Louis Erard releases yet another ground breaking triptych with Alain Silberstein. This time an exclusive set of three watch set with La Semaine Louis, Le Régulateur and a Tourbillon Régulateur.
Press Release information with commentary in italics.
New: Louis Erard x Alain Silberstein Triptych with tourbillon
This novelty release comprise of the following:
- La Semaine Louis Erard x Alain Silberstein Khaki réf. 75357TT06.BTT89: SGD 6,270 with GST / CHF 4,000 before tax. Limited Edition of 178 pieces.
- Le Régulateur Louis Erard x Alain Silberstein Khaki réf. 85358TT06.BTT89: SGD 6,270 with GST / CHF 4,000 before tax. Limited Edition of 178 pieces
- Le Régulateur Tourbillon Louis Erard x Alain Silberstein Khaki réf. 89356TT06.BTT89: only available in the 78 piece limited edition box which includes both the former pieces. SGD 33,333 with GST / CHF 22,222 before tax.
Commentary
Manuel Emch first showed us this special box set some weeks ago when he was in town for a visit. But we were not able to say anything till the embargo lifted a while ago. This is a very interesting box set which includes what is Louis Erard’s very first tourbillon in yet another collaboration with Alain Silberstein. Interestingly, when the brand was refreshed by Manuel in 2019, the collaboration was also with Alain.
The other two pieces in the collection – the La Semaine and Le Régulateur were part of the earlier Louis Erard x Alain Silberstein Triptych collection. They are now executed in a new colour scheme which is standard across all three references released today. But now the chronograph of the first triptych is replaced by a new tourbillon with a regulator dial.
Interestingly, the tourbillon is constructed by none other than Olivier Mory of BCP Tourbillons, who has been responsible for the spate of reasonably priced Swiss made tourbillons, including the Yema Yachingraph Tourbillon Mareographe as well as the Ba111od Chapter 4 series.
And as is befitting of the Louis Erard name, the set is released at a rather modest price of only SGD 33,333.
Release information
Louis Erard has once again called on the watchmaking artist Alain Silberstein, and has reached a new summit: the tourbillon. Not just any tourbillon. A tourbillon coupled with a regulator display. An exclusive tourbillon (78 pieces, in a triptych, with La Semaine Louis Erard x Alain Silberstein and Le Régulateur Louis Erard x Alain Silberstein). An affordable tourbillon. A contemporary tourbillon: khaki-coloured, sporty, chic, contemporary.
It was already written. It was meant to be. But we still cannot get over it. This new edition, Louis Erard X Alain Silberstein, is no longer just the result of a meeting, a moment of friendship or a flash of creativity. It is a manifest work. The story of Louis Erard, the story of Alain Silberstein and the story of their collaboration, which has already seen three episodes (the first edition in 2021, followed by a first triptych with a day/date, a regulator and a monopusher chronograph, and then a diptych with a day/date hand and a regulator), and of which this is the epitome.
Let’s take a closer look. The Louis Erard x Alain Silberstein Khaki Triptych is a set of three watches. Two of them are available for purchase individually, in a limited edition of 178 pieces – a number that Louis Erard has embraced as a mantra, meaning that together we are stronger – 78 of which are reserved for the triptych set: La Semaine Louis Erard x Alain Silberstein Khaki; Le Régulateur Louis Erard x Alain Silberstein Khaki. The third is an edition that is even more special and unique in many ways: Le Régulateur Tourbillon Louis Erard x Alain Silberstein Khaki, available only in a triptych box, limited to 78 pieces.
That’s right: a tourbillon. The pinnacle of fine mechanical watchmaking, invented by Breguet’s father, the summit of watchmaking, according to Alain Silberstein, the inaugural gesture for Louis Erard. Breguet had developed the tourbillon to defy the laws of terrestrial gravitation (the watch’s regulating mechanism is housed in a cage that rotates around itself and distributes the oscillations of the balance wheel over 360 degrees); Louis Erard and Alain Silberstein put it into orbit.
Moving forward. This is the first time that Louis Erard has presented a tourbillon, and it is perfectly in line with the positioning of the brand from the Franches-Montagnes region, which aims to make the inaccessible accessible. The gesture does not stop there, as the Tourbillon is paired with a Regulator, symbolising the chronometric science that Louis Erard has made its own signature.
For Alain Silberstein, the tourbillon has another meaning. In his lexicon as a watch architect, there are several types of time: social time, hours and minutes (the second is mainly there to show that the watch is working); cultural time, calendars; personal time, symbolised by his famous smileys (a particular expression for each day of the week). For him, the tourbillon symbolises a different kind of time: ” The time that never stops “. Throughout his career, Alain Silberstein has often used the tourbillon, notably since the mid-1990s in classic configurations, like the 6 o’clock tourbillon on an open dial, very similar to the one we present here.
Yet another element must be added: the manufacturer of the tourbillon, Olivier Mory, BCP Tourbillons, in La Chaux-de-Fonds. Olivier Mory is a behind-the-scenes personality who trained in mass production watchmaking before becoming interested in fine watchmaking. He has built a bridge between the two worlds, making the inaccessible accessible.
Let’s face it: The Louis Erard x Alain Silberstein Khaki Triptych (of which the tourbillon is a part) retails for 22,222 francs, a fraction of what tourbillon watches normally cost on the market.
But what good would the story be without some style? This new trilogy says it all. It comes in khaki, khaki on the dials, khaki on the straps. The underlying message is summed up in two words: modern watchmaking. For the designers – Alain Silberstein and Manuel Emch, Artistic Director and CEO of Louis Erard watches – khaki is simply THE colour of the moment, the one that “most strongly embodies the spirit of Louis Erard”.
Once again, Louis Erard’s motto comes true: Together we’re always stronger.
More collaborations will follow.
Specifications
La Semaine Louis Erard x Alain Silberstein Khaki réf. 75357TT06.BTT89
Movement Automatic, Sellita SW220-1 calibre, day/date at 6 o’clock, 11½’’’, Ø25.60 mm, height: 5.05 mm, 26 jewels, 28,800 VpH (4Hz), élaboré grade movement, meticulously decorated, special openworked oscillating weight with black lacquered Louis Erard symbol, approx. 38 hours of power reserve
Functions HMS, mood of the day/date, 3 central hands
Case Microblasted grade 2 titanium & polished grade 5 titanium, Ø40 mm, lug width: 22 mm, lug to lug: 47 mm, thickness: 11.80 mm, 2 pieces, sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment on both sides, movement visible through the transparent caseback, water resistant up to a pressure of 10 bars (100 m/330 ft), Alain Silberstein red lacquered signature crown with Louis Erard symbol, caseback engraved with “Louis Erard x Alain Silberstein 1 of 178”
Dial Matt khaki, while transfers, signature Alain Silberstein day disc (“smiledays”) and date at 6 o’clock, flange featuring blue and red indexes
Hands Alain Silberstein signature hands: red lacquered hour hand, white lacquered minute hand and yellow lacquered second hand
Strap Khaki nylon and microblasted grade 2 titanium, hook-and-loop fastener system for quick adjustment, functional catch spring bars allowing the strap to be changed quickly
Dimensions: 22.70 mm width, 225 mm length, suitable for a wrist circumference of 140 to 200 mm
Le Régulateur Louis Erard x Alain Silberstein Khaki réf. 85358TT06.BTT89
Movement Automatic regulator, Sellita SW266-1 calibre, 11½’’’, Ø25.60 mm, height: 5.60 mm, 31 jewels, 28,800 VpH (4Hz), élaboré grade movement, meticulously decorated, special openworked oscillating weight with black lacquered Louis Erard symbol, approx. 38 hours of power reserve
Functions HMS, Hour hand in a counter at 12 o’clock, central minute hand, seconds hand in a counter at 6 o’clock
Case Microblasted grade 2 titanium & polished grade 5 titanium, Ø40 mm, lug width: 22 mm, lug to lug: 47 mm, thickness: 11.80 mm, 2 pieces, sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment on both sides, movement visible through the transparent caseback, water resistant up to a pressure of 10 bars (100 m/330 ft), Alain Silberstein red lacquered signature crown with Louis Erard symbol, caseback engraved with “Louis Erard x Alain Silberstein 1 of 178”
Dial Matt khaki with white transfers, black counter at 12 o’clock, white and red transfers, black flange featuring white and red indexes
Hands Alain Silberstein signature hands: red lacquered hour hand, white lacquered minute hand and yellow lacquered second hand
Strap Khaki nylon and microblasted grade 2 titanium, hook-and-loop fastener system for quick adjustment, functional catch spring bars allowing the strap to be changed quickly
Dimensions: 22.70 mm width, 225 mm length, suitable for a wrist circumference of 140 to 200 mm
Le Régulateur Tourbillon Louis Erard x Alain Silberstein Khaki réf. 89356TT06.BTT89
Only available in the special 78-piece limited edition box.
Movement Tourbillon régulateur mechanical hand-wound, BCP T02 calibre, Ø31.80 mm, height: 6.50 mm, 19 jewels, 21,600 VpH (3Hz), circular decoration on the movement, approx. 100 hours of power reserve, tourbillon cage makes a complete rotation every 60 seconds
Functions Tourbillon HMS, Hour hand in a counter at 12 o’clock, central minute hand, seconds hand in a counter at 6 o’clock
Case Microblasted grade 2 titanium & polished grade 5 titanium, Ø40 mm, lug width: 22 mm, lug to lug: 47 mm, thickness: 11.80mm, 2 pieces, sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment on both sides, movement visible through the transparent caseback, water resistant up to a pressure of 10 bars (100 m/330 ft), Alain Silberstein red lacquered signature crown with Louis Erard symbol, caseback engraved with “Louis Erard x AS 1 of 78”
Dial Matt khaki with white transfers, black counter at 12 o’clock, white and red transfers, cut out at 6 o’clock to see the tourbillon, black flange featuring white and red indexes
Hands Alain Silberstein signature hands: red lacquered hour hand, white lacquered minute hand and yellow lacquered second hand
Strap Khaki nylon and microblasted grade 2 titanium, hook-and-loop fastener system for quick adjustment, functional catch spring bars allowing the strap to be changed quickly
Dimensions: 22.70 mm width, 225 mm length, suitable for a wrist circumference of 140 to 200 mm
Le Triptyque Louis Erard x Alain Silberstein Khaki réf. 33333TT06 (spécial box)
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