“real happiness is being passionate about one’s work.”
“A watch is a search for harmony, just like a choir or philharmonic orchestra, where you rehearse until you find that certain something, the crystallisation. These watches are made to awake the inner child within all of us, and my work is only really finished when they make someone smile. Without carte blanche from Louis Erard, it would have been impossible to succeed in this goal.”
Alain Silberstein
La Semaine Louis Erard x Alain Silberstein
The triptych begins with a reference to the artist with the La SemaineLouis Erard x Alain Silberstein. With its three hands, date and day, this model features the exquisite weekly calendar developed by Alain Silberstein, easily recognisableas his work: the days do not have names, but rather playful smileys –small, stylisedfaces symbolisingdifferent moods and reminding us that time is a flow, an experience, an emotion evolving through the days. From grey Monday to radiant Sunday (or vice versa), depending on the mood of the wearer! And as there are no written days of the week, it can be interpreted in any calendar with a seven-day week. Afterall, the joy of weekends is universal.
ref. 75357TT02.BTT88
Movement Automatic, ETA 2836-2 calibre, day/date at 6 o’clock, 11½’’’, Ø25.60 mm, height: 5.05 mm, 25 jewels, 28.800 VpH (4Hz), standard grade movement, meticulously decorated, special openworked oscillating weight with 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: 11.60 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 “Louis Erard x Alain Silberstein 1 of 178”
Dial Matte black, white transfers, Alain Silberstein signature days disc (“smiledays”) and date at 6 o’clock, flange featuring yellow and red indexes
Hands Alain Silberstein signature hands: red lacquered hour hand, blue lacquered minute hand and yellow lacquered second hand
Strap Black 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
