Louis Erard’s Excellence Petite Seconde with natural stones and hand-crafted glass encapsulates the brand’s mission to make fine watchmaking accessible.
Midnight blue of aventurine dial
This new limited edition of Excellence natural stones and hand-crafted glass even contains a touch of philosophy – a little shock of our times. The dialogue of eternity and the immediate, of tradition and the contemporary. What is the contemporary spirit, if not the art of living in the present moment? What better expression than the small seconds to tell this dynamic of immediacy?
Louis Erard Excellence Petite Seconde comes in three versions — in a limited edition of 99 pieces in each— taking up the codes of the series of precious stone and mineral glass dial Régulateurs of 2021. With the same interplay of materials and colours: the midnight blue of aventurine, the forest green of malachite, the morning blue of lapis lazuli.
Forest green of malachite dial
The dials are openworked. The small seconds pierces the flat stone and glass of their opaline dial. The contrast goes beyond the aesthetic impact. It has a meaning: the meeting of time and materials. Each dial is unique and bears the traces of the millions of years that have shaped the natural stones and mineral glass from which they are made. Cutting the stones or the glass into discs of a few fractions of a millimetre with all the precision required by the art of watchmaking is a test of patience and delicacy. A sophistication usually reserved for high-end watches.
Morning blue of lapis lazuli dial
The small seconds gives tension to the composition and accentuates its balance. The new 39mm case has been further refined and all the signature elements are present, metal indexes, fir-tree hands, logo crown. Each watch has a matching seamless grained calf leather strap, but with tone-on-tone attachment points. Deep blue for Excellence Petite Seconde Aventurine, morning blue for Excellence Petite Seconde Lapis-Lazuli, forest green for Excellence Patite Seconde Malachite, and Louis Erard blue lining. Complete with a polished stainless steel pin buckle and functional catch spring bars enabling the strap to be changed quickly.
Once again, Louis Erard meets the challenge of contemporary fine watchmaking with art and style at an accessible price point of CHF 2,500.
Technical Specifications:
Excellence Petite Seconde Aventurine ref. 34238AA32
Limited edition of 99 pieces
Recommended retail price: CHF 2,500
Movement: Automatic, Sellita SW261-1 calibre, 3 hands with small seconds at 6 o’clock, 11½’’’, Ø25.60 mm, height: 5.60 mm, 31 jewels, 28,800 VpH (4Hz), élaboré grade movement, special openworked oscillating weight with black lacquered Louis Erard symbol, approx. 38 hours of power reserve
Functions: HMS. Central hour and minute hands, second hand at 6 o’clock
Case: Polished stainless steel, Ø39 mm, lug width: 20mm, lug to lug: 46.48mm, thickness: 12.25 mm, 3 pieces, domed sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment on both sides, movement visible through the transparent caseback, water resistant up to a pressure of 5 bars (50 m/165 ft), signature fir tree crown, caseback engraved with “Limited Edition 1 of 99”
Dial: Openworked blue aventurine, snailed opaline (matt silver) counter at 6 o’clock, glossy silver indexes, anthracite transfers on the counter and white transfers on the aventurine part
Hands: Signature fir tree rhodium-plated hands
Strap: Deep blue grained calf leather with tone-on-tone attachment points, blue grained calf leather lining, polished stainless steel pin buckle, functional catch spring bars enabling the strap to be changed quickly
Dimensions: 20/18mm width, 80/115mm length
Excellence Petite Seconde Lapis-Lazuli ref. 34238AA35
Limited edition of 99 pieces
Recommended retail price: CHF 2,500
Dial: Openworked lapis lazuli, snailed opaline (matt silver) counter at 6 o’clock, glossy silver indexes, anthracite transfers on the counter and white transfers on the lapis lazuli part
Strap: Morning blue grained calf leather with tone-on-tone attachment points, blue grained calf leather lining, polished stainless steel pin buckle, functional catch spring bars enabling the strap to be changed quickly
Dimensions: 20/18mm width, 80/115mm length
Excellence Petite Seconde Malachite ref. 34238AA39
Limited edition of 99 pieces
Recommended retail price: CHF 2,500
Dial: Openworked malachite, snailed opaline (matt silver) counter at 6 o’clock, glossy silver indexes, anthracite transfers on the counter and white transfers on the malachite part
Strap: Forest green grained calf leather with tone-on-tone attachment points, blue grained calf leather lining, polished stainless steel pin buckle, functional catch spring bars enabling the strap to be changed quickly
Dimensions: 20/18mm width, 80/115mm length
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