Created in 2015, the Slim d’Hermès watch is all about essentials: a simplicity mingling rigorous discipline with aesthetic balanced. The distinctive yet understated lines of its round case with angular lugs frame a transfigured dial. Graced with a combination of several miniature techniques, the Slim d’Hermès La Source de Pégase watch features a winged horse in brilliant colors, born of the virtuoso skills of the enameling and engraving artists.
Framed by a round 39.5 mm diameter white gold case, these two new watches in a limited edition of 12 pieces each are powered by the Hermès H1950 ultra-thin mechanical automatic movement —with a power reserve of 42 hours— adorned with the “sprinkling of Hs”. Crafted in the Hermès Horloger workshops, a Chantilly white or a Mykonos blue alligator strap matches the nuances of each watch.
This mythologically inspired symbol is reinterpreted through the use of artistic crafts and drawn from the La Source de Pégase silk scarf designed by French artist Pierre Marie. The illustrator depicts the winged horse striking a rock with its hoof to create the Hippocrene spring on Mount Helicon. His narrative and decorative style composes a radiant Pegasus in a joyful fantasy universe. Transposed onto the slim dial of the Slim d’Hermès watch, the legendary creature expresses a new creative dimension.
A luminous yellow first interpretation set with 52 baguette-cut diamonds on the bezel combines Grand Feu enamel with straw marquetry. The champlevé enamel dial base is criss-crossed with alveoli filled with colored glass powders mixed with natural oils and then fired at over 800-degree Celsius to set the colors. The raised Pegasus figure is composed of a multitude of enamel layers, successively dried and fired before being engraved by hand. Its fan-shaped wings are crafted using the straw marquetry technique, for which the artisan individually cuts sections of previously selected, dyed and dried smooth rye, forming the motif by assembling each strand on a gold plate, which he then places on the enamel.
The equally radiant second model with its sky blue shades tones features an engraved Pegasus, with gold-woven wings standing out against a painted mother-of-pearl background. The different colors are delicately applied to the dial using a brush. They are dried in a kiln before the profile of the gold horse is shaped in relief using the engraver’s burins and chisels before being painted by hand. Finally, the feathers of its wings are composed using precious gold- leaf threads, assembled in several layers and painted in bright colors.
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