Credits: Article and images by Celine Yap @ Revolution Watch Magazine. See the original article here - https://revolutionwatch.com/hermes-cut-watches-wonders-geneva/
Despite its pared down aesthetics and time-only function — at least for the moment — the Hermès Cut is not simplistic in the least. Rather, it is quite the opposite. Practically devoid of bells and whistles, it is a tasteful, minimalist timepiece offering sophistication in volumes. Naturally it is jointly crafted by the practiced hands of Hermès Horloger in Switzerland and the razor-sharp stylistic direction of Hermès Paris, and it heralds a new vision of feminine watch design by the maison for modern, stylish, accomplished women. At first it feels familiar, as if you’ve seen it before somewhere, but then you gradually notice things you didn’t notice earlier, and then you gradually come to notice things you’ve never even seen before. Such is the profundity of the design of the Hermès Cut that shows us just how far Hermès has come as a true watchmaking maison.
Consider the most obvious aspect of the watch: the case. The Hermès Cut is inspired by simple shapes and essential lines, which is pretty much the basic premise for the majority of what the maison creates, and pretty much the foundation of good design in general. What had been proof positive of the design ingenuity of Hermès Horloger, however, is in the way it interpreted those simple shapes and essential lines. In Hermès Cut you see a delicate juxtaposition of sharp-edged profile with clean soft curves. Intriguingly, it presents two ways to perceive one shape. A round in a circle. This is how the maison describes the case of the Hermès Cut and while it might sound suspiciously tautological let us assure you that it makes complete sense. Where the dial is expressed as a perfect circle, the case on the other hand is not quite as perfectly round, just somewhat round, but just as alluring.
Credits: Article and images by Celine Yap @ Revolution Watch Magazine. See the original article here - https://revolutionwatch.com/hermes-cut-watches-wonders-geneva/