Arceau Samarcande
- Category
- Mechanical Exception
- Case
- White gold
- Movement
- Self-winding mechanical Power reserve: 85 h, 21600 vph Skeleton movement
- Functions
- Hours, Minutes, Minute Repeater
- Size
- ø 38 mm
- Thickness
- 12.22 mm
- Water resistance
- 30 m
- Reference
- AR17.890.630/ZZM3NR.2017V.A
- Price
- 265,000 CHF
Description
Central to the Hermès heritage, the horse plays a starring role in the Arceau Samarcande watch on which time chimes out beneath a Saint-Louis crystal dial featuring an openworked horse head.
This cut-out reveals the new skeletonised mechanical self-winding H1927 movement exclusively developed and crafted for Hermès.
The exquisitely slender mechanism features a highly precise openworked structure measuring just 28 mm in diameter and 4.95 mm thick, housed in a 38 mm white gold case. The three hammers of the minute-repeater mechanism chime on three gongs, delivering a richly nuanced sound signature.
The sapphire crystal case-back reveals the mechanism’s many subtleties, offering a glimpse of the minute-repeater hammers as well as the platinum micro-rotor adorned with the House’s iconic Duc Attelé motif.
A bleu encre alligator strap crafted using specific Hermès skills sets the finishing touch to this 24-piece Haute Horlogerie special edition.
Supplied by the brand to the GPHG for its entry.