Stories

Louis Erard and watchmaker Konstantin Chaykin bring back their frog-faced regulator, and this time let colour change its mood.

Jules Wittock, a Brussels artist who has drawn mazes freehand since childhood, has traced one for the dial of the Ressence TYPE 9, with a word hidden inside.

In the late 1980s, Reebok’s Pump sneaker turned a simple press into a cult gesture; H. Moser & Cie. now uses that same orange button to wind a watch.

Olivier Mory, a watchmaker based in La Chaux-de-Fonds, developed a tourbillon regulator movement exclusively for Louis Erard, now paired with Alain Silberstein’s signature hands.

On the Smile-Day Blue, designed with Alain Silberstein, a smiley at 6 o’clock shows the mood of the day: black on weekdays, red at the weekend.

Kanazawa artist Terumasa Ikeda saw a planetary system in the TYPE 9’s orbital display, and built a dial of urushi lacquer and mother-of-pearl around it.

Maximillion Cooper, Founder & Creative Director of Gumball 3000, has led the rally since 1999, and its partnership with Ulysse Nardin now brings a second watch.

Manuel Emch, who leads Louis Erard, met the artist Monica Bonvicini at Art Basel and later visited her studio in Berlin, where they became friends.

Ressence founder Benoît Mintiens wanted to merge his universe with that of industrial designer Marc Newson, and the TYPE 3 MN is the watch they made together.

Louis Erard and watchmaker Konstantin Chaykin turn a regulator into the Frog Princess of Slavic myth, suited in samurai armour.

Astro Boy shaped the childhood of Manuel Emch, who leads Louis Erard, and he is the first cultural hero to land on the brand’s 2340.

Mo Coppoletta, art director of Gagà Laboratorio, designed Luce as a tribute to the watch publication Revolution and its founder, Wei Koh.