La Petite Seconde Metropolis x The Horophile Anthracite Slate Wrist Watch

This Metropolis watch is based on the Louis Erard Petite Seconde, classic in its 39 mm steel case, with its "LE" signature crown - the only place where the brand logo appears. Everything else is new, built like a journey between two times, between two centuries, between the Roaring 20s and our own 20s. The result is the invention of a new style: Neo-Deco is a concatenation of Art Deco and the contemporary spirit. The starting point for the design was typography. With one line of research: "Reinterpreting Art Deco numerals". The numerals are architectural, open-worked façade elements. A sophisticated and subtle interplay of lines that has its own visual effect: are the indexes applied or engraved? The small seconds are not indexed but simply marked with a single dot. The disc motif, in turn, becomes central, worked graphically in two dimensions to emphasize the two-time display areas: the large hour-minute dial and the seconds sub-dial. The disc is also worked in three dimensions at the center of the watch, with a series of concentric gadrooned grooves to give materiality to the dial and catch the light. The "Empire" baton hands feature a universal heritage motif: the Empire State Building, an Art Deco skyscraper emblematic of modernity. Here again, maniacal attention has been paid to detail, to the proportions, floor by floor, from the foundations to the spire, and to the skeletonization at the center. The end result is a small, mobile skyline on a pure, logo-free disc. 3 hands with small seconds at 6 o'clock, 11½''', Ø25.60 mm, height: 5.60 mm, 31 jewels, 28,800 VpH (4Hz), élaboré grade movement, special open-worked oscillating weight with black lacquered Louis Erard symbol, approx. 38 hours of power reserve. Functions: HMS central hour and minute hands, second hand at 6 o'clock.