Hermès is happy to credit the designers who create its watches. The Heure H was born in 1996 from the imagination of Philippe Mouquet, one of the Parisian brand’s top designers, who has also created leather goods, jewellery, tie prints and scent bottles. His main focus, however, is watches. The Heure H, his first watch design, was based on the bold idea of making a watch case in the shape of Hermès’ unmistakeable initial letter H. It was a master stroke, a hugely successful move, and helped to make the model a Hermès classic.

When a steel frame weighing over 1,000 tonnes, supporting 14,600 cubic metres of concrete and 2,650 square metres of glass partitions has to bring life to micro-components weighing just a few milligrams, while providing a working environment of the highest quality for the 240 employees who work there each day, that’s quite a challenge. But it seems to have succeeded. It might have been years in the planning (the 20,000 m2 plot of land near Schaffhausen was bought in 2012), but construction of the 13,500 m2 “Manufacturzentrum” took just 21 months. That’s quite an achievement in itself, given that renovating a luxury boutique on the Bahnhofstrasse or the Rue du Rhône can typically take longer. Eighty companies were involved in the construction, but at the heart of the project were Christoph Grainger Herr and his teams, who had input into the design, planning and execution, taking aesthetic decisions and choosing the materials.

The Grande Seconde Moon is a Grande Seconde of which the brand’s signature figure 8 dial incorporates a moon phase with date nestled inside the off-centered large seconds hand at 6 o’clock. The new Grande Seconde Moon combines the day-to-day practicality of precise hour, minute, seconds and date displays with the poetry of a 22-carat gold Moon Phase. 

The original Eichi, created in 2008, and its successor Eichi II, 2014, won high praise worldwide for their simplicity of design, the exquisite finishing of the movements, the innovative torque return system and, most of all, for the hand-painted, pure white porcelain dials. 

Two years after its return to the Girard-Perregaux collections, the Laureato is writing a new chapter in its history with the introduction of an enriched range of chronographs.

In Lucerne on August 27th, Carl F. Bucherer shares its home city with a stunning hotel – the Bürgenstock Resort Lake Lucerne. Carl F. Bucherer and GaultMillau named this breathtaking resort Hotel of the Year 2019. The award ceremony was held at the resort, which is located on a spectacular mountain ridge with wonderful views out over Lake Lucerne. This is the twelfth time that the watch brand and the gourmet guide, who share a long-standing partnership, have presented the Hotel of the Year award.