After I consider Louis Erard, two issues are inclined to spring to thoughts: regulators and collaborations. As a model, they’ve mastered every of those, and so they have contributed to a few of my favourite releases in recent times (the model’s whimsical collaborations with Alain Silberstein spring to thoughts as a excessive watermark). The consequence of this success is it may be straightforward to disregard the opposite issues Louis Erard does effectively.
With the brand new Louis Erard 2300 Sport Chronograph, the model is attempting to remind us. When put next with mother-of-pearl dialed regulators, this newest trio of restricted version sports activities watches — every of which will likely be out there in a “99-piece restricted version numbered in multiples of three” — is a extra down-the-middle launch than we’re used to seeing from Louis Erard. However as one may count on from the model, a better look will reveal Louis Erard’s signature contact.
On its floor, the 2300 Sport Chronograph is a reasonably by-the-number Valjoux 7750-powered sports activities chronograph, with a big case (44mm throughout, 52.4mm lug-to-lug, and 15mm thick in well-finished Grade 5 Titanium) harking back to straight-lug Speedies and Carreras, a black ceramic bezel, and the very acquainted 6-9-12 structure with day and date that almost all usually accompanies the long-lasting motion. However the signature Louis Erard contact is there and, as with so a lot of their different watches, the magic right here comes with the dial.
Whenever you take a second to step again and give it some thought, chronograph dials — with their a number of registers and damaged down divisions of time — are principally simply regulators with a unique focus. Right here, Louis Erard is constructing on that concept, emphasizing the chronograph operate with a vertically stacked structure harking back to a lot of their regulators. The working seconds and day-date are nonetheless current right here, however the concentrate on the 2300 Sport Chronograph is on, effectively, the chronograph.
Constructing on this concept, there are three choices available right here, every providing a definite and contemporary spin on Seventies racing dials, and every with a decidedly totally different character. The black dial possibility is essentially the most easy, although with its rainbow minute observe it’s not with out aptitude, however I’ve a sense many will gravitate towards the extra vibrant blue and inexperienced choices (for my cash the orange-accented “Khaki” inexperienced possibility is the clear winner right here). Every watch within the lineup comes on a color-matched FKM rubber strap with a titanium buckle.
All three variations of the restricted version Louis Erard 2300 Sport Chronograph can be found to order now for CHF 3,333. Louis Erard
