The Arceau Très Grand Modèle Watch by Hermès

When Henri d’Origny imagined the a watch full of rigor and style for Hermès in 1978, he brought a piece that joyfully plays with the paradox between fantasy and classicism into Hermès’ repertoire. By inserting a typography of numbers inspired by this fascinating movement that’s like a galloping horse, Henri d’Origny composed a time axis different from everything else that was being done at the time. The quality of the materials only adds to the piece’s pedigree. The Arceau watch was born from a mischievous pleasure in playing with established codes to live in one’s own time. Hermès has long worked with the idea of magnifying daily objects. The brand’s artisans give life to pieces with their exigent, practical, and functional savoir-faire that preserves the lightness of the unexpected. Asymmetrical attachments additionally forge all the Arceau’s beauty.

Hermès likes to make daily life a playing field where characters are always accompanied by certain manners. With the Arceau watch, the inalterability of a moment becomes a privileged moment of its own. Actually, time is also an object for Hermès. Instead of measuring it, sequencing it, or attempting to control its flow, the brand imposes its singularity by anchoring itself in a different time, destined to awaken the emotions, open up to new adventures, and create fantastic spaces. Now, the brand is introducing two brand new versions of its dreamy and iconic timepiece.

In a lacquered blue or a hazel tone, the latest additions to the Arceau family are in a larger format. At the heart of these gems beats the Manufacture Hermès H1837 calibre. This mechanic has once more been orchestrated not to tame time, but to breathe rhythm into every moment. Time can thus be savored like an object of desire. Taking on constraints and lines, it gets even more stylish. With a deep blue alligator leather bracelet or in a matte oakum, time blazes its own trail alongside the dexterous gestures of the brand’s artisans. The Arceau watch doesn’t seek to master all the rules: it creates new ones. This idea of a paradox is perfected in this watchmaking classic that’s been enlarged with a 40mm case.