Hermès Arceau L’Heure de la Lune & Arceau Le Temps Voyageur

From the celestial dials of the Arceau L’heure de la lune watch to the continents crossed by the Arceau Le temps voyageur, Hermès invites you to wander between heaven and earth, where time is a playmate and realm of escapism revealed by singular complications.

Journey to the heart of Hermès time

At Hermès, watches are daily partners designed to accompany the wearer. By breaking free of traditional watchmaking conventions, Hermès infuses time with a new, radical and even paradoxical dimension. It is a source of freedom and escape. In a frantic race where every second is counted, Hermès offers its wearer the time that really counts.

The Arceau L’heure de la lune watch first unveiled in 2019 now comes in three new versions presented in a 12-piece limited-edition set.

The mobile counters displaying the time and date gravitate around the dial over a period of 59 days, gradually revealing the moon discs. This celestial choreography is orchestrated by an exclusive 117-component Hermès module featuring a simultaneous display of the moon phases for the Northern and Southern hemispheres. A Pegasus drawn from Dimitri Rybaltchenko’s Full Moon motif adorns one of the moons on each of the models, a nod to the Hermès world.

These three models feature two-tone looks, with cases and lugs made from different materials and hour-markers matching their dials. At the heart of each watch is a meteorite. For the first version in white gold and blue titanium, the dial is enlivened by a piece of lunar rock. The second iteration in rose gold and titanium features a dial composed of a fragment from one of the largest known asteroids: Vesta. The third interpretation in white and rose gold is adorned with a fragment of Erg Chech meteorite, a magmatic rock testifying to a now vanished heavenly body.

Each of these timepieces comes with a matt alligator leather strap crafted in accordance with Hermès leatherworking skills: abyss blue for the white gold and blue titanium version; graphite for the other two.

Created in 2022, Arceau Le temps voyageur appears attired in white and rose gold. A circular disc displaying 24 time zones indicates home time at 12 o’clock, while a mobile counter shows local time. This mechanism is driven by an exclusive 122-component module integrated into the Manufacture Hermès H1837 mechanical self-winding movement.

The evolution of this edition is primarily based on the aesthetic treatment of the dial. Drawn from the Planisphère d’un monde équestre motif designed by Jérôme Colliard, the continents create an unprecedented depth effect.

The 41 mm white gold version features a grey-blue lacquered dial, enhanced by a navy blue city disc and blue-varnished openworked hands. It is paired with an abyss blue alligator strap.

The 38 mm rose gold version set with 78 diamonds features the world map on a natural mother-of-pearl dial. Delicate rose gold edging highlights the contours of the opaline champagne-toned continents, cities and city aperture, while rose gold leaf-shaped hands set the finishing touch, complemented by a pearl grey alligator strap.

Technical specifications

Hermès Arceau L’heure de la lune Blue Grey Moon

Limited edition of 12 pieces

Case

• Material: White gold, titanium bezel with blue DLC coating
• Diameter: 43 mm
• Anti-glare sapphire crystal and case-back
• Water-resistant to 30 meters (3 bar)

Dial and hands

• Lunar meteorite dial. Grey-gradient lacquered mobile counters
• Natural white mother-of-pearl moons
• Southern Moon: Pegasus figure transfer drawn from the Full Moon motif designed by Dimitri Rybaltchenko
• Northern Moon : lunar surface transfer
• Blue varnished hands

Movement

• Manufacture Hermès H1837 movement
• Self-winding, crafted in Switzerland
• Diameter : 26 mm
• Thickness : 3.7 mm
• Power reserve of 40 hours
• Frequency : 28'800 vibrations per hour / 4Hz
• Decoration : Circular-grained and snailed mainplate, satin-brushed bridges and oscillating weight with ‘sprinkling of Hs’ motif

Module

• Exclusive «L’heure de la lune» module
• Diameter : 38 mm (16 ¾’’’)
• Thickness : 4.2 mm
• Number of parts: 117
• Number of jewels: 14
• Polished and beadblasted bridges

Functions/Indications

• Hours, minutes, date
• Double moon phase (display of moon phases seen from the Earth’s Northern and Southern hemispheres)

Strap and buckle

• Abyss blue alligator, grey-burnished edges

MSRP: TBC

Technical specifications

Hermès Arceau L’heure de la lune Vesta

Limited edition of 12 pieces

Case

• Material: Rose gold, titanium bezel with grey circular satin-brushed DLC coating
• Diameter: 43 mm
• Anti-glare sapphire crystal and case-back
• Water-resistant to 30 meters (3 bar)

Dial and hands

• Vesta meteorite dial, grey-gradient lacquered mobile counters
• Moons in natural white mother-of-pearl
• Southern Moon : Pegasus figure transfer drawn from the Full Moon motif designed by Dimitri Rybaltchenko
• Northern Moon: lunar surface transfer
• Gold hands

Movement

• Manufacture Hermès H1837 movement
• Self-winding, crafted in Switzerland
• Diameter : 26 mm
• Thickness : 3.7 mm
• Power reserve of 40 hours
• Frequency : 28'800 vibrations per hour / 4Hz
• Decoration : Circular-grained and snailed mainplate, satin-brushed bridges and oscillating weight with ‘sprinkling of Hs’ motif

Module

• Exclusive «L’heure de la lune» module
• Diameter : 38 mm (16 ¾’’’)
• Thickness : 4.2 mm
• Number of parts: 117
• Number of jewels: 14
• Polished and beadblasted bridges

Functions/Indications

• Hours, minutes, date
• Double moon phase (display of moon phases seen from the Earth’s Northern and Southern hemispheres)

Strap and buckle

• Matt graphite alligator, pink-burnished edges

MSRP: TBC

Technical specifications

Hermès Arceau L’heure de la lune Erg Chech

Limited edition of 12 pieces

Case

• Material: White gold, rose gold bezel
• Diameter: 43 mm
• Anti-glare sapphire crystal and case-back
• Water-resistant to 30 meters (3 bar)

Dial and hands

• Erg Chech meteorite dial. Grey-gradient lacquered mobile counters
• Natural white mother-of-pearl moons
• Southern Moon : Pegasus figure transfer drawn from the Full Moon motif designed by Dimitri Rybaltchenko
• Northern Moon: lunar surface transfer
• Gilded hands

Movement

• Manufacture Hermès H1837 movement
• Self-winding, crafted in Switzerland
• Diameter : 26 mm
• Thickness : 3.7 mm
• Power reserve of 40 hours
• Frequency : 28'800 vibrations per hour / 4Hz
• Decoration : Circular-grained and snailed mainplate, satin-brushed bridges and oscillating weight with ‘sprinkling of Hs’ motif

Module

• Exclusive «L’heure de la lune» module
• Diameter : 38 mm (16 ¾’’’)
• Thickness : 4.2 mm
• Number of parts: 117
• Number of jewels: 14
• Polished and beadblasted bridges

Functions/Indications

• Hours, minutes, date
• Double moon phase (display of moon phases seen from the Earth’s Northern and Southern hemispheres)

Strap and buckle

• Matt graphite alligator, orange-burnished edges

MSRP: TBC

Technical specifications

Hermès Arceau Le temps voyageur Or blanc

Case

• Material: White gold
• Diameter: 41 mm
• Anti-glare sapphire crystal and case-back
• Water-resistant to 30 meters (3 bar)

Dial and hands

• Grey-blue tinted lacquer dial inspired by the Planisphère d’un monde équestre designed by Jérôme Colliard.
• Opaline silvered continental dial appliques.
• Meridians transferred in grey, continent names transferred in glossy navy blue.
• White lacquered mobile hours counter, navy blue transferred Arabic numerals.
• Opaline silvered outer city zone, navy blue city disc with white transfer.
• Rhodium-plated openworked hands, blue varnished and enhanced with Super-LumiNova®

Movement

• Manufacture Hermès H1837 movement
• Self-winding, crafted in Switzerland
• Diameter : 26 mm
• Thickness : 3.7 mm
• Power reserve of 40 hours
• Frequency : 28'800 vibrations per hour / 4Hz
• Decoration : Circular-grained and snailed mainplate, satin-brushed bridges and oscillating weight with ‘sprinkling of Hs’ motif

Module

• Exclusive «L’heure de la lune» module
• Diameter : 32.7 mm (14 ½’’’)
• Thickness : 4.4 mm
• Number of parts: 122
• Number of jewels: 7
• Beadblasted bridges

Functions/Indications

• Hours, minutes, second time zone with city indication

Strap and buckle

• Abyss blue alligator

MSRP: TBC

Technical specifications

Hermès Arceau Le temps voyageur Or rose et diamants

Case

• Material: Rose gold, set with 78 diamonds
• Diameter: 38 mm
• Anti-glare sapphire crystal and case-back
• Water-resistant to 30 meters (3 bar)

Dial and hands

• White mother-of-pearl dial inspired by the Planisphère d’un monde équestre motif designed by Jérôme Colliard
• Champagne opaline continent dial appliques
• Meridians transferred in white, continent names transferred in glossy black
• Mobile hours counter in polished domed white mother-of-pearl
• Arabic numerals transferred in grey
• Outer city zone in white mother-of-pearl, champagne city disc with black transfer
• Pink gold leaf hands

Movement

• Manufacture Hermès H1837 movement
• Self-winding, crafted in Switzerland
• Diameter : 26 mm
• Thickness : 3.7 mm
• Power reserve of 40 hours
• Frequency : 28'800 vibrations per hour / 4Hz
• Decoration : Circular-grained and snailed mainplate, satin-brushed bridges and oscillating weight with ‘sprinkling of Hs’ motif

Module

• Exclusive «L’heure de la lune» module
• Diameter : 32.7 mm (14 ½’’’)
• Thickness : 4.4 mm
• Number of parts: 122
• Number of jewels: 7
• Beadblasted bridges

Functions/Indications

• Hours, minutes, second time zone with city indication

Strap and buckle

• Pearly grey alligator

MSRP: TBC

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