Monday, January 28, 2019

The Arceau L'heure de la lune

From Hermès

Courtesy of Hermes
Sorry for the brevity, but the level of hyperbole in the press releases coming through lately is starting to strain credulity, so we'll just stick to the pertinents, with a brief preamble, straight from the source -

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.

DIAL
AVENTURINE DIAL
White-lacquered mobile counters, black transfers
METEORITE DIAL
Gradated grey-lacquered mobile counters,
white transfers
 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
Blued hands
 
CASE
Designed by Henri d’Origny in 1978
White gold case (≈ 68.2g)
43mm in diameter, 22mm interhorn width
Antiglare sapphire crystal and case-back
Water-resistant to 3 bar
 
MOVEMENT
Hermès Manufacture H1837 movement
Mechanical self-winding, Swiss made
Diameter: 26mm (11½’’’)
Thickness: 3.7mm
193 components, 28 jewels
Frequency: 28,800 vph (4Hz)
Circular-grained and snailed baseplate,
satin-brushed bridges and oscillating weight,
signature “H” pattern
 
MODULE
Exclusive “L’heure de la lune” module
Diameter: 38mm (16¾’’’)
Thickness: 4.2mm
117 components, 14 jewels
Polished and bead-blasted bridges
 
FUNCTIONS
Hours, minutes, date, double moon phase
(display of moon phases seen from the northern
and southern hemispheres)
 
STRAP
AVENTURINE DIAL
Matt abyss blue alligator
METEORITE DIAL
Matt graphite grey alligator
17mm white gold folding clasp (≈ 26.39g)


 

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