Based in the Jura mountains, the birthplace of watchmaking, Louis Erard embodies the values of Swiss mechanics, the tradition that keeps its promises. Founded by Mr. Louis Erard in 1929, today, the brand is a synonym for amazing collaborations with artists and watchmakers alike. Meanwhile, Alain Silberstein was born in 1950, beginning his career as an interior architect and designer in Paris before becoming a watchmaker in Besançon, France, at the end of the 1980s, every year for twenty-five years, Alain Silberstein has designed and created around a thousand exceptional watches, all made in limited series and numbered, in his workshop at the heart of French-Swiss watchmaking country. Since the closure of his company in 2012, he has turned his talent to work in collaborations with other watchmaking brands such as MB&F, Romain Jerome, and now Louis Erard.
Le Régulateur Tourbillon Louis Erard x Alain Silberstein Black in a limited edition of 78 pieces unveils a new collaboration between the watch brand and the designer, who have been working together since 2019. The tourbillon, the pinnacle of the art of watchmaking, the pinnacle of Alain Silberstein's thinking, has never before been offered as a single piece but only in a triptych. Neither on a black background, that color which is not one, but on which all the others are revealed.
Alain Silberstein had not had the opportunity to create a timepiece equipped with a tourbillon for over a decade. The renowned watchmaker Olivier Mory, a figure of contemporary mechanical creativity revolutionized the art of the tourbillon by creating a customizable, affordable, yet Swiss made movement, made entirely within a few kilometers of his workshop in La Chaux-de-Fonds, in the heart of the Swiss watchmaking country.
The Louis Erard x Alain Silberstein Régulateur Tourbillon Black houses a Swiss made tourbillon at an unbeatable price of CHF 15,900 Swiss Francs —approximately USD 17,700. Equipped with a case in micro-blasted grade 2 titanium and polished grade 5 titanium measuring 40 mm in diameter with a thickness of 11.80 mm, the watch is fitted with a sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment on both sides and a sapphire crystal display case back.
The matte black dial with a silvered counter at 12 o’clock is the perfect canvas for the unique timekeeping timepiece. The black background allows for all colors to unfold all their expressive potential. Throughout his career of over 35 years, Alain Silberstein has explored all possibilities of color usage, but his roots are in the essential, basic spectrum of blue, red, and yellow, this time on a black background —which is the brand image of Alain Silberstein, for a long time, since his early Bauhaus-inspired creations in the 1990s.
Alain Silberstein's signature hands appear in red lacquered for the hours, blue lacquered for the minutes, and yellow lacquered for the seconds. The winding crown also shows some red lacquer on it.
Powering the new Louis Erard x Alain Silberstein Le Regulateur Tourbillon Black is the manual wound calibre BCP T02 with tourbillon, 19 jewels, and a power reserve of 100 hours. The tourbillon cage makes a complete rotation every 60 seconds at 6 o’clock.
The Louis Erard x Alain Silberstein Le Regulateur Tourbillon Black is delivered on a black nylon strap with a hook-and-loop micro-blasted grade 2 titanium fastener system for quick adjustment. The functional catch spring bars allow the strap to be changed quickly. The watch is available in a limited edition of 78 pieces.
Sticker Price CHF 15,900 Swiss Francs —approximately USD 17,700. For more info on Louis Erard click here.
