Louis Erard – GRAVÉE MAIN Métiers d’Art series Hand Engraving Steel Case 42mm Automatic Edition 2025
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A NEW MILESTONE IN OUR MÉTIERS D’ART
Gravée Main marks a new milestone in Louis Erard’s Métiers d’Art series. Hand engraving takes center stage in a limited series of 99 unique timepieces. From case to bezel and from lugs and crown to buckle, every metal element is fully hand-engraved and finished in a demanding process taking more than 50 hours.
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“What I love most about these collaborations is how a minimalist watch becomes something completely different at the artist’s hand. Starting from the clean lines of the Noirmont, baroque floral motifs take over the entire object. It’s steel, yet it feels alive. Gravée Main is all about contrast: lavish ornamentation clashing beautifully with pure design. This watch is unique, not just in what it shows, but in what it says. It speaks of time, art, legacy, as well as resilience, the duty to protect and transmit rare crafts. Artistic crafts should be worn, live, and passed on. That’s our mission.” Manuel Emch
Mission to art
Since 2021, Louis Erard has been pushing the boundaries of Métiers d’Art: Grand Feu enamel, guilloché, wood marquetry, and soon-to-be-launched gold wire inlay. Gravée Main opens a new chapter. A tribute to one of the oldest crafts in watchmaking: hand engraving.
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Hand Engraving: the art of depth
The core: the 42mm Noirmont case in stainless steel.
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The process: 50 hours from first pencil stroke to final polish.
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It all begins with design: the artist sketches and refines the pattern, then transfers it freehand or with a stencil. Tools are chosen with care, different burins for different depths.
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The artist behind the metal
Each Gravée Main is engraved by hand in 🇺🇦 Ukraine by Maksym Shavlak, a watchmaker and artist known for transforming antique timepieces into modern hybrids. Using his tools, he gives new life to steel.
Métiers d’Art. Made accessible
With Gravée Main, Louis Erard once again expands its Métiers d’Art series, following launches in Grand Feu enamel, wood marquetry and guilloché.
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Maksym Shavlak - Watchmaker. Engraver. Revivalist. B. 1976
Maksym Shavlak is a 🇺🇦 Ukrainian 💛💙watchmaker and artist, born and trained in Ukraine, acclaimed for his exceptional talent in hand engraving. He began his journey by reviving old pocket watches, transforming them into unique hybrid creations.
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“Case engraving is more than decoration, it’s a way to make metal speak. What began as a series of design exchanges over a year ago became a full creative partnership. Gravée Main is the result. It all started with a meeting, a conversation, a spark of shared vision. I showed Louis Erard what I was doing. They saw something raw and real in my work. They didn’t just want to use engraving as a visual decoration, they wanted to rethink the entire watch around it. Give it space. Let the steel speak.” Maksym Shavlak
His work is defined by rare patience, emotionally charged precision, and a deep respect for traditional craftsmanship. Each case he engraves, crafted entirely in Ukraine, is a quiet yet powerful tribute to cultural resilience and artistic rebirth. Steel becomes memory. Craftsmanship becomes resistance. At a time when his country faces one of its greatest challenges, Maksym’s work transcends ornamentation. It becomes a message of identity, dignity, and hope, etched in metal.
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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Collection: GRAVÉE MAIN
Model: Louis Erard GRAVÉE MAIN Métiers d’Art series Hand Engraving Steel Edition
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Reference: 34237GA82.BVAG170
🔰Limited edition of 99 pieces
Case
Material: Polished stainless steel entirely hand engraved
Diameter: 42 mm
Lug width: 22 mm
Lug to lug: 49.90 mm
Thickness: 12.25 mm
Domed sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment on both sides
Hand-engraved fluted crown
Movement visible through the transparent back caseback
Water-resistant up to a pressure of 5 bars (50 m/165 ft)
Dial
Black polished lacquer with shiny anthracite and black transfers
Hands Rhodium-plated pear-shaped hands
Movement
Automatic, Sellita SW261-1 calibre, 3 hands with small seconds at 6 o’clock
Diameter: 11 ½ lignes, 25.60 mm
Height: 5.60 mm
Number of jewels: 31
Frequency: 28,800 VpH (4Hz)
élaboré grade movement
Special openworked oscillating weight with black lacquered Louis Erard symbol
Approx. 38 hours of power reserve
Functions
HMS. Central hour and minute hands, second hand at 6 o’clock
Strap
Black grained calf leather strap with tone-on-tone stitching
Black lining grained calf leather, polished stainless steel pin buckle, ergot bars for quick strap change
Dimensions: 22/20mm width, 80/115 mm length
🔰 Edition of ✅only 99 pieces
🔴 Price: 5 450 CHF 💰
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Press release - 2025
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