Hermès – Slim d’Hermès L’heure IMPATIⴺNTⴺ Rose Gold
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TIME, A HERMÈS OBJECT
Hermès time cultivates the ‘extravagant’ idea of reconciling rigorous discipline with whimsical fancy. It takes a deft ability for handling paradoxes to imagine that the calling of a watch should be to kindle our emotions. Such is however the purpose of Slim d’Hermès L’heure impatiente endowed with a complication that invites us to look forward to an upcoming moment.
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The jubilant ritual consists of setting the counter of the watch to the time of the eagerly awaited event that will take place in less than 12 hours. An hour before it occurs, the mechanical hourglass is set in motion and its progress can be followed at 6 o’clock on the dial.
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This complication that stirs our feelings and heightens our sense of pleasurable expectation is an exquisite torture that culminates when the note rings out.
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The striking mechanism has been designed to ensure a lasting, velvety-smooth sound that is also delightfully modulated for the wearer’s ears only. The playful and quirky ‘Impatient Hour’ complication is based on this companionable rapport.
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The effervescence of the wait is entirely summed up in a module measuring just 2.2 mm thick, powered by the Manufacture Hermès H1912 movement.
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This compact calibre housed in a spacious case, the use of thinner than usual crystals, and finally the 1 mm dial that resonates with the vibration of the striking mechanism: everything contributes to optimising the volume of air within this watch distinguished by its blend of aesthetic and technical finesse.
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Hermès creates objects. Objects shaped by the hands of artisans to make them true companions for those who wear them. Practical, functional and stemming from uncompromising expertise, they radiate the lightness of the unexpected. They make everyday life their playground, and each instant a uniquely special moment.
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For Hermès, time is also an object. Its inherent tension is translated by the house into a singular characteristic. Rather than measuring, ordering, and seeking to control it, Hermès dares to explore another time, designed to arouse emotions, open up interludes and create spaces for spontaneity and recreation.
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TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Model: Slim d’Hermès L’heure Impatiente
MOVEMENT
Mechanical self-winding,
Swiss made Manufacture Hermès H1912 movement
23.9 mm in diameter, 3.7 mm thick
193 components, 28 jewels
28,800 vibrations per hour (4 Hz)
Power reserve of 42 hours
Circular-grained and snailed mainplate,
bridges and oscillating weight satin-brushed and adorned with the signature H pattern
MODULE
“Impatient Hour” module
31.96 mm in diameter, 2.2 mm thick
131 components, 8 jewels
Mainplate and bridges adorned with “Côtes de Genève”
FUNCTIONS
Hours, minutes, “Impatient Hour” function
DIAL
Opaline silvered
Black transferred Arabic numerals and minute circle
Sunburst chapter ring, snailed centre and counter
4N-gilded sandblasted or blue lacquered baton-type hands
CASE
Round, 40.5 mm in diameter
5N 750 rose gold (≈ 38.1 g)
Sapphire crystal and case-back with anti-glare treatment
Water-resistant to 3 bar
20 mm interhorn width
STRAP
Abyss blue matt alligator
- Black
- Blue
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PRESS RELATIONS, LA MONTRE HERMÈS
Katy Jolidon - Erlenstrasse 31A,
2555 Brügg (Switzerland)
Tel.: + 41 (0)32 366 71 00
Fax: + 41 (0)32 366 71 01
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Year: 2017
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Ina Delcourt - 13-15, rue de la Ville-l’Évêque,
75008 Paris
Tel.: + 33 (0)1 40 17 47 89.
Fax: + 33 (0)1 48 10 17 88
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