If the dial is the face of any watch, then its hands are its smile.
Isn't that the nickname of their position at 10:10 a.m.?
In reality, they are much more than that.
They bring time to life, to the nearest second, or even more precisely.
Whatever its body (the main part) stretching from the center of the dial, or its counterweight responsible for counterbalancing during the rotation, each hand has its own style.
Stick, leaves, harpoon and skeleton… It's a real aesthetic poetry.
A component of the visual identity
The apple models, designed in the 18th century by the mythical Abraham-Louis Breguet, are among the classics.
If the serpentines cultivate their elegance by undulating, we often find sober and pointed dauphine or swords on contemporary timepieces.
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A number of major watchmaking houses have also made the hand a component in itself of their visual identity.
The best known?
No doubt the so-called Mercedes needles of
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