the time, although it continues to count it off. Once again pressing the same pushpiece at any time makes the watch display the correct time once more, thanks to a complex split-level mechanism with column wheel and 360\u00b0 retrograde hands.
\nWith its two new poetic novelties, Herm\u00e8s invites watch lovers to extend their precious moments and reduce their more trivial counterparts. The hours of the new Cape Cod Grandes Heures<\/strong> race ahead and then slow down. It\u2019s about taking time to sort out priorities. A curved, rectangular case that breaks the mo\u00acnotony of circular time. A dial imbued with an elegance that plays with conventions. A sophis\u00acticated mechanism that invents its own dance. The toothed oval wheel system conducts the hour hand, enabling it \u2013 thanks to the shape of the gear \u2013 to speed up or slow down its motion\u00a0 while the minutes and seconds tick by at a constant pace. The dial numerals meekly follow the musical score, correspondingly accelerating or decelerating the cadence of the hours. The silvered or anthracite dial provides time made to measure with a beautiful guilloch\u00e9 setting swept over by skeleton hands. Within this subtly chaotic choreography, the stylised curves of the numerals create a fascinating contrast with the pure design of the stainless steel case. A form of elegance that disrupts the hours and suggests a new way of living with one\u2019s time. By taking the time.<\/p>\n

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Inimitable style<\/strong>
\nDesigned in 1978 by Henri d\u2019Origny, the Arceau watch is named after and inspired by a saddlery element\u2009: a hoop-shaped part of the stirrup. Its classic, timeless and unostentatiously elegant aesthetic, along with its evocation of the equestrian world, make it one of the emblematic models in the brand\u2019s watch collections \u2013 and one that is particularly representative of the inimitable style of Herm\u00e8s, saddle-maker in Paris since 1837.
\nThis year, a new version is enriching the line of Arceau watches. Echoing the case of the 43 mm chronograph model, the Arceau Grande Lune<\/strong> watch is a complete calendar watch featuring day and month apertures. Its dial is stamped with a herringbone motif identical to that found on saddle rugs. The stamped and rhodiumed numerals maintain the classic appearance of the original model, with a sloping design that follows the movement of the hands and seems to keep ahead of time.
\nThe broad opening at 6 o\u2019clock highlights the moon disc and its rhodiumed stars specifi cally designed by Herm\u00e8s in a deep blue shade. The calendar display indexed around the moon disc is surrounded by a rhodiumed flange, while the snailed motif radiating from the centre of the counter creates a refi ned sunburst effect. The moonphase module is fitted to a self-winding movement that may be admired through the transparent case-back revealing its circular-grained and snailed finishing adorned with C\u00f4tes de Gen\u00e8ve.<\/p>\n

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Arceau Grande Lune<\/strong>
\nCase\u2009:<\/strong> steel, sapphire transparent case-back Diameter\u2009: 43mm Mechanical self-winding movement (Dubois-D\u00e9praz 9313 caliber with\u00a0 Large Moon module), circular-grained and snailed bridges, oscillating weight adorned with \u201cC\u00f4tes de Gen\u00e8ve\u201d motif Functions\u2009:<\/strong> Hour, minute, centre-second, hand indicating the date at 6 o\u2019clock, days display at 11 o\u2019clock, months display at 1 o\u2019clock,large moon display at 6 o\u2019clock Dial\u2009:<\/strong> Opaline silvered\u00a0 (or galvanic black) with stamped herringbone motif and rhodiumplated hour-markers\u00a0 Strap\u2009:<\/strong> Matt havana alligator with safety folding clasp<\/div>\n

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Founded in Paris in 1837, the House of Herm\u00e8s built its reputation for excellence on its skill in making horse saddles. In the early 20th century, it further developed this know-how acquired in the field of leather craftsmanship, notably by producing belts, clothes and bags. The Herm\u00e8s watchmaking tradition dates back to the 1920s, when its saddle-making talent was first exercised on watch straps. In 1928, the first Herm\u00e8s watches were presented in the company store at 24, Faubourg Saint-Honor\u00e9. At the time, Herm\u00e8s placed its signature on \u201ctimepieces\u201d created in cooperation with the greatest names in the Swiss watch industry \u2013 such as Jaeger-LeCoultre, Universal, Vacheron Constantin and Audemars Piguet \u2013 before founding in 1978 the Ateliers de La Montre Herm\u00e8s in Switzerland. Almost ten years ago, La Montre Herm\u00e8s entrusted the production of its haute horlogerie mechanical models to Vaucher Manufacture Fleurier, in which it current holds a 25% stake and with which it shares a passion for hand-crafted fine workmanship. Heir to over two centuries of expertise, this great name in the watch business is indeed one of the rare full-fledged manufactures to master the full range of horological professions. This association enables La Montre Herm\u00e8s to adopt a traditional small-scale approach to complications meeting the standards of craftsmanship and quality cherished by the House. Luc Perramond has been at the head of La Montre Herm\u00e8s since 2009, and has assigned it the mission of creating \u201ctime to dream\u201d, specifying that he wished to place technology in the service of poetry and stating that \u201cwe must enchant clients\u201d.
\nJust as Herm\u00e8s does with all artisans working for the great House, whatever their profession, it requested the multiple award-winning creative watch designer Jean-Marc Wiederrecht to take his time in creating an unconventional object. Three years later, when the world-first function housed within the Arceau Time Suspended<\/strong> watch is activated, the question that comes to mind is not \u201cwhat time is it?\u201d, but \u201cwhere time is it?\u201d. By delicately pressing the pushpiece at 9 o\u2019clock, the Epicurean owner of this timepiece decides to take a break. The hour and minute hands switch to stand-by mode by positioning themselves around noon in an entirely unaccustomed manner. The watch no longer indicates the time, although it continues to count it off. Once again pressing the same pushpiece at any time makes the watch display the correct time once more, thanks to a complex split-level mechanism with column wheel and 360\u00b0 retrograde hands.
\nWith its two new poetic novelties, Herm\u00e8s invites watch lovers to extend their precious moments and reduce their more trivial counterparts. The hours of the new Cape Cod Grandes Heures<\/strong> race ahead and then slow down. It\u2019s about taking time to sort out priorities. A curved, rectangular case that breaks the mo\u00acnotony of circular time. A dial imbued with an elegance that plays with conventions. A sophis\u00acticated mechanism that invents its own dance. The toothed oval wheel system conducts the hour hand, enabling it \u2013 thanks to the shape of the gear \u2013 to speed up or slow down its motion\u00a0 while the minutes and seconds tick by at a constant pace. The dial numerals meekly follow the musical score, correspondingly accelerating or decelerating the cadence of the hours. The silvered or anthracite dial provides time made to measure with a beautiful guilloch\u00e9 setting swept over by skeleton hands. Within this subtly chaotic choreography, the stylised curves of the numerals create a fascinating contrast with the pure design of the stainless steel case. A form of elegance that disrupts the hours and suggests a new way of living with one\u2019s time. By taking the time.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Inimitable style<\/strong>
\nDesigned in 1978 by Henri d\u2019Origny, the Arceau watch is named after and inspired by a saddlery element\u2009: a hoop-shaped part of the stirrup. Its classic, timeless and unostentatiously elegant aesthetic, along with its evocation of the equestrian world, make it one of the emblematic models in the brand\u2019s watch collections \u2013 and one that is particularly representative of the inimitable style of Herm\u00e8s, saddle-maker in Paris since 1837.
\nThis year, a new version is enriching the line of Arceau watches. Echoing the case of the 43 mm chronograph model, the Arceau Grande Lune<\/strong> watch is a complete calendar watch featuring day and month apertures. Its dial is stamped with a herringbone motif identical to that found on saddle rugs. The stamped and rhodiumed numerals maintain the classic appearance of the original model, with a sloping design that follows the movement of the hands and seems to keep ahead of time.
\nThe broad opening at 6 o\u2019clock highlights the moon disc and its rhodiumed stars specifi cally designed by Herm\u00e8s in a deep blue shade. The calendar display indexed around the moon disc is surrounded by a rhodiumed flange, while the snailed motif radiating from the centre of the counter creates a refi ned sunburst effect. The moonphase module is fitted to a self-winding movement that may be admired through the transparent case-back revealing its circular-grained and snailed finishing adorned with C\u00f4tes de Gen\u00e8ve.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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Arceau Grande Lune<\/strong>
\nCase\u2009:<\/strong> steel, sapphire transparent case-back Diameter\u2009: 43mm Mechanical self-winding movement (Dubois-D\u00e9praz 9313 caliber with\u00a0 Large Moon module), circular-grained and snailed bridges, oscillating weight adorned with \u201cC\u00f4tes de Gen\u00e8ve\u201d motif Functions\u2009:<\/strong> Hour, minute, centre-second, hand indicating the date at 6 o\u2019clock, days display at 11 o\u2019clock, months display at 1 o\u2019clock,large moon display at 6 o\u2019clock Dial\u2009:<\/strong> Opaline silvered\u00a0 (or galvanic black) with stamped herringbone motif and rhodiumplated hour-markers\u00a0 Strap\u2009:<\/strong> Matt havana alligator with safety folding clasp<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":813,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[49,48],"tags":[220],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=812"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15802,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812\/revisions\/15802"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}