{"id":96155,"date":"2018-12-12T23:00:30","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T15:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.revolution.watch\/?p=96155"},"modified":"2024-04-17T08:44:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T00:44:32","slug":"2018-revolution-round-up-hermes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/revolutionwatch.com\/2018-revolution-round-up-hermes\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Revolution Round-Up: Herm\u00e8s"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Herm\u00e8s design team has always had a lot of fun with its watch dials, designing its own fonts, experimenting with new m\u00e9tiers d\u2019art, creating three-dimensional surfaces and playing with all the colors under the sun.<\/p>\n
2018 was an exceptional year in terms of design and here are some of our favorite artistic dials from the French maison.<\/p>\n
The dial of the Herm\u00e8s Arceau Pocket Millefiori could be mistaken for alligator skin, but it is in fact crafted out of black crystal. The black color is the result of a mix of crystal and several minerals that remains a closely guarded secret. The fabrication process starts with the melting of the crystal material, which is then transformed into crystal rods by expert glass-blowers. A white-hot thread is then pulled out and cut into sections. These sections are then assembled onto the dial creating an artistic illusion for lovers of the m\u00e9tiers d\u2019art.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
This latest addition to the Slim d\u2019Herm\u00e8s collection has a particularly interesting dial thanks to its distinctive font designed by Philippe Apeloig with spaces between the lines. In addition to the font, Herm\u00e8s added a simple, yet ingenious, second time zone display. This indication, situated at 10 o\u2019clock, places the numerals all over the sub dial in what seems like a random order, and yet the blue hand highlights each one very clearly as the hours pass. The result is not only aesthetically pleasing to the eye, but also offers a whimsical way of displaying the time.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
Designed in 1978 by Henri d\u2019Origny, the Herm\u00e8s Arceau takes the design of a classic round watch and gives it a twist by using different styles of lugs at the top and bottom. For 2018, Herm\u00e8s unveiled a number of striking versions that depict the outline of a horse\u2019s head that were created using either marquetry of mother-of-pearl or the champlev\u00e9 technique with different colored lacquer.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
The Heure H Double Jeu, designed by Philippe Mouquet in 1996, came in two new striking dial designs this year with a vertical setting or a horizontal setting. The vertical setting timepiece features a black or white lacquered dial with Arabic numerals transferred onto an inner square and the letter H set with diamonds, while the horizontal setting version breaks with gem-setting traditional and sets the whole lower half of the dial and the lugs with diamonds.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
Animal motifs have always been a particular favorite design of Herm\u00e8s and 2018 was no exception with two timepieces featuring dials crafted out of leather micro-marquetry. The first is an Arceau Cavales that depicts the head of a horse. The maison\u2019s artisans started by selecting the most radiant colours of full-grain calfskin before cutting them out and juxtaposing them in a marquetry of leather. The Arceau Cavales dial is inspired by Herm\u00e8s\u2019s \u201cSamarcande\u201d chess set created in 2009.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
And last but not least, is the Herm\u00e8s\u2019s Arceau Robe de Soir, a 41mm diameter timepiece with a mosaic dial comprised of 2,200 tiny juxtaposed leather squares which form the profile of a horse that was inspired by the Herm\u00e8s Robe du Soir silk scarf designed by Florence Manlik earlier this year. This horological creation is imbued with the Herm\u00e8s saddle- and leather-making heritage and is limited to 12 pieces.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
Revolution takes a look back at 2018 and some of the most eye-catching dials from Herm\u00e8s\u2019s design team. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","spc_primary_category":0},"categories":[339,119,4442],"tags":[1001,1035,1036,1037,1038,6,1039,1040,1041],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n