Arceau L'Heure de la Lune

Brand  : Hermès
Collection  : Arceau
Model  : Arceau L'Heure de la Lune
Reference  :
Complement : White Gold - Strap Alligator
On sale : 2019

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  • Brand  : Hermès
    Collection  : Arceau
    Model  : Arceau L'Heure de la Lune
    Reference  :
    Complement : White Gold - Strap Alligator
    On sale : 2019
    List Price : 23 000 €
    Diameter : 43 mm
    Styles : Atypical
    Types : Self-winding
    Calibre : H1837
    Calibre distinction : Satin-brushed bridges and oscillating weight
    signature “H” pattern
    Complication : Date
    Hours
    Minutes
    Double moon phase
    Case material : White gold
    Case peculiarity : Sapphire caseback
    Shape : Round
    Water-resistance : 30 meters
    Dial : Aventurine
    Lacquered
    Display : Blued hands
    Glass : Sapphire
    Antireflective coating
    Strap material : Alligator leather
    Strap color : Blue
    Strap clasp : Folding buckle
    + More characteristics :
    Movement
    Hermès Manufacture H1837 movement Mechanical self-winding
    Swiss made
    Circular-grained and snailed baseplate

    Case
    Designed by Henri d’Origny in 1978
    White gold case

    Dial
    White-lacquered mobile counters
    Moons in white natural mother-of-pearl
    Southern moon: Pegasus transfer inspired by the Pleine Lune motif designed by Dimitri Rybaltchenko
    Northern moon: lunar surface transfer

    Strap / Buckles
    Matt abyss blue alligator
    White gold folding clasp

DESCRIPTION

  • A r c e a u  L ’ h e u r e  d e  l a  L u n e

    T R A V E L L I N G   I N  A N O T H E R  DIMENSION

    Cosmic and dreamlike. Setting foot on the moon and losing one’s sense of time and space. The new Arceau L’heure de la lune watch offers a unique vision of Earth’s satellite with the simultaneous display of moon phases in both northern and southern hemispheres. Two mobile counters gravitate on a meteorite or aventurine dial, revealing mother-of-pearl moons in step with an exclusive module, coupled with a Manufacture Hermès movement.

    An offbeat expression of a classic horological complication, the Arceau L’heure de la lune watch offers  an original interpretation of Hermès watchmaking expertise. Framed by a white gold case, the mechanics adopt a light, barely-there role. Meteorite or aventurine inlaid with mother-of-pearl form a cosmos in which satellite dials float above hemispherical moons.  These mischievous displays have swapped cardinal points, with the south above and the north below. A topsy-turvy direction inviting observers to lose their bearings, with their head in the stars… 

    The horse, representing the origins of Hermès, gallops elegantly into the world of dreams. At 12 o’clock, the moon is adorned by a Pegasus created by the “dreamerdesigner” Dimitri Rybaltchenko. Entitled Pleine Lune (Full Moon), this portrayal of the winged horse hints at a passage between two worlds, where magic and reality merge. On the other side, at 6 o’clock, the view of the moon from the northern hemisphere provides a realistic depiction of its surface.

    The mobile counters displaying the time and date turn weightlessly to reveal the moon discs, while maintaining their horizontal orientation. This contemporary dance is choreographed by a module exclusively developed for Hermès and for which a patent has been filed. With a total thickness of just 4.2mm, its 117 polished and bead-blasted components are incorporated within the Manufacture Hermès H1837 movement: a technical challenge designed to preserve the slenderness of the overall mobile chassis, which sweeps around the dial in 59 days. The mother-of-pearl moons set into the stone display the lunar cycles in the northern and southern hemispheres. This mysterious game of hide-and-seek reveals nothing of its technical complexity, so as to give pride of place to dreams.

    Within this space-time, metal, stars and rock seamlessly merge the watch exterior with  the movement to form an unprecedented technical and aesthetic display of simple and graphic readability. The double moon here eclipses a traditional aperture-type display, instead covering the entire surface of the dial. The result is a free-spirited and impertinent vision of mechanical watchmaking according to Hermès.  The Arceau case with its asymmetrical lugs, designed by Henri d’Origny in 1978, becomes a lunar crater made  of meteorite stone or aventurine, while the lacquered dials, gravitating like satellites, display Arabic numerals  with a distinctive sloping font. This Haute Horlogerie timepiece is issued in two 100-piece limited editions,  and fitted with a matt alligator strap in graphite grey  or abyss blue. 

  • A r c e a u  L ’ h e u r e  d e  l a  L u n e

    T R A V E L L I N G   I N  A N O T H E R  DIMENSION

    Cosmic and dreamlike. Setting foot on the moon and losing one’s sense of time and space. The new Arceau L’heure de la lune watch offers a unique vision of Earth’s satellite with the simultaneous display of moon phases in both northern and southern hemispheres. Two mobile counters gravitate on a meteorite or aventurine dial, revealing mother-of-pearl moons in step with an exclusive module, coupled with a Manufacture Hermès movement.

    An offbeat expression of a classic horological complication, the Arceau L’heure de la lune watch offers  an original interpretation of Hermès watchmaking expertise. Framed by a white gold case, the mechanics adopt a light, barely-there role. Meteorite or aventurine inlaid with mother-of-pearl form a cosmos in which satellite dials float above hemispherical moons.  These mischievous displays have swapped cardinal points, with the south above and the north below. A topsy-turvy direction inviting observers to lose their bearings, with their head in the stars… 

    The horse, representing the origins of Hermès, gallops elegantly into the world of dreams. At 12 o’clock, the moon is adorned by a Pegasus created by the “dreamerdesigner” Dimitri Rybaltchenko. Entitled Pleine Lune (Full Moon), this portrayal of the winged horse hints at a passage between two worlds, where magic and reality merge. On the other side, at 6 o’clock, the view of the moon from the northern hemisphere provides a realistic depiction of its surface.

    The mobile counters displaying the time and date turn weightlessly to reveal the moon discs, while maintaining their horizontal orientation. This contemporary dance is choreographed by a module exclusively developed for Hermès and for which a patent has been filed. With a total thickness of just 4.2mm, its 117 polished and bead-blasted components are incorporated within the Manufacture Hermès H1837 movement: a technical challenge designed to preserve the slenderness of the overall mobile chassis, which sweeps around the dial in 59 days. The mother-of-pearl moons set into the stone display the lunar cycles in the northern and southern hemispheres. This mysterious game of hide-and-seek reveals nothing of its technical complexity, so as to give pride of place to dreams.

    Within this space-time, metal, stars and rock seamlessly merge the watch exterior with  the movement to form an unprecedented technical and aesthetic display of simple and graphic readability. The double moon here eclipses a traditional aperture-type display, instead covering the entire surface of the dial. The result is a free-spirited and impertinent vision of mechanical watchmaking according to Hermès.  The Arceau case with its asymmetrical lugs, designed by Henri d’Origny in 1978, becomes a lunar crater made  of meteorite stone or aventurine, while the lacquered dials, gravitating like satellites, display Arabic numerals  with a distinctive sloping font. This Haute Horlogerie timepiece is issued in two 100-piece limited editions,  and fitted with a matt alligator strap in graphite grey  or abyss blue. 

  • Brand  : Hermès
    Collection  : Arceau
    Model  : Arceau L'Heure de la Lune
    Reference  :
    Complement : White Gold - Strap Alligator
    On sale : 2019
    List Price : 23 000 €
    Diameter : 43 mm
    Styles : Atypical
    Types : Self-winding
    Calibre : H1837
    Calibre distinction : Satin-brushed bridges and oscillating weight
    signature “H” pattern
    Complication : Date
    Hours
    Minutes
    Double moon phase
    Case material : White gold
    Case peculiarity : Sapphire caseback
    Shape : Round
    Water-resistance : 30 meters
    Dial : Aventurine
    Lacquered
    Display : Blued hands
    Glass : Sapphire
    Antireflective coating
    Strap material : Alligator leather
    Strap color : Blue
    Strap clasp : Folding buckle
    More characteristics :
    Movement
    Hermès Manufacture H1837 movement Mechanical self-winding
    Swiss made
    Circular-grained and snailed baseplate

    Case
    Designed by Henri d’Origny in 1978
    White gold case

    Dial
    White-lacquered mobile counters
    Moons in white natural mother-of-pearl
    Southern moon: Pegasus transfer inspired by the Pleine Lune motif designed by Dimitri Rybaltchenko
    Northern moon: lunar surface transfer

    Strap / Buckles
    Matt abyss blue alligator
    White gold folding clasp