Sitting on top is the third layer, held within a metal frame. Rendered in rich, cobalt blue, the deep-lacquered hue is intensified through additional fluting that aligns with the layer below, creating an expressive sense of motion. Here, the minutes index is presented in crisp white, combining sans-serif numerals with hash marks for a moment of legible clarity. Compositionally, this elevated dial acts as a center point, drawing focus like an iris.
As the only true hand on the dial, the minute hand is large and thoughtfully designed. A stylized arrow, it plays off of Louis Erard’s signature “fir tree” hands that speak to the Jura region in which the company is based. It’s fully polished and has 3-dimensionality from a crease down its center. Tapering down to a fine point, it indicates the minute at a glance.
Partially obscured beneath the minutes dial, the hour and minute disks rotate, seemingly floating without attachment. An engineering challenge, the discs are composed of fully skeletonized material, leaving only numerals, a few hash marks, and what is needed to maintain structural integrity. As though they are typography that has come to life, their motion seems magical. Time is read via pointed extrusions coming off the frame of the minute dial above, combining ornament and function.
Worn & Wound
2025-12-03 17:00:00