Heure H Quartz

The H-our watch

An “initial” design created in 1996 by Philippe Mouquet, an H-shaped case stating that it is both resolutely Hermès and that decisively Horological: the H-our watch proudly bears its letter patent of nobility. This year, it will be neither exactly the same nor entirely different. Revolution is a term that applies to the hands as they sweep around the dial, but when it comes to aesthetics, it is more appropriate to speak of a calm and discreet evolution.

The case thus remains the same, but now frames a revised dial that is subtly writing this new chapter in the history of the H-our. The numerals have been redesigned in a highly readable, more graphic style, and are arranged facing the centre. In the jewellery versions, apart from at 12 o’clock, diamond hour-markers replace the hour numerals. The hands are now dagger shaped.

A simple tool supplied with the watch enables the wearer to easily change the straps that will be available in sets of two. The traditional alligator and calfskin straps will be complemented by an entire line of Jacquard woven silk straps in the finest tradition of the fabric-making art, with a herringbone motif combining navy blue and black, etoupe and ebony, bright red and Hermès red, ecru and dark beige.

For the very first time, a large-sized (32.2 mm x 32.2 mm) men’s model is available in a mechanical self-winding version. Its seconds hand and its date display at 6 o’clock immediately set it apart from the quartz models. This more distinctively horological version plays with the H-our aesthetic codes, featuring the base of the seconds hand reflecting the shape of the case lug that forms the base of the letter H.