A CIRCLE WITH ANGLES
Specializing in geometry, La Montre Hermès breaks with rigor to remain true to its playful spirit, redesigning the circle shape according to its own aesthetic vocabulary, thus tracing the contours of a new collection of timepieces.
Reinventing the round watch in a watchmaking world that is essentially populated by… round watches: this is the challenge that Hermès has set itself with its Cut collection. Cut, like the cut of a diamond when the rough stone passes through the hands of a lapidary. Cut, like the curvaceous silhouette of a circle that didn’t wish to be totally circular, but rather wanted to curl up in an angular mantle. Cut, which joins the Cape Cod, H08, Slim, Galop and Arceau families, to name but a few, in the highly personal reinterpretation of geometry undertaken by the Parisian house since the 1970s. Hermès breaks with the rigor of this mathematical science to infuse it with its mischievous spirit, its playful vision of time.
Measuring 36mm in diameter and water-resistant to a depth of 100m, the steel case, sometimes topped by a bevelled bezel set with diamonds, or in pink gold with or without diamonds, has a shape that oscillates between round and cushiony, with its clean yet softened lines and side cuts on the case middle. The crown at 1:30 combines style and ergonomics, for the Cut is designed to take on any terrain, whether for professional or leisure activities. Its dial is dressed in a slightly silvery hue, and features luminescent hour markers overlaid with two baton-type hands and a second hand finished with an orange dot for the steel versions. This Hermès novelty beats to the rhythm of a manufacture movement, the automatic caliber H1912, which provides an energy reserve of around 50 hours, and is worn on a choice of a metal link bracelet or two strands of colored rubber with curved relief.
