Arceau Marquetrie de Paille

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Arceau Marquetrie de Paille

Brand  : Hermès
Collection  : Arceau
Model  : Arceau Marquetrie de Paille
Reference  :
Complement : White Gold - Squares Motif Dial - Alligator Strap
Year : 2012
Is not commercialised any more

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  • Brand  : Hermès
    Collection  : Arceau
    Model  : Arceau Marquetrie de Paille
    Reference  :
    Complement : White Gold - Squares Motif Dial - Alligator Strap
    Year : 2012
    Is not commercialised any more
    List Price : On request
    Diameter : 41 mm
    Styles : Atypical
    Classical
    Types : Self-winding
    Calibre : H1928 Vaucher Manufacture
    Calibre distinction : Hand-chamfering and polishing
    Case material : White gold
    Case peculiarity : Traitement antireflet
    Sapphire caseback
    Shape : Round
    Water-resistance : 30 meters
    Dial : Straw marquetry
    Dial color : Blue
    Black
    Display : Leaf-shaped hands
    Glass : Antireflective coating
    Sapphire
    Strap material : Alligator leather
    Strap color : Dark blue
    Strap clasp : Pin buckle
    + More characteristics : Movement
    H1928 Vaucher Manufacture
    Mechanical self-winding. made in Switzerland
    25.6 mm in diameter (11 ½ lignes)
    3.5 mm thick
    28.800 vibrations per hour (4 Hz)
    55-hour power reserve thanks to series-coupled twin barrels
    220 parts
    32 jewels
    Hand-chamfered and polished bridges and mechanisms
    Dedicated Hermès decorative motif
    (H symbols)
    Gold oscillating weight

    Case
    White gold (weighing approx. 55 g)
    Glareproofed sapphire crystal
    (on one side) both front and back
    Hermès Paris transfer on the inner side of the crystal
    Inter-horn width 21 mm

    Dial
    Two-tone (pale blue and black) straw marquetry. motif with small squares

    Buckle
    17 mm white gold pin buckle
    (weighing approx. 5.75g)

    Strap
    Matt indigo blue alligator

    Dedicated presentation box in Makassar ebony and straw marquetry

DESCRIPTION

  • Arceau
    Marqueterie de Paille


    Hand craftsmanship lies at the core of the aesthetic cultivated by the House of Hermès. A range of precious skills are constantly celebrated, and the objects created tell the story of the ties between hand and mind. This workmanship naturally involves leather, since Hermès has been a saddle-maker since 1837, but also silk, crystal and silver. All materials, even those of humble origins, thus find scope for full, noble and hand-crafted expression.

    By recreating in 2010 some of Jean-Michel Frank’s most emblematic furniture creations, Hermès was honouring the ancient art of straw marquetry, a form of expertise that has become extremely rare.

    Presented for the first time on a watch dial, it calls for a highly complex miniaturisation technique. The success of the extremely meticulous crafting of these dials lies in the lengthy preparations for a task implying a production technique that is different from that of furniture.

    Today, the rye straw used in these models is produced by only one farm in France. Longer and less knotty than its standard counterpart, it is hand reaped to ensure optimal selection of the usable parts. Mass-coloured on the spot and then laid out flat to dry, the straw which is subjected to weather conditions, variations in humidity and various baths, never displays the exact same shades of colours. Its natural colours subtly illuminate the marquetry motifs. Split open with a thin blade and then manually flattened with a bone tool, the wisps are then cut up into various lengths. This calls for accurate gestures and considerable physical strength. Playing with the colours and the directions of the various wisps, the artisan assembles his motifs on a sheet of graph paper. Glued in much the same way as a leather book binding, the straw marquetry motif is then assembled on the watch dial.

    To celebrate this expertise, Hermès introduces two new versions of the Arceau watch, originally created by Henri d’Origny in 1978. They feature the model’s signature asymmetrical lugs: their shape, designed as if to allow a stirrup leather to slide through it, evokes the Hermès saddle-making world. Nonetheless, the distinctive italic typeface of the Arceau hour-markers has vanished so as to give pride of place to the exceptional straw marquetry graving the dial. The blue and black motifs, framed by the 41 mm-diameter white gold watch case, depict two iconic Hermès tie patterns featuring chevrons and tiny squares.

    Equipped with mechanical self-winding Calibre H1928 by the Manufacture Vaucher exclusively for Hermès, these two models are endowed with a 55-hour power reserve. A matt indigo blue alligator strap matches the colours of the straw dial.

    These two collector’s models are presented together in a precious Makassar ebony presentation box, itself adorned with straw marquetry.

  • Arceau
    Marqueterie de Paille


    Hand craftsmanship lies at the core of the aesthetic cultivated by the House of Hermès. A range of precious skills are constantly celebrated, and the objects created tell the story of the ties between hand and mind. This workmanship naturally involves leather, since Hermès has been a saddle-maker since 1837, but also silk, crystal and silver. All materials, even those of humble origins, thus find scope for full, noble and hand-crafted expression.

    By recreating in 2010 some of Jean-Michel Frank’s most emblematic furniture creations, Hermès was honouring the ancient art of straw marquetry, a form of expertise that has become extremely rare.

    Presented for the first time on a watch dial, it calls for a highly complex miniaturisation technique. The success of the extremely meticulous crafting of these dials lies in the lengthy preparations for a task implying a production technique that is different from that of furniture.

    Today, the rye straw used in these models is produced by only one farm in France. Longer and less knotty than its standard counterpart, it is hand reaped to ensure optimal selection of the usable parts. Mass-coloured on the spot and then laid out flat to dry, the straw which is subjected to weather conditions, variations in humidity and various baths, never displays the exact same shades of colours. Its natural colours subtly illuminate the marquetry motifs. Split open with a thin blade and then manually flattened with a bone tool, the wisps are then cut up into various lengths. This calls for accurate gestures and considerable physical strength. Playing with the colours and the directions of the various wisps, the artisan assembles his motifs on a sheet of graph paper. Glued in much the same way as a leather book binding, the straw marquetry motif is then assembled on the watch dial.

    To celebrate this expertise, Hermès introduces two new versions of the Arceau watch, originally created by Henri d’Origny in 1978. They feature the model’s signature asymmetrical lugs: their shape, designed as if to allow a stirrup leather to slide through it, evokes the Hermès saddle-making world. Nonetheless, the distinctive italic typeface of the Arceau hour-markers has vanished so as to give pride of place to the exceptional straw marquetry graving the dial. The blue and black motifs, framed by the 41 mm-diameter white gold watch case, depict two iconic Hermès tie patterns featuring chevrons and tiny squares.

    Equipped with mechanical self-winding Calibre H1928 by the Manufacture Vaucher exclusively for Hermès, these two models are endowed with a 55-hour power reserve. A matt indigo blue alligator strap matches the colours of the straw dial.

    These two collector’s models are presented together in a precious Makassar ebony presentation box, itself adorned with straw marquetry.

  • Brand  : Hermès
    Collection  : Arceau
    Model  : Arceau Marquetrie de Paille
    Reference  :
    Complement : White Gold - Squares Motif Dial - Alligator Strap
    Year : 2012
    Is not commercialised any more
    List Price : On request
    Diameter : 41 mm
    Styles : Atypical
    Classical
    Types : Self-winding
    Calibre : H1928 Vaucher Manufacture
    Calibre distinction : Hand-chamfering and polishing
    Case material : White gold
    Case peculiarity : Traitement antireflet
    Sapphire caseback
    Shape : Round
    Water-resistance : 30 meters
    Dial : Straw marquetry
    Dial color : Blue
    Black
    Display : Leaf-shaped hands
    Glass : Antireflective coating
    Sapphire
    Strap material : Alligator leather
    Strap color : Dark blue
    Strap clasp : Pin buckle
    More characteristics : Movement
    H1928 Vaucher Manufacture
    Mechanical self-winding. made in Switzerland
    25.6 mm in diameter (11 ½ lignes)
    3.5 mm thick
    28.800 vibrations per hour (4 Hz)
    55-hour power reserve thanks to series-coupled twin barrels
    220 parts
    32 jewels
    Hand-chamfered and polished bridges and mechanisms
    Dedicated Hermès decorative motif
    (H symbols)
    Gold oscillating weight

    Case
    White gold (weighing approx. 55 g)
    Glareproofed sapphire crystal
    (on one side) both front and back
    Hermès Paris transfer on the inner side of the crystal
    Inter-horn width 21 mm

    Dial
    Two-tone (pale blue and black) straw marquetry. motif with small squares

    Buckle
    17 mm white gold pin buckle
    (weighing approx. 5.75g)

    Strap
    Matt indigo blue alligator

    Dedicated presentation box in Makassar ebony and straw marquetry