Hermès modernise la montre de poche en utilisant son patrimoine La montre de poche "In The Pocket" Chaque marque de luxe fait de grands efforts pour utiliser son histoire pour présenter de nouveaux produits. En substance et en style, Hermès semble simplement le faire mieux tout en le rendant simple et naturel. La plus récente montre est un exemple. C'est une montre de poche, un produit qui à la fois avait une fonction utilitaire suprême tout en montrant son goût et sa sophistication. Cependant, il a longtemps perdu son but et son attrait lorsque la montre-bracelet est entrée en mode. La marque de luxe française a réintroduit la montre de poche d'une manière qui lui procure un attrait moderne tout en la reliant à l'histoire créative personnelle de la famille Hermès. C'est une histoire qui commence il y a plus de 100 ans, mais qui est également à la maison dans les temps modernes. Tout comme ce nouveau produit. L'histoire commence En 1912, Jacqueline Hermès, un enfant à l'époque, a reçu comme cadeau de son père une montre de poche inhabituelle avec un porte-cuir à porter sur le poignet. Il a été conçu pour que la jeune chevalienne puisse rouler sans avoir à attacher sa montre à son vêtement ou à la glisser dans sa poche. En particulier, la sangle en cuir a été conçue pour envelopper confortablement la montre pour une protection complète pendant qu'elle roulait. En 2012, 100 ans plus tard, la montre a été réinventée sous le nom "In The Pocket", qui était une montre palladium dans un étui en cuir fabriqué à la main qui peut être porté comme montre de poche ou montre-bracelet. Il a encore une fonctionnalité, une valeur utilitaire tout en étant beau. Il s'inspire non seulement d'une histoire personnelle d'Hermès, mais aussi de son héritage en tant que créateur de maroquinerie artisanale, en particulier son artisanat de selles et d'autres articles en cuir pour les activités équestres, de sorte que l'entreprise a commencé. En outre, il montre son développement progressif dans l'horlogerie au point de devenir un fabricant à part entière. Le produit et le procédé Hermès vient de publier sa deuxième pièce dans la série avec une montre en or rose revêtue d'un alligator extérieur. Comme pour l'original, la nouvelle montre est conçue pour être usée comme une montre de poche traditionnelle ou une montre-bracelet. Il est disponible dans une édition limitée de 178 pièces. La montre elle-même est une étude de simplicité et d'équilibre. L'étui en or rose contient un cadran en argent avec des mains de type bâton qui balayent les chiffres réduits. Un petit sous-dial de secondes est situé à 3 heures. La montre est alimentée par un mouvement automatique interne H1837 avec une réserve de marche de 50 heures. Son poids oscillant est orné du motif de signature de la marque "Aspersion de Hs". Meanwhile, it’s the strap that receives the lion’s share of attention from the company. It is composed of two longer and shorter sections: the plain strap end and the buckle strap end, hand crafted in the leather-making workshops of La Montre Hermès in Switzerland. These two parts are composed of three layers of leather: alligator; cow leather for sturdiness; and a Zermatt calfskin lining. The hides are soaked and pressed into a mould where they dry for 10 days. Then they are cut with a pointed tool, sanded down and glued. Each of the parts is then partially sewn; the buckle strap end is perforated to free up the spaces that will reveal the dial and through which the plain strap end and the crown will pass. The work continues with the buckle end and the plain strap end fitted together, marked with a compass, indented and sewn using the saddle stitching technique. Finally there’s the hammering, stitching, dyeing and polishing. The brand took great pains to ensure that its traditional handcrafted techniques were used, down to the “saddle stitching.” Yet it created a product designed to look as equally eloquent in an urban environment as it does in the stable. Please join me on the Jewelry News Network Facebook Page, on Twitter @JewelryNewsNet and on the Forbes website. POSTED BY ANTHONY DEMARCO AT 5:43 AM 0 COMMENTS EMAIL THIS BLOGTHIS! SHARE TO TWITTER SHARE TO FACEBOOK SHARE TO PINTEREST LABELS: HERMES, LEATHER GOODS, LUXURY, WATCHES TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2011 Watch Review: Equipe Caters to Gearheads No one would ever accuse the watch brand, Equipe, of not knowing its market. The company’s new line of watches are made to appeal to people who like to spend their afternoons under the hood of muscle car and their evenings showing off their polished high-performance vehicles to women who are as attractive as the bikini models on the company’s pinup calendar. For a little extra fun on a hot summer night, they might turn to street racing. A company that caters to such a specific set of American-car fanatics could only be headquartered in the Motor City. Detroit seems to be in the midst of revival as commercials and television shows are showcasing the city’s grittiness and survival instinct. So maybe the timing is right for such a watch company to appear from the belly of automotive beast. But while the city and American cars may be experiencing a revival, this is a company that is also trying to jump on the nostalgia bandwagon—taking people back to a place when cars with large engines built for straight speed and power were the symbol of status and cool for many America males. The folks at Equipe sent four watches to me for review. Pushing the car theme to extreme limits, all their watches are named after car parts. The ones they loaned to me were named: Balljoint, Paddle, Dash XXL and Hemi. In addition, each watch has its own VIN number and they come with a “presentation case” that the company says resembles a tool box, but to me looks more like an elaborate portable safe with its own combination lock. The four watches retail from $399 to $899, which makes them quite accessible compared to watches from European manufacturers that cater to car buffs. All the watches made of surgical stainless steel with screw-down crowns and screw-in casebacks. They use Miyota automatic movements made by Citizen. The company says the watch hands are luminous but I did not notice this. They all include date indication, chronographs and dual time zones functions. Watch straps are either made of leather, silicone or surgical stainless steel. Setting all the watches and using the chronograph features was fairly easy with the exception of one glaring, vitally important issue: With the exception of the Dash, the crown on each watch was extremely difficult to pull into the third position for setting the time. It was nearly impossible to move the crown to the second position for setting the date. Ballpoint This was my favorite of the four watches. It is also the most expensive at $899. The price is because it has four flexible lugs that move 360 degrees, adjusting to the movement of the wrist. The design is nice as well, with a round yellow dial, chronograph dials designed to look like a timing chain and silicon wristband fitted my wrist the best of all models. Paddle My second favorite of the four gets its name from the lever-shaped bars above and beneath the crown that emulate paddle shifters, which control the chronograph hands. The round white dial is attractive and the uni-directional rotating bezel is interesting and the leather strap is nice. It’s a watch that felt good on my wrist. It retails for $399. Dash XXL The most car-authentic watch in the group has an elongated watch face that is designed to look like the dashboard of a vintage auto, such as the Chrysler Imperial and Lincoln Continental, the company says. It’s certainly something to look at while driving. It was also the easiest to set and use. The drawback for me was the feel. The watch spreads across the wrist and the silicone strap had a lot of stretch to it. I found myself adjusting the watch often. It retails for $499. Hemi Guess what this watch is named after? The design of the oversized round black watch is interesting. Like the Balljoint, the subdials of the chronograph are designed to look like a timing chain. The crowns and pushers are made to resemble the contours of the piston of the famous Chrysler engine. The metal bracelet fully closed was too large for my wrist. It has a magnified crystal cover that makes the watch appear even larger. It’s a large watch for a large person who likes large things. It retails for $599. POSTED BY ANTHONY DEMARCO AT 10:57 AM 1 COMMENTS EMAIL THIS BLOGTHIS! SHARE TO TWITTER SHARE TO FACEBOOK SHARE TO PINTEREST LABELS: AUTOMOTIVE, AUTOMOTIVE TIMEPIECE, AUTOMOTIVE WATCH, AUTOMOTIVE WRISTWATCH, EQUIPE, EQUIPE WATCHES, TIMEPIECE, TIMEPIECES, WATCH, WATCHES, WRISTWATCH SUNDAY, MAY 12, 2013 The Swatch Group Brands at Baselworld 2013 (including Harry Winston) Harry Winston Opus XIII The powerful presence of the Swatch Group was present like never before at Baselworld 2013, taking up a larger chunk of the renovated Hall 1.0, the most prestigious area at the show for the majority of its 19 watch brands, which span just about every segment of the watch industry. In addition, the company, which also owns watch movement manufacturers and retail brands, hosted a separate museum-quality exhibition in Hall 2.0 for its Swatch timepieces; the brand that has been the most responsible for the company’s enormous success. The newest brand under Swatch Group’s enormous umbrella, Harry Winston, still had its own space in Hall 1.1, as the $1 billion acquisition occurred in March, well too late for Harry Winston to be folded into the other company holdings (perhaps next year). Below are some of new releases from the seven brands in the group that I had the chance to visit during the eight-day tradeshow. I included Harry Winston as the company's new CEO, Nayla Hayek, was announced Friday. Blancpain Carrousel, Minute Repeater and Chronograph The Swiss luxury watch brand has created a fully mechanical watch that combines a one-minute flying carrousel (similar to a tourbillon) and a minute repeater with a flyback chronograph. For the minute repeater, the blades of its cathedral gong wrap one and a half times around the movement to emit the sound. Its transmission is optimized by fixing the gongs inside the case, which increases volume and clarity. A flying governor reduces the background noise produced by the movement. The pusher for the chronograph function with the flyback or instant-restart function (historically used by pilots) is located at 4 o’clock and enables the wearer to restart a time measurement while a first measurement is in progress. The watch comes in a red gold 45 mm case with a chapter ring, a 30-minute and hour-markers in grand feu enamel. The open dial and sapphire crystal case-back provides in-depth views of this complex device. Breguet Classique Chronométrie 7727 Available in rose or white gold, the watch is fitted with the new in-house caliber 574DR, which has a balance frequency of 10Hz.thus, improving the time-keeping performance of the balance and spring. It is fitted with a double balance-spring, pallet lever and escape wheel, all in specially prepared silicon. The result is a regulating power equivalent to around 830 microwatts. Despite its high frequency, it has a power reserve of 60 hours. However, Breguet says the major innovation of this model is the use of magnetic pivots, which not only controls the negative effects of magnetism in a watch, but also uses the magnetic force to improve the pivoting, rotation and stability of the balance staff. The dial shows an off-center chapter of hours and minutes, small seconds at 12 o'clock, a power-reserve indicator at 5 o'clock and a tenth-of-a-second indicator at 1 o'clock having a patented lightweight silicon hand with low inertia that doesn’t affect the balance. The pare-chute is visible at 2 o'clock, both as a reminder of A-L Breguet’s 1790 invention and to make the timepiece slimmer. The dial is engine-turned in six patterns: “Geneva waves” in the center, a hobnail pattern for the small seconds, sunrays on the tenth-of-a-second dial and chevrons for the power-reserve indicator. The hours chapter is cross-hatched while a barleycorn pattern decorates the outer edge. The hands are in polished steel with the Breguet open tip, while the case displays delicate fluting. Glashütte Original Senator Chronometer Regulator This new timepiece unites the classic regulator display with an officially certified manual winding chronometer movement. The dominant central position on the lacquered silver-grainé dial is the blue minute hand with its polished eye. On the central axis above and below the minute indicator are smaller hour and seconds displays. The Glashütte Original panorama date display is placed at 3 o’clock. The date change takes place at midnight. From 6 in the morning until 6 in the evening, the small circle in the region of the hour display is white; from 6 pm until 6 am it is black. This timepiece is framed by a 42 mm polished case in red gold or a white gold version. The watch is driven by the caliber 58-04, which permits the precise coordination of minute and seconds hands. A second-zero-stop-mechanism makes it is easy for the wearer to set the exact time. When winding the crown, the time display is stopped, the second hand jumps to zero and remains there. At the same time, the minute hand is also moved to the next full minute index. When one winds the crown to set the time, the minute hand always rests only on the full minute indices. This provides the correct relationship of the displayed seconds and minutes. A power reserve display at 9 o’clock indicates the energy remaining in the manual winding movement. The watch is officially certified and bears a certificate from the German Calibration Service after a 15-day testing period. Hamilton Jazzmaster Regulator The H-12 movement in this watch allows the separation of the minute and hour hands on different axials and sub-dials. The idea is to make the watch more accurate and provide an easier way for the person who owns the timepiece to read the time. However, I think most people wear such a watch is because of the appearance. Add to this the blue or silver dial and you have watch that can be worn for casual or formal occasions. There are three 42mm timepieces in the collection. In addition to the dial choice straps come in either leather or stainless steel. Harry Winston Opus XIII (top photo) It was difficult to determine which of the many technically advanced and aesthetically pleasing timepieces from this luxury brand to show. In the end I chose the newest addition to its iconic Opus collection. Opus is the watch that introduced Harry Winston to the world as more than just luxury jeweler. Each year the brand works with gifted independent watchmakers to build a timepiece with the goal of defying the conventional rules of watchmaking. This year the newest member of the Swatch Group created a watch where the minutes accumulate around a track. Eleven rotating silver triangles spring from a faceted dome to show the hours. Every 12 hours, Harry Winston’s logo is appears on the dial and vanishes after sixty minutes. The 59 minute hands pivot on a ring of steel shafts that are held in place by 242 ruby bearings. The mechanical watch is powered by the in-house HW4101 movement, which has 364 components. The case is made of 18k white gold. Jaquet Droz Perpetual Calendar Eclipse This newest version of the Eclispe line presents a new moon phase complication, which displays the cycles of the night of the sky on the dial, with the perpetual calendar complication. On the black or ivory-colored Grand Feu enamel dial, two straight hands contrast with the curves of two wavy hands, tipped with a crescent moon. The calendar information is easily read on several places on the dial: on the right is the date, on the left is the day of the week. At 12 o’clock, a single-hand counter indicates the month with the leap year appearing in a small window. At 6 o’clock, a black or ivory-colored onyx index moves across the face of a golden moon, revealing, and then concealing it until its total eclipse, unfolding on a night sky of eight golden stars, the watchmaker’s favorite number. The timepiece is powered by a Jaquet Droz 5853LR.4 self-winding mechanical movement, double barrel, perpetual calendar, retrograding moon phase, 22-carat white gold oscillating weight. Longines Heritage Military 1938 Following Orb’s victory in the Kentucky Derby, Longines, the Official Watch and Timekeeper for the celebrated race, awarded the horse’s owner, trainer and jockey with watches from the brand’s Saint-Imier collection at the event’s Winners’ Circle Party. The Swiss watchmaking brand was the Official Watch and Timekeeper of Kentucky Derby 139 and Entitlement Partner of Longines Kentucky Oaks 139. Now the luxury watch brand is Paris where it is the Official Timekeep of Roland-Garros, home of the French Open. Prior to both events, the brand was in Baselworld showing off its new watch collections. Among them was the Longines Heritage Military 1938, which uses the same aesthetics based on the design of a military watch produced by Longines in the 1930s. With a diameter of 42 mm and fitted with the automatic calibre L705, this timepiece displays the hours and minutes, a 30-minute counter at 3 o’clock, the date at 6 o’clock and the small second at 9 o’clock. Large white Arabic numerals, coated with Super-LumiNova and a minute circle white as well contrasts with the deep matt black of the dial. Please join me on the Jewelry News Network Facebook Page, on Twitter @JewelryNewsNet and on the Forbes Website. POSTED BY ANTHONY DEMARCO AT 8:57 AM 0 COMMENTS EMAIL THIS BLOGTHIS! SHARE TO TWITTER SHARE TO FACEBOOK SHARE TO PINTEREST LABELS: BASELWORLD 2013, BLANCPAIN, BREGUET, GLASHUTTE ORIGINAL, HAMILTON, HARRY WINSTON, JAQUET DROZ, LONGINES, LUXURY SWISS TIMEPIECES, LUXURY SWISS WATCHES, SWATCH GROUP SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 2014 From the Artistic to the Mechanical, Ladies Watches at SIHH 2014 Ballon Bleu De Cartier Floral-Marquetry Parrot Watch After a detour into mechanical movements and masculine looks last year, the 16 luxury brands at the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) for 2014 returned largely to watches for ladies that highlight artistry and jewelry. That’s not to say there aren’t many mechanical timepieces on offer at this year’s show. What there is, however, is more variety than in previous years. The new releases this year give women have a choice between pure beauty, high-end mechanics or both. Ballon Bleu De Cartier Floral-Marquetry Parrot Watch This year, Cartier has taken up what it says is a new craft in watchmaking: floral marquetry, along with jewelry, to create a colorful parrot on the dial of this watch with a blue and the orangey-yellow plumage, a deep black of the beak, an emerald green eye and sparkling white diamonds in the background of the dial and on the crown on the 18k white and pink gold watch. To create this dial (top image), flower petals were gathered and colored. Then each petal was stuck onto a thin piece of wood and cut into the desired shape using a marquetry saw. The material contrasts with the shine of the onyx beak and emerald eye. The grey and black feathers surrounding the eye were created with miniature painting. The 42mm watch is powered by the Cartier Caliber 049. It is available in a limited edition of 20 pieces. Parmigiani: The Tonda Pomellato This watch collection is a partnership between Swiss luxury watch brand Parmigiani and Italian luxury jewelry brand Pomellato. Three of the four watches in this line are based on Pomellato’s “Arabesque” collection, characterized by an openwork lace-like design in rose gold, which gives way to transparent elements with colored gems. The Arabesque style of the Pomellato ring that provided the inspiration of the watch design. The Arabesque pattern was reproduced using two distinct treatments. First, the dial received an opaline surface treatment. Then the arabesque pattern is superimpose through a silkscreen printed transfer which covers the opaline. A second sand-blasting treatment is then applied, which adheres to all the surfaces not covered by the transfer. The result is the pattern, which has the appearance of a shadow, that seems to be flush with the dial. The watch is powered by the automatic Caliber PF701. The 39mm 18k rose gold case set with 28 round diamonds along the bezel. Piaget Rose Passion This is a classic “secret watch” in 18k white gold set with a total of 707 brilliant-cut diamonds and one pink sapphire. The timepiece comes with a white satin strap. The petite dial of the watch can be hidden within the rose-shaped bejeweled watch case. Vacheron Constantin Métiers d’Art Fabuleux Ornements – Ottoman architecture This piece is part of a four-watch collection that showcases several of the brand’s skeletonization and engraving skills and reflects a different culture and moment in history. For this piece Ottoman architecture was the inspiration. A pink-gold lattice motif is perched on a mother-of-pearl base. The gold grid-work in scrolling patterns is studded with half-pearl beads. However, this watch is more than just an elaborately sculptured pretty face. It is powered by the in-house manufactured and engraved Caliber 1003SQ. The hand-wound movement with 117 components is exceptionally petite, just 21.1mm in diameter and 1.64mm thick. Richard Mille Tourbillon Natalie Portman This timepiece is created in partnership with Oscar award-winning actress Natalie Portman, who is also a worldwide partner of the brand. The aesthetic focus of this watch is a diamond-encrusted stylized spider that appears trapped in a tonneau-shaped, diamond-covered case. The abdomen of the spider supports the bridges of the tourbillon (made of grade 5 titanium), and its legs support the two winding barrels. The RM19-01 manual winding tourbillon caliber is assembled around a black rhodium-plated, 18k white gold black sapphire set baseplate, a first for Richard Mille. It is available in a limited edition of 20 pieces. It will be worn by the actress at events worldwide. Ralph Lauren Stirrup The stirrup name refers to the shape of the case. This year the designer came up with two new medium-sized editions of the watch line—in steel and the one pictured in 18k gold with the case and chain-link bracelet covered in more than 1,900 diamonds in 20 different sizes. It is powered by the caliber RL057 quartz movement. Lady Arpels Zodiac Taurus Extraordinary Dial This is one of a collection of 12 watches that replicate the Western Zodiac signs created by Van Cleef & Arpels. The colorful dial depicts a white gold and diamond pavé Taurus the Bull on top of translucent enamel in the shape of leaves with blue flowers made of lapis lazuli with white-gold stars with a small diamond in the center of each. The 38mm white gold case has a bezel set with round diamonds. It has a hand-wound mechanical movement and is available in a limited edition of 22 pieces. Ballon Blanc de Cartier This jewelry watch has a mother-of-pearl flinqué (hand-engraved) dial and blue-steel, sword-shaped hands. 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Chaque marque de luxe fait de grands efforts pour utiliser son histoire pour présenter de nouveaux produits. En substance et en style, Hermès semble simplement le faire mieux tout en le rendant simple et naturel. La plus récente montre est un exemple. C'est une montre de poche, un produit qui à la fois avait une fonction utilitaire suprême tout en montrant son goût et sa sophistication. Cependant, il a longtemps perdu son but et son attrait lorsque la montre-bracelet est entrée en mode. La marque de luxe française a réintroduit la montre de poche d'une manière qui lui procure un attrait moderne tout en la reliant à l'histoire créative personnelle de la famille Hermès. C'est une histoire qui commence il y a plus de 100 ans, mais qui est également à la maison dans les temps modernes. Tout comme ce nouveau produit. L'histoire commence



En 1912, Jacqueline Hermès, un enfant à l'époque, a reçu comme cadeau de son père une montre de poche inhabituelle avec un porte-cuir à porter sur le poignet. Il a été conçu pour que la jeune chevalienne puisse rouler sans avoir à attacher sa montre à son vêtement ou à la glisser dans sa poche. En particulier, la sangle en cuir a été conçue pour envelopper confortablement la montre pour une protection complète pendant qu'elle roulait.

En 2012, 100 ans plus tard, la montre a été réinventée sous le nom "In The Pocket", qui était une montre palladium dans un étui en cuir fabriqué à la main qui peut être porté comme montre de poche ou montre-bracelet. Il a encore une fonctionnalité, une valeur utilitaire tout en étant beau. Il s'inspire non seulement d'une histoire personnelle d'Hermès, mais aussi de son héritage en tant que créateur de maroquinerie artisanale, en particulier son artisanat de selles et d'autres articles en cuir pour les activités équestres, de sorte que l'entreprise a commencé. En outre, il montre son développement progressif dans l'horlogerie au point de devenir un fabricant à part entière. 

Le produit et le procédé
Hermès vient de publier sa deuxième pièce dans la série avec une montre en or rose revêtue d'un alligator extérieur. Comme pour l'original, la nouvelle montre est conçue pour être usée comme une montre de poche traditionnelle ou une montre-bracelet. Il est disponible dans une édition limitée de 178 pièces. La montre elle-même est une étude de simplicité et d'équilibre. L'étui en or rose contient un cadran en argent avec des mains de type bâton qui balayent les chiffres réduits. Un petit sous-dial de secondes est situé à 3 heures. La montre est alimentée par un mouvement automatique interne H1837 avec une réserve de marche de 50 heures. Son poids oscillant est orné du motif de signature de la marque "Aspersion de Hs".

Meanwhile, it’s the strap that receives the lion’s share of attention from the company.

It is composed of two longer and shorter sections: the plain strap end and the buckle strap end, hand crafted in the leather-making workshops of La Montre Hermès in Switzerland. These two parts are composed of three layers of leather: alligator; cow leather for sturdiness; and a Zermatt calfskin lining.

The hides are soaked and pressed into a mould where they dry for 10 days. Then they are cut with a pointed tool, sanded down and glued. Each of the parts is then partially sewn; the buckle strap end is perforated to free up the spaces that will reveal the dial and through which the plain strap end and the crown will pass. The work continues with the buckle end and the plain strap end fitted together, marked with a compass, indented and sewn using the saddle stitching technique.

Finally there’s the hammering, stitching, dyeing and polishing.

The brand took great pains to ensure that its traditional handcrafted techniques were used, down to the “saddle stitching.” Yet it created a product designed to look as equally eloquent in an urban environment as it does in the stable.voir plus fausse montre et Replica Rolex Masterpiece