After successful from the Temps Suspendu model, Hermes has produced another watch having a similar mischievous timekeeping display. The imaginative newcomer for 2014 in the Dressage collection by Hermes bases this complication around the mechanism put into its self-winding mechanical Calibre H1925. Hermes Dressage L’heure masque is going to be obtainable in two limited models. The steel located version is created in 1,000 copies and will also be offered in the cost of $19,500, as the more lavish red-colored gold variation costs $44,000.
Following in actions of their award-winning predecessor, new Hermes watch has once more stroke an electric cord by showing an incredibly innovative complication that provides the perfect quality towards the watch. Within the normal functioning mode, the hour hand lays hidden behind the minute hand that gradually involves the dial. Just once the individual triggers the clever mechanism by pressing a pusher that is integrated within the crown, a cam releases the hour hand which in turn got its appropriate put on the dial. Simultaneously, the dual time zone can also be uncovered with an aperture in the six o’clock position. For that setting from the second time zone that need not be GMT regardless of the inscription that normally covers the aperture, the individual may use a pushbutton put on the case-band at the other side from the crown.
The complication that is in ways a corrected form of the main one employed for the Temps Suspendu model is proven on the distinguished silver opaline dial with Arabic numbers with ornamented Arabic numbers that are put on a rather lower plane compared to relaxation from the flange. The look of three-dimensionality is enhanced with the help of the decreased central segment having a vertical guilloche motif. The fashionable silver dial includes just one triangular diamond-polished hour marker which suggests the hrs from the second time zone, as the hand includes Superluminova coating for enhanced visibility.
Hermes Dressage L’heure masque timekeeper is positioned in the more compact sized cushion-formed housing. The case with exclusively formed curved lugs is 40.5 mm lengthy and 38.4 mm wide. On its front there’s an anti-reflective sapphire crystal. Exactly the same materials are employed for the transparent case back, as the supported waterproofness measures to 50 meters. For the attachment, Hermes decided on a matte brown Havana alligator strap which fastens having a safety folding clasp.
Caliber H1925 with 28 jewels which allows the functioning from the watch is 25 mm wide and three.7 mm thick. It’s instantly wound and props up power reserve of 45 hrs, whereas its controlling organ beats in the frequency of four Hz. The mechanism employed for the initial complication is really wider compared to movement using the diameter of 32.5 mm. Additionally, it combines 18 jewels and 95 parts in the construction. Once the adornments from the movement are worried, they include circular-graining and snailing around the base-plate, bridges with satin-brushed finish, as the winding rotor bears the brand’s special decoration motif the same shape as the letter H.
