The Hermès Cape Cod Chaîne d’ancre watch smoothly and beautifully transitions from one style to the next.
The distinctive Cape Cod watch was launched in 1991 and designed by Henri d’Origny. The designer had intended it to be a square watch, but it turned out to be a square in a rectangle. With its pure lines and bold spirit, the Cape Cod shakes up existing aesthetic codes. Its original case composed of two anchor chain half-links plays to the emblematic motif created by Robert Dumas in 1938: a design inspired by a boat chain, which has become a brand style signature.
The two new gemset or non-set models interpret the double chain on a graphic dial in shades of Glycine or blue. The intertwined links stand out against a background of stamped horizontal lines, all coated in tinted lacquer and swept over by fine baton-type hands. Crafted in the Hermès Horloger workshops, an alligator or calfskin strap accentuates the soft dusty shades of these contemporary and elegant creations.
Technical Specifications:
CAPE COD Chaîne d’ancre
Blue Gem Set Model
MOVEMENT
Type: Quartz, crafted in Switzerland
Functions: Hours, minutes
CASE
Shape/size: 23 x 23mm
“A square within a rectangle”
Material: steel set with 46 diamonds
Glass: Anti-glare sapphire crystal
Water resistance: 3 bar
DIAL
Stamped and coated with blue-tinted translucent lacquer
‘Anchor Chain’ motif
STRAP
Storm blue alligator
PRICE
SRP £6,290.00
Glycine Double Tour Model
MOVEMENT
Type: Quartz, crafted in Switzerland
Functions: Hours, minutes
CASE
Shape/size: 23 x 23mm
“A square within a rectangle”
Material: steel
Glass: Anti-glare sapphire crystal
Water resistance: 3 bar
DIAL
Stamped and coated with Glycine translucent lacquer
‘Anchor Chain’ motif
STRAP
Glycine Athena calfskin
PRICE
SRP £2,730.00
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