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Yearly, within the months earlier than Watches and Wonders, we obtain lots of press releases and watches up entrance. That manner, we’re properly ready when the honest lastly opens its doorways. This time, we additionally requested Hermès whether or not it will be attainable to get a preview of what the model was engaged on. Nonetheless, the maison stayed suspiciously silent. Final yr marked the introduction of the all-new Reduce. Whereas 2025 was rather less revolutionary, with the return of certainly one of Hermès’s signature problems and a cheeky horse, there’s actually sufficient to speak about. Let’s check out the brand new Hermès Arceau and Reduce Le Temps Suspendu and the Arceau Rocabar de Rire.
In 2011, Hermès launched its distinctive Le Temps Suspendu complication on a 43mm Arceau. That very same yr, it additionally gained the prize for the Greatest Males’s Watch on the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève. It featured a rose gold case and a white guilloché dial, which showcased the hours, minutes, and a retrograde pointer date. With the push of the button at 9 o’clock, the wearer might make the hour and minute arms leap to a time-out place round 12 o’clock, and the pointer date would conceal itself. With one other push of the button, the arms would leap again to the proper place as a result of the motion was all the time working. This distinctive complication completely matches Hermès’s perception that “the time we neglect is the time we cherish.”
The 2025 Arceau Le Temps Suspendu
The brand new Arceau Le Temps Suspendu has a 42mm white or rose gold case. After all, it options the elegant, uneven lug designs that the Arceau is so well-known for. You possibly can select between blue, gentle brown, and burgundy dials, and all function the identical sunburst end and clear heart. By that window, you possibly can see the module that’s answerable for the distinctive motion of the arms while you push that button at 9 o’clock. In the meantime, the automated H1837 motion beneath retains working in order that while you push that button once more, the proper time and date will present.
The automated motion manufactured by Vaucher is seen by way of the exhibition case again. It has a pleasant end with the model’s “H” motif sprinkled everywhere in the rotor and the bridges. It runs at a frequency of 28,800vph and holds an influence reserve of 45 hours. The assorted dial colours are every paired with an identical alligator or calfskin strap. The white gold variations of the Hermès Arceau Le Temps Suspendu with a Brown Desert or Rouge Sellier dial colour price €38,000, and the rose gold model with a galvanic blue dial prices €33,000.
The all-new 39mm Reduce Le Temps Suspendu
In a shock transfer, Hermès additionally launched the Le Temps Suspendu complication in a brand new 39mm model of the Reduce. Sadly, I don’t have every other dimensions but. Nonetheless, I used to be impressed with how properly the rose gold case match my 17cm wrist. Final yr’s 36mm time-only model felt good however maybe a bit petite. This new 39mm measurement offers the watch the oomph it wants. For the brand new Le Temps Suspendu model, you possibly can select between a burgundy or silver dial. This time, the button that “pauses” the time is at 8 o’clock, and there’s no (retrograde) date right here. As a substitute, there’s a hand that runs backward and makes a full circle in 24 seconds. It additionally retains working while you pause the hour and minute arms to remind you that the motion remains to be maintaining observe of the best time.
Contained in the Reduce Le Temps Suspendu ticks the H1912 automated motion. It runs at a frequency of 28,800vph and holds an influence reserve of 45 hours. You possibly can select to get this Reduce on both the matching brushed and polished rose gold bracelet or a colourful rubber strap. This sportier mannequin is water-proof to 100 meters. The Hermès Reduce Le Temps Suspendu in rose gold with a silver or pink dial prices €28,000 with the rubber strap and €43,000 with the rose gold bracelet. There’s additionally a model with a diamond-set bezel, which is able to enhance the value by €5,000.
The cheeky Arceau Rocabar de Rire
Then, as a superb encore, Hermès additionally launched the Arceau Rocabar de Rire. The dial design contained in the 41mm white or rose gold case will get its inspiration from Dimitri Rybaltchenko’s Rocabar de Rire striped scarf. Launched in 2023, this scarf is manufactured from a mixture of cashmere and silk and is accessible in several colour mixtures. On it, there’s a drawing of a good looking brown horse that sticks its tongue out whereas trying over its shoulder. To painting the horse on the Arceau’s dial, the dial artist used a mixture of very effective engraving, miniature portray, and horse-hair marquetry.
The dial itself is already a masterpiece, however the signature function right here is the animation, which will be triggered by pushing the button at 9 o’clock. For this watch, it doesn’t pause the time, nevertheless it makes the horse stick its tongue out again and again. It’s a lighthearted element that’s very welcome in an business that usually takes itself manner too significantly.
You possibly can select between a blue or inexperienced dial with colourful stripes, and each include an identical alligator strap. Inside ticks the automated H1837 motion, the identical caliber as within the Arceau Le Temps Suspendu. The Hermès Arceau Rocabar de Rire in rose gold with a inexperienced dial prices €163,000, and the white gold model with a blue dial prices €168,000. Hermès will solely make 12 items of this watch, making it fairly unique certainly.
Remaining ideas
The Le Temps Suspendu complication isn’t new, however its reintroduction comes at an ideal second. In fragile and unsure instances like these, it’s good to see that Hermès nonetheless tries to make us smile. The identical goes for the Rocabar de Rire, which, ultimately, doesn’t make lots of sense however actually can put a smile in your face. Many individuals had been speaking about it at Watches and Wonders. The hand-made dial additionally completely exhibits what the artists at Hermès are able to. So, if this watch doesn’t make you smile, it’s going to make your jaw drop in awe of its craftsmanship.
I additionally like that the larger 39mm measurement of the Reduce makes it really feel like a extra grown-up watch. I can’t wait to see what else Hermès has up its sleeve with this sporty but elegant new addition to its assortment.
Let me know within the feedback beneath what you consider Hermès’s novelties from Watches and Wonders 2025.
