Hermès – ARCEAU Pocket Ailes et Ecailles White Gold Limited Edition NEW
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With the Arceau Pocket Ailes et Ecailles watch, Hermès combines the art of scarab beetle elytra marquetry with two other techniques: engraving and miniature enamel painting.
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For this two-piece limited numbered edition, gifted artisans perform a fascinating and complementary sequence of carefully mastered gestures.
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It all begins with the engraver, who sketches out on a gold plate the motif inspired by a beach towel designed for Hermès by Pierre Marie. The waves and fins of the dial pattern gradually take shape in the wake of his graving tool.
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This initial engraving is followed by Grand Feu enamelling. Using the tip of his fine brush, the enamellist applies just the right amount of glass powder into the hollows carved out by the engraver.
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Forming a vivid palette of blue and red shades, some opaque and others translucent, the various colours reveal their subtle nuances after several firings in the kiln. The dial then returns to the workshop of the engraver, who delicately hammers out the eye and mouth of the fish so as to accentuate the lines of the design.
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Whiletheengraverisdelicatelypolishing the enamelled surfaces, the marquetry specialist carefully cuts out the fragments of the beetle elytra (shell) that will become the scales of the fish.
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To ensure their perfect shape, they are individually placed on a stencil and adjusted until they reach the exact required size. Only then will they be secured to the dial in the recesses prepared by the engraver, where they will display the full wealth of their natural colours as the light shimmers across them.
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Once completed, the dial is fitted into a white gold case crafted in the Hermès workshops. This precious receptacle with its timeless elegance and its stirrup-like asymmetrical lugs, evokes the iconic design codes of the Arceau line in a pocket version. The entirely transparent sapphire crystal case-back provides a glimpse of the beating heart of the watch: the Manufacture Hermès H1837 movement, entirely assembled and decorated by hand in keeping with the finest Swiss traditions.
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Setting the ideal finishing touch to this model, the cord strap and pouch are made of alligator selected from the finest hides and fashioned using the same deft gestures tirelessly repeated since the origins of the harness and saddle-maker. In the Hermès workshops, leather is cut and stitched, a furrow is pressed between the seam and the edges, which are softened by rubbing and patiently burnished – all with the same dexterity that has been cultivated and passed down for over a century.
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Embodying a magnificently orchestrated set of of skills exercised by the human hand, the Arceau Pocket Ailes et Ecailles pays tribute to a rare array of gestures mingling artistry and craftsmanship. With its dial in scarab beetle elytra marquetry, it provides an endlessly fascinating interpretation of the 2016 Hermès theme: Nature at Full Gallop.
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TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Collection ARCEAU
Model: Pocket Ailes et Ecailles
MOVEMENT
Type: Mechanical self-winding,
made in Switzerland. Manufacture Hermès
Movement Calibre: H1837
Diameter: 26 mm (11 ½’’’)
Thickness 3.7 mm
Power reserve: 50 hours
Frequency: 28,800 vibrations per hour / 4 Hz
Jewelling: 28 jewels
Decoration
Circular-grained and snailed baseplate, bridges and oscillating weight satin-
brushed and adorned with a ‘sprinkling of Hs’, Hermès Paris engraving
Functions
Hours, minutes.
CASE
Round, 43 mm in diameter
Material: White gold
Cover: In Grand Feu enamel miniature painting.
Glass: Anti-reflective sapphire crystal and case-back
Water resistance: 3 bar
COVER
Engraved and enamelled. Topped with an anti-reflective sapphire crystal
DIAL
Dial in enamel and scarab beetle elytra marquetry
LEATHER
Pouch and cord strap in matt indigo blue alligator
Limited Edition exclusive 2 pieces
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