Louis Erard continues to enliven métiers d’art with a contemporary perspective and a desire to make the most exclusive craftsmanship accessible, this time with the extreme practice of miniature marquetry featured on the dial in the Excellence Marqueterie
Louis Erard unveils a timepiece with miniature marquetry on the dial. Each dial is handmade, piece by piece, by Sainte-Croix-based independent artisan Bastien Chevalier. The dial incorporates more than 70 elements. The series is made up of 99 pieces. Once cut, the tiny pieces are meticulously sorted and deposited with the tip of a scalpel under a binocular microscope, then fixed on the first mount. The assembly is then glued on the appropriate side. The watch features a modern case with precise shapes in polished steel, 42 mm, with domed sapphire crystal, water-resistant to 50 metres and bears the signature fir tree crown. The blue grained calf leather strap features tone-on-tone attachment points, Louis Erard blue lining and a pin buckle. The movement is an automatic Sellita SW261-1 with hour and minute function, visible from the open caseback.
