New versions of the watch are unveiled as part of the luxury brand’s fresh and sporty directive
Philippe Delhotal, the creative director of Hermès’s watchmaking division, has been good for the brand. Very good indeed. In 2015, he created a game charger for the luxury maison: the Slim d’Hermès, a sleek dress watch with, for the first time, mechanical components made entirely in-house. The watch was an instant hit and it gave the brand’s horological department a major boost, so much so that Hermès watches have once again become emblematic of the company’s talent for creating wearable icons that react to the zeitgeist yet harness a timeless craft that speaks of quality and impeccable style. If you think back, this is exactly what Martin Margiela did in the late 1990s with the “double tour” (twice looping) Cape Cod watch, which pretty much put Hermès timepieces on the fashion map.
