Hermès Slim d’Hermès L’heure impatiente

Hermès time cultivates the “extravagant” idea of reconciling rigorous discipline with whimsical fancy. It takes a deft ability for handling paradoxes to imagine that the calling of a watch should be to kindle our emotions. Such is, however, the purpose of Slim d’Hermès L’heure impatiente, endowed with a complication that invites us to look forward to an upcoming moment. The jubilant ritual consists of setting the counter of the watch to the time of the eagerly awaited event that will take place in less than 12 hours. An hour before it occurs, the mechanical hourglass is set in motion at 6 o’clock on the dial. This complication is an exquisite torture that culminates when the single note rings out, its lasting, velvety-smooth sound delightfully modulated for the wearer’s ears only. The playful and quirky ‘Impatient Hour’ complication is based on this companionable rapport, in a module just 2.2 mm thick.