LOuis Erard breaks new floor and brings his high-quality watchmaking expertise to the world of up to date artwork. A brand new collaboration with a historic and rebellious determine of summary artwork, the Swiss artist Olivier Mosset. A black-on-black mannequin with glowing inlays. Restricted version of 178.
A producer of high-quality mechanical watches. A up to date artist, the determine of abstraction, gestures, objects and perspective of the 60s. A gathering level between the 2 worlds lies someplace between the Freibergen and Arizona, between Noirmont and Tucson. The result’s greater than a watch. An essay. A compendium. A couple of grams of polysemy, a little bit of artist Olivier Mosset in a watch that not solely desires to be artwork, but in addition continues to inform the time. This watch is a restrict. On one facet, the land of indicators; however, the land of watchmaking. This watch is an invite to cross this border, a journey. After all, Olivier Mosset would not simply make artwork, he is additionally a biker. “Simple Rider” within the Jura. An artist in “Watchland.” Every little thing is black: case, bracelet, palms. A pure murals, with out labels, with out logos. The one distinction is the dial adorned with silver glitter. The palms are baton palms, hour, minute, second, thrice the identical, identical size, identical width, identical rounded ends. There is just one element: the scale of the opening that offers the path, a minimalist trace, simply sufficient to make sure that you do not utterly lose the sense of studying.
This clock is an abstraction. A minimalist geometric reinterpretation of the regulator, whose three palms – minute within the center, hour on the prime, second on the backside – are mechanically separated. Normally this improves precision and readability. On this case, nonetheless, it’s extra of a murals.
The artist’s codes had been translated into the design of the watch. Geometric discount. Chromatic discount. Flat tones. It is all there. Then comes the dial, which takes up one other facet of Olivier Mosset’s work. The artist loves avenue tradition, together with bikes and automobiles, all of which have a spot in his work. He adapts and presents them like sculptures. This watch is harking back to the appear and feel of a automotive physique with its black metallic paint and glittering dial. This collaboration was initiated by Manuel Emch, director of Louis Erard and avid connoisseur of up to date artwork, of which Olivier Mosset has been a number one determine since his participation within the BMPT group – based in Paris in December 1966 by Daniel Buren, Olivier Mosset and Michel Parmentier and Niele Toroni. Olivier Mosset had by no means designed an object, not to mention a watch. However when Manuel Emch proposed this challenge, he let himself be carried away with amusement and a contact of emotion. In spite of everything, he grew up in Val-de-Ruz, the middle of watchmaking within the canton of Neuchâtel, and his grandfather is linked to the historical past of Ébauches SA: “Time is a fairly advanced factor.” Moreover, Olivier Mosset depends on his biker information: “What amuses me about watches is their accent facet – a watch is ineffective at present. It jogs my memory of the scene in Simple Rider once they’ve simply purchased their bikes and are about to depart when Peter Fonda takes off his watch and throws it away.” Lastly he provides: “This collaboration is sensible, particularly within the assortment.”
Erected as a murals, every of the 178 timepieces is stamped with a pink seal with the phrases “Murals – don’t put on”. Two interchangeable bracelets full the case, one among which is signed by the artist. Louis Erard disrupts the codes of watchmaking along with his creative collaborations that delight collectors and modern artwork lovers around the globe.
With Le Régulateur Louis Erard x Olivier Mosset, the watch model continues its founding journey. Additional collaborations with artists, craftsmen and unbiased watchmakers are deliberate. All the time restricted to 178 items. This quantity is important and represents energy in unity.
Technical specs
Mannequin: The Regulator Louis Erard x Olivier Mosset
Reference: 85237NN62
Motion Computerized regulator, caliber Sellita SW266-1, 11½””, Ø25.60 mm, peak: 5.60 mm, 31 jewels, 28,800 vibrations per hour (4 Hz), elaborate motion, rigorously adorned, particular openwork oscillating weight with Louis Erard image, approx. 38 hour energy reserve
Options: Hours, minutes, seconds (hour hand at 12 o’clock, central minute hand, second hand at 6 o’clock)
Case: Sandblasted chrome steel with black PVD therapy, Ø42 mm, lug width: 22 mm, lug to lug: 49.60 mm, thickness: 12.25 mm, 3 items, domed sapphire crystal with anti-reflection therapy on either side, motion seen by means of the clear black caseback, waterproof as much as a stress of 5 bar (50 m/165 ft), attribute Christmas tree crown, case again with engraving “Olivier Mosset x Louis Erard Restricted Version 1 of 178”
Select: Shiny black lacquered dial with silver glitter inlay
Palms: Satin-finished hour, minute and second palms with black PVD therapy
Provider: Two black Baranil calfskin straps with tone-on-tone stitching, black calfskin lining, sandblasted chrome steel pin buckle with black PVD therapy, purposeful snap spring bars for fast strap modifications (22mm/20mm width, 80mm). /115 mm size). Handwritten signature of the artist Olivier Mosset on one of many two straps
Retail commerce: CHF 3,750 ($4,345)
Images by Louis Erard.
