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Louis Erard x Horophile La Petite Seconde Metropolis Green
Like all LOUIS ERARD collaborations, the Petite Seconde Metropolis is first and foremost a human adventure, born from a close bond between Amr Sindi and his online watch-loving alias The Horophile, who has championed independent and niche watchmaking for years, and Manuel Emch, the brand’s CEO and creative visionary. More than just a meeting of minds, La Petite Seconde Metropolis is a tale of two seemingly disparate worlds seemlessly coming together. It is the result of sharing cultures, views, desires and passions with an open mind, stemming from a friendship between the two parties that has been nurtured for over 16 years. Indeed, we are stronger together.
This Metropolis watch is based on the LOUIS ERARD Petite Seconde, a contemporary classic coming in a compact 39 mm steel case, with its "LE" signature crown – the only place where the brand logo appears. Everything else is new, built like a journey between two times, between two centuries, between the Roaring 20s and our own 20s. The result is the invention of a new style: neo-deco, a concatenation of Art deco and the contemporary spirit.