Horological Meandering

A few weeks back, we had the pleasure of attending a watch showcase by Hermès at their Kuala Lumpur Pavilion Boutique. I found the watches to be very interesting (especially considering how Hermès is so well known with their leather products) so I managed...  

Hello KT, Thanks for the post. Could you please elaborate on how the Grand Hours module work? Regards, Tat

to what I gathered, the system is made possible with toothed ovals that allow the hours to move at a different rate. According to them, you can customise which particular hours you want to be made 'special' i.e. to highlight the importance of those hours ... 

I recall of Franck Muller. One of their watches are something like that, not sure how it works mechanically but at certain hours it moves slower, or have a longer circle Pretty cool thing and Hermes one looks a lot better imho, talking bout that Cape Cod ... 

No, the mechanical that is used in the FM Cintrée Iregular Retrograde Hour is different. I beleive it is based on a cam with irregular slopes. Slopes are more or less progressive to have a variable speed. I read also about the Crazy Hours, but this is som... 

Eric and Mae is indeed very kind The Cape Cod 8 days is my favourite of them all! And yes they are getting serious in their watches and i believe Hermes will always be Hermes Still thinking bout their wallet...sweat~ Regards

I like the Cape Cod Phases de Lune and the 8 days and their font is unique to Hermes. The Grand Hours is interesting. Wonder if I could get to see these watches here in Singapore's boutique. Time to email/call Hermes! Thanks, Lionel

Can be seen at the Hermès Singapore boutique

They have their own distinct design. The numerals have a cool font, and the design is extremely professional - no inconsistancies or silly elements. The moon phase is very beautifully designed, so clear and elegant. The jumping hour seems to work practica... 

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Well, in fact, the stretching comes from variable speed. The closer the numbers are, the fastets is the speed in this area. And vice versa. There a a couple of solutions to make the speed variable in a simple way. One of them is the useage of oval gears o...  

Christian, it looks a bit similar to the cam mechanism of the Caro Ferrara regulateurs which is on my wishlist if i can find the skeleton version. thanks for the info Graham