Hermès Slim d’Hermès Squelette Lune Melds Double Moon-Phase with Openworked Design
Hermès caught the admiring eye of watch connoisseurs with the launch of its luxurious yet understated Slim d’Hermes collection in 2015 and the maison has been slowly adding to the family ever since. The latest, which follows up the impressive, high-complication Quantième Perpétuel from earlier this year, is the Slim d’Hermès Squelette Lune, which enhances a skeletonized display with a double moon-phase.
Hermès has added a skeleton with moon-phase to its elegant Slim d’Hermès collection.
The Squelette Lune becomes the second high-end skeletonized timepiece from Hermès, which has striven to become nearly as well-regarded for its watches as for its coveted leather goods, after last year’s Arçeau Squelette. Its 39.5-mm case hosts an intriguing and luxurious juxtaposition of materials: bead-blasted grade 5 titanium for the case middle, 950 platinum for the bezel, and 18k white gold for the crown and pusher. Framed within the case, behind an anti-glare sapphire crystal, is the airy, skeletonized dial with its array of alternating matte and gloss-polished finishes, swept over by a pair of blue-PVD-coated, thin baton hands.
The double moon-phase at 6 o’clock is skeletonized.
The dial is essentially the movement, Hermes Caliber H1953, whose most notable functional fluorish is its openworked double moon-phase display in a rounded aperture at 6 o’clock, and which is bordered by a black-gold sunburst flange with a gray transferre...
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