Louis Erard as soon as once more extends their modestly priced assortment with a brand new Excellence Petite Seconde, now with aventurine dials. Three restricted version items with completely different color dials are proposed, every pitched at CHF 2,500 and every restricted to 99 items.

Press Launch info with commentary in italics.

New: Louis Erard Excellence Petite Seconde Aventurine

Retail worth for the brand new Louis Erard Excellence Petite Seconde Aventurine is CHF 2,500. The three dial choices are all restricted to 99 items every.

Commentary

There are maybe limitless variations which might be made to the Louis Erard Petite Seconde collection. The case, dial structure and motion stay unchanged, however the maison has confirmed that they’re specialists in manipulating the dial with modern use of supplies, colors, and different design devices to create lovely watches. In fact, all the time retaining the pricing on the nook of the attention, and all the time hitting the candy candy finances spot. This time CHF 2.5k, the identical worth level as for the Petite Seconde Terracotta which we so liked. The identical mannequin was additionally the bottom with of the Massena Lab collaboration, which is presently nominated for the 2020 GPHG.

On this novelty, the dials are the main target. Three variations in three completely different colors. Three completely different stones are used – lapis lazuli, blue aventurine and malachite are chosen. That is additionally not the primary time the maison has issued watches with these dials. We lined the Régulateur in 2021, which featured the identical three stones. However as an alternative of the regulator base, which is dearer, this new launch is on the easier and cheaper Petite Seconde base. However maybe because of the simplicity of the dial, permits the stones to shine, and in our view, extra lovely.

The motion stays the sturdy Sellita SW261-1, 3 hand with small seconds beating at 28,800 bph. Louis Erard makes use of what’s the élaboré grade (highest ending degree provided by Sellita) motion, particular openworked oscillating weight.

Launch particulars

Excellence Petite Seconde pure stones and hand-crafted glass — All of the outward indicators of luxurious in a recent and up to date outfit. All of the artwork of Louis Erard, who pursues his mission: to make advantageous watchmaking accessible. Not simply when it comes to worth or exclusivity, but additionally when it comes to design and spirit.

Louis Erard makes extra than simply timepieces: watches with spirit. This new restricted version of Excellence pure stones and hand-crafted glass even incorporates a contact of philosophy. A little bit shock of the instances. The dialogue of eternity and the instant, of custom and the up to date. What’s the up to date spirit, if not the artwork of residing within the current second? What higher expression than the small seconds to inform this dynamic of immediacy?

Louis Erard Excellence Petite Seconde is available in three variations — in a restricted version of thrice 99 items — taking over the codes of the collection of treasured stone and mineral glass dial Régulateurs of 2021. With the identical interaction of supplies and hues: the midnight blue of aventurine, the forest inexperienced of malachite, the morning blue of lapis lazuli. Three stones charged with optimistic energies. Three emblematic stones for Louis Erard, Home of the Franches-Montagnes, magical area of the Jura ridges, the place the sky, the fir bushes and the earth are one.

The dials are openworked. The small seconds pierces the flat stone and glass of their opaline dial. The distinction goes past the aesthetic shock. It has a which means: the assembly of instances and supplies.

Every dial is exclusive and bears the traces of the thousands and thousands of years which have formed the pure stones and mineral glass from which they’re made. The dear stone dials recall the lengthy historical past of conventional watchmaking, of which Louis Erard is the son. Their achievement is in itself a technical feat. Chopping the stones or the glass into discs of some fractions of a millimetre with all of the precision required by the artwork of watchmaking is a check of endurance and delicacy. A sophistication normally reserved for high-end watches.

The small seconds offers stress to the composition and accentuates its stability, each refined and frank, charged and sober. The brand new format – 39 millimetres – isn’t any stranger to this. The case has been additional refined and all of the signature components are current, steel indexes, fir-tree arms, emblem crown. There may be nothing extra so as to add, nothing extra to remove.

Every watch has an identical seamless grained calf leather-based strap, however with tone-on-tone attachment factors. Deep blue for Excellence Petite Seconde Aventurine, morning blue for Excellence Petite Seconde Lapis-Lazuli, forest inexperienced for Excellence Patite Seconde Malachite, and Louis Erard blue lining. Full with a cultured stainless-steel pin buckle and purposeful catch spring bars enabling the strap to be modified rapidly.

And as traditional, the worth shock: CHF 2,500. Unprecedented in watchmaking at this degree of mechanical mastery, design and craftsmanship. As soon as once more, Louis Erard meets the problem of latest advantageous watchmaking with artwork and elegance.

Louis Erard Excellence Petite Seconde Aventurine Specs

Excellence Petite Seconde Aventurine ref. 34238AA32 Restricted version of 99 items

Motion

Automated, Sellita SW261-1 calibre, 3 arms with small seconds at 6 o’clock, 111⁄2’’’, Ø25.60 mm, peak: 5.60 mm, 31 jewels, 28,800 VpH (4Hz), élaboré grade motion, particular openworked oscillating weight with black lacquered Louis Erard image, approx. 38 hours of energy reserve

Capabilities

HMS
Central hour and minute arms, second hand at 6 o’clock

Case

Polished stainless-steel, Ø39 mm, lug width: 20mm, lug to lug: 46.48mm, thickness: 12.25 mm, 3 items, domed sapphire crystal with anti-reflective remedy on each side, motion seen by means of the clear caseback, water-proof as much as a strain of 5 bars (50 m/165 ft), signature fir tree crown, caseback engraved with “Restricted Version 1 of 99”

Dial

Openworked blue aventurine, snailed opaline (matt silver) counter at 6 o’clock, shiny silver indexes, anthracite transfers on the counter and white transfers on the aventurine half

Arms

Signature fir tree rhodium-plated arms

Strap

Deep blue grained calf leather-based with tone-on-tone attachment factors, blue grained calf leather-based lining, polished stainless-steel pin buckle, purposeful catch spring bars enabling the strap to be modified rapidly
Dimensions: 20/18mm width, 80/115mm size

Excellence Petite Seconde Lapis-Lazuli ref. 34238AA35 Restricted version of 99 items

Dial

Openworked lapis lazuli, snailed opaline (matt silver) counter at 6 o’clock, shiny silver indexes, anthracite transfers on the counter and white transfers on the lapis lazuli half

Strap

Morning blue grained calf leather-based with tone-on-tone attachment factors, blue grained calf leather-based lining, polished stainless-steel pin buckle, purposeful catch spring bars enabling the strap to be modified rapidly
Dimensions: 20/18mm width, 80/115mm size

Excellence Petite Seconde Malachite ref. 34238AA39 Restricted version of 99 items

Dial

Openworked malachite, snailed opaline (matt silver) counter at 6 o’clock, shiny silver indexes, anthracite transfers on the counter and white transfers on the malachite half

Strap

Forest inexperienced grained calf leather-based with tone-on-tone attachment factors, blue grained calf leather-based lining, polished stainless-steel pin buckle, purposeful catch spring bars enabling the strap to be modified rapidly
Dimensions: 20/18mm width, 80/115mm size