Le Régulateur Louis Erard x seconde/seconde/

Once again, Louis Erard puts his iconic Régulateur to the test with a new collaboration. After Alain Silberstein, Vianney Halter and atelier oi it is the turn of seconde / seconde / alias Romaric André.

For those who still don’t know it, seconde/seconde/ has made watch hands his playground and trademark, combining diversion, iconoclasm and a mix of styles. Clash of contrasts between deliberately ludicrous patterns and scrupulous execution at a fine watchmaking standard. The creator shamelessly draws from contemporary culture, the internet, the streets and video games. He extracts pop symbols, which he sets on dials like little bombs, exploding the meaning of every watch he lays his hands on. 

His interventions shock, shake up and challenge. They’ll never leave you indifferent, because every intervention has a meaning behind it. Funny, clever and mischievous, his designs command attention and serve as a reminder that watches are not only functional. They must still tell the time, of course, and in the most beautiful way possible — Louis Erard is on-hand to make sure of that — but watches are also a marker of identity, an object that looks at us. 

And Louis Erard has the courage to say so: human beings wouldn’t be complete without a good dose of humour and self-mockery. From Louis Erard to Louis Error. Le Régulateur, le régule à tort (wrongly regulates). Quelle erreur est-il? (What error is it?). Find the Error. 404 Error: just like faulty addressing in computing, there’s an error in the fitting — this hour does not exist. 404 Error: except that this hand returns to cross the dial with a blue line each time the minute strikes quarter to the hour. One small change, one big difference. 

Otherwise, the watch has not changed: 42 mm steel case, gray opaline dial with double counter for hours and seconds, blued hands and automatic Sellita SW266-1 movement with 38 hours of power reserve visible through the visible caseback.

Like all L.E. by Louis Erard also the new Le Régulateur x seconde / seconde / is available in a limited edition of 178 pieces and available on the platform at the price of two thousand… and 404 Swiss francs, of course.