Hermès
SIHH 2018: Introducing the Hermès Carré H
Hermès
SIHH 2018: Introducing the Hermès Carré H
Never failing to astound with one-of-a-kind enamelled dials and deliciously “pointless” complications such as the Le Temps Suspendu and L’Heure Impatiente, Hermès is equally as good at producing exceptional design pieces for the more mass market – think the Apple Watch Hermès collaboration. This year the – dare I say – “iconic” Carré H, turns eight and to celebrate, the Hermès perfect square has received a makeover by its originator, Marc Berthier. The French designer and architect, one of the first to create plastic furniture at affordable prices with the Ozoo line in 1967. Continuing with his love of everyday objects he went on to design pieces such as the Tykho Euro calculator in 1995, the Tykho radio (a piece on permanent display at the MOMA collection in New York) in 1997 and the Captain Hook armchair in 1999.
The new Carré H is available with either dark grey or black opaline guilloche dial with finely grained chapter ring, applied rhodium-plated hour-markers and Arabic numerals, coated with Super-LumiNova and rhodium-plated hour and minute hands, again coated with Super-Lumi-Nova. Depending on the model, the seconds hand is in either yellow or red.
Hermès Carré H Technical Specifications:
Movement
Hermès manufacture H1912 self-winding movement; 193 components self-winding; hours, minutes and seconds; 4 Hz; 50-hour power reserve
Case
38mm polished and microbead-blasted steel-steel; sapphire crystal and caseback with antiglare treatment, water-resistant to 30m
Strap
Natural or black Barenia calfskin; pin buckle in microbead-blasted stainless steel