Slim d’Hermès Promenade de Longchamp

Hermès ventures into uncharted watchmaking territory, as time pursues its circular dance on a camel bone dial staging Persian miniature paintings. This age-old oriental technique is all about subtle alchemy. Firstly, between the bone powder and a mysterious resin forming the dial base. A porous surface that absorbs the colours, entirely made from natural pigments: saffron, walnut, henna, pomegranate, lapis lazuli, turquoise, gold leaf and silver leaf. Then comes the turn of two motifs, each inspired by a silk scarf: Dans un Jardin anglais by Alice Shirley; and Promenade de Longchamp by Philippe Ledoux. Gum Arabic (acacia gum) is used to mix the designs in place, before protecting these Persian miniatures with a discreet layer of varnish.