To mark its 80th birthday, Swiss watch brand Louis Erard has launched a whole new generation of the Héritage collection. The slender and particularly feminine Ladies version now accompanies the Gents version to form a pair of elegant timepieces intended for lovers of fine watchmaking. These budget-friendly timepieces for men and women boast a blend of luxury and restrained understatement.
The Ladies and Gents Héritage collections compose poetry that creates an atmosphere of beauty around the seconds, minutes and hours represented by the hands dancing merrily around the dial. Graceful Roman numerals adorn the black, anthracite, blue or white dial, as well as the mother-of-pearl version with its gently shimmering effects.
A dainty date display appears above the VI on the Ladies model, while the Gents version features an original diversion with an aperture slightly off-set between 4 and 5 o’clock.
For the first time, Louis Erard is focusing exclusively on steel for both case and bracelet, guaranteeing peerless robustness, durability and flexibility. The contrast between brushed and brilliant-polished surfaces lends a fresh touch and endows the overall composition with considerable strength of character.
While the emphasis is placed on understated authenticity, Louis Erard’s love of high-precision mechanisms is revealed through an opening in the case-back that provides a fascinating glimpse of the movement’s intricate inner workings.
The sparkling hour-markers are surrounded by a bezel that may also be gem-set, enabling both Ladies and Gents Héritage watches to shine in the light of the most glowing brilliants.
This newly united pair of timepieces comes in a variety of interpretations: the dial colour, the size of the case (30mm or 40mm), the presence and the position of the diamonds can all be specifically chosen by those who fall in love with these watches.
Technical details
Model: Louis Erard Héritage 30mm, without diamonds
Movement
Automatic, ETA 2671
Functions
Hours, minutes, seconds and date
Case
Stainless steel
Diameter 30 mm
Anti-reflective sapphire crystal
8 mm see through case back
Water-resistant to 50m
Dial
Silvered, black, grey, blue, or white mother-of-pearl
Date window at 6 o’clock
Bracelet
Brushed and polished steel with steel folding clasp
Model: Louis Erard Héritage 40mm, without diamonds
Movement
Automatic, ETA 2824
Functions
Hours, minutes, seconds and date
Case
Stainless steel
Diameter 40 mm
Anti-reflective sapphire crystal
8 mm see through case back
Water-resistant to 50m
Dial
Silvered, black, grey, blue, or white mother-of-pearl
Date window at 4:30 o’clock
Bracelet
Brushed and polished steel with steel folding clasp
Model: Louis Erard Héritage 30mm, dial set
Movement
Automatic, ETA 2671
Functions
Hours, minutes, seconds and date
Case
Stainless steel
Diameter 30 mm
Anti-reflective sapphire crystal
8 mm see through case back
Water-resistant to 50m
Dial
Silvered, black, grey, blue, or white mother-of-pearl
8 full cut diamonds (0.05 ct) as hour-markers
Date window at 6 o’clock
Bracelet
Brushed and polished steel with steel folding clasp
Model: Louis Erard Héritage 30mm, case set
Movement
Automatic, ETA 2671
Functions
Hours, minutes, seconds and date
Case
Stainless steel
Diameter 30 mm
Bezel set with 64 Top Wesselton VS-SI diamonds (0.32 ct)
Anti-reflective sapphire crystal
8 mm see through case back
Water-resistant to 50m
Dial
Silvered, black, grey, blue, or white mother-of-pearl
Date window at 6 o’clock
Bracelet
Brushed and polished steel with steel folding clasp
Model: Louis Erard Héritage 40mm, case set
Movement
Automatic, ETA 2824
Functions
Hours, minutes, seconds and date
Case
Stainless steel
Diameter 40 mm
Bezel set with 64 Top Wesselton VS-SI diamonds (1 ct)
Anti-reflective sapphire crystal
8 mm see through case back
Water-resistant to 50m
Dial
Silvered, black, grey, blue, or white mother-of-pearl
Date window at 4:30 o’clock
Bracelet
Brushed and polished steel with steel folding clasp