Louis Erard has developed a detailed working relationship with up to date artists, watchmakers, artisans, and designers to place itself as some of the thrilling and unique manufacturers on the watchmaking scene. To carry the delights of high-end watchmaking to a broader viewers, Louis Erard sticks to its coverage of accessible costs. What different model can provide a lineup of watches created in collaboration with large names like Alain Silberstein, Konstantin Chaykin or Vianney Halter, or for that matter, create inventive handmade marquetry or guilloché dials at cheap costs? Right this moment, the model unveils its newest collaboration piece solid with yet one more impartial watchmaker, the Louis Erard Régulateur x Cédric Johner.
Simply 15, Cédric Johner apprenticed as a jeweller at Chopard’s Geneva workshop after which studied watchmaking earlier than embarking on a solo profession. Decided to make as many elements as doable in his atelier, his distinctive items are crafted utilizing conventional instruments and sometimes mixed with restored classic mechanisms. Catering to his collectors, Johner is able to producing something from a three-hand watch to a perpetual calendar with a tourbillon and has developed signature decorations and finishings through the years. With no CNC machines or plans, Johner practices “intuitive watchmaking”. Check out his Abyss Chronograph with Valjoux 23 Calibre right here.
When Manuel Emch, the Inventive Director and CEO of Louis Erard, approached Johner, an thought was formulated to craft a restricted collection of watches with the refinement of a bespoke piece at an accessible worth. The result’s the newest Le Régulateur, the model’s flagship mannequin for collaborations with its basic regulator-dial structure.
Johner’s 1997 case design for his first watch, the Abyss, featured a hexagonal dial opening, a characteristic that provides the brand new collaboration Regulator its distinctive character. Though the case is a daily, spherical, 39mm x 12.82mm polished, chrome steel Regulator case, it seems to be hexagonal at first look. This optical phantasm is additional compounded by the incorporation of a domed hexagonal sapphire crystal masking the dial.
The brand new collaboration watch is obtainable with a mauve or blue dial and is restricted to 178 items in every color. As a regulator, the all-important minutes observe is featured on the periphery and indicated by a central hand however is hexagonal to underscore the six-sided dial opening. The hours are relayed in a sub-dial with Roman numerals at midday, and the small seconds are at 6 o’clock. To present the watch its bespoke identification, the sunray sample on the PVD dial base evokes conventional guilloché ending, whereas the 2 anthracite-coloured sub-dials are concave and have a round satin-brushed end, suggestive of an engine-turned ornament.
Though the motion is a Sellita SW266-1 élaboré grade automated with a 38-hour energy reserve, Johner has added his private contact to the rotor. Adorned with 230 tiny beads utilized one after the other, the rotor captures the beaded finishings Johner creates utilizing a standard perloir machine.
Availability & Worth
The mauve dial is fitted with a gray grained calfskin strap, and the blue dial with a black grained calfskin strap, each with a elegant chrome steel pin buckle. Restricted to 178 items in every color, the Régulateur Louis Erard x Cédric Johner retails for CHF 4,000 (excl. tax). For extra data, please seek the advice of louiserard.com.
