Presseberichte und -bilder » Hermès Arceau L’Heure De La Lune

Continuing its tradition of creating watches that combine interesting mechanics with elaborate ideas, Hermès Arceau L’Heure De La Lune has released one of the coolest moonphase watches I’ve ever seen. The Couronne L’Heure De La Lune presents a pair of stationary mother-of-pearl moons with a complementary pair of floating lacquer dials floating over the top that move around the watch dial once every 59 days, covering and uncovering the moons to to indicate the current moon phase in both the actual southern as well as northern hemispheres at once. One of the floating knobs shows the particular hours and also minutes, while the other counts the date. Hermès has further extreme the dreamy effect by inverting typically the moons, with the the top one showing often the southern hemisphere and the lower one the exact northern hemisphere. Finally, the very moons show different designs, with the reduced moon having a transfer of the luner surface on top and the upper moon baring a subtle pegasus motif through artist along with designer Dimitri Rybaltchenko (a work he calls “Pleine Lune” or “Full Moon”). You have a choice of two executions, one with a meteorite dial and graduated grey lacquered discs and also the other with an aventurine switch and white lacquered discs – both utilize the same 43mm white gold Arceau case. Each version is limited in order to 100 using pieces.

You’re probably wondering at this point how this unusual complication works. Inside is an Hermès caliber H1837 movement fitting having a module referred to as “Hermès Calotte L’Heure Entre ma Lune” that was designed specifically to create this display. The module alone requires over 100 components and is 38mm across (which is the resulting “wingspan” from the rotating discs), and there is currently a particular pending for the mechanism. I’ll admit it: I really let out an audible “Whoa! ” when this one landed in my email. I’m already a big fan of what Hermès does, on both the more classic side and the more idiosyncratic part, and this 1 does not dissatisfy at all. If you told me about this Hermès Arceau L’Heure De La Lune watch or only handed me a spec sheet, I think Would probably assume the watch to be a little too over-the-top despite the fun idea, however Hermès has executed an currently great idea with great skill too, resulting in a watch honestly, that is beautiful inside concept in addition to form. There are the natural beauty of the bolide, aventurine, plus mother of pearl, sure, but I think it’s the way the various colors and even textures interact that makes this one really sing – it’s all about subtle contrasts together with mirrored forms. I’m not sure which in the two I prefer – I keep going back and forth – but if you asked me today I’d must travel with the stella cadente version. The fact that the watch looks just a little bit different each day you wear it is awesome and I enjoy the idea of the dramatic but slow complication.

To come back down to Earth for a minute (get it? ), any 43mm white gold or platinum Hermès Couronne L’Heure Entre ma Lune view is probably a little more than my relatively small wrist can handle, and the Calotte L’Heure De La Lune is a lot of look to sport every day too, however that doesn’t make me wish I could rock one of these any less. Now if there were only a desk clock version I will be in business…