Palms-On With Three New Vibrant Louis Erard Excellence Petite Seconde 39mm

Proving {that a} small model can have massive goals and nonetheless keep accessible costs, Louis Erard is having fun with its time within the limelight. One of many model’s flagship fashions is the Excellence Petite Seconde, a small seconds costume watch sharing house with Le Régulateur within the Excellence assortment. With its time-only canvas and basic small seconds format, the Excellence Petite Seconde has been the recipient of varied dial colors, supplies and stones previously and now embraces even bolder, extra eye-catching colors. Who stated costume watches had been boring?

The Excellence Petite Seconde

The Petite Seconde joined the Louis Erard Excellence assortment as half of a trilogy of watches launched in 2020 with a basic silver dial and a 42mm case measurement. Probably the most simple mannequin within the Excellence household, the uncluttered dial of the Petite Seconde has proved a perfect candidate for the model’s foray into conventional enamel dials, showing in a 42mm and a 39mm mannequin with Grand Feu enamel dials. No stranger to color, the Petite Seconde has additionally been offered with a heat terracotta dial and alluring stone dials.

As a model that enjoys producing trilogies, the newest threesome of Petite Seconde watches strolls in with enticing Midnight Blue, Purple and Ice Blue dials and matching straps. The case measurement for all three fashions is the extra compact 39mm diameter. Like nearly all Louis Erard watches – barring the titanium Alain Silberstein Le Triptyque and Le Dyptique collaboration watches – it’s manufactured from chrome steel. The basic spherical design and polished finishings all through the case hark again to yesteryear pocket watches, whereas the massive knurled crown is engraved with triangular shapes to evoke the fir and spruce timber of the area. Waterproof to 50mm, the caseback is clear, and a domed sapphire crystal protects the dial with anti-reflective remedy on either side.

Engaging colors

Honest sufficient, Midnight Blue may not be essentially the most novel color within the trilogy, however it’s a basic and, for a lot of, the proper background color for a day by day costume watch. The Purple and Ice Blue dials are way more thrilling and, given the 39mm case measurement, are designed to catch the attention of each sexes.

The dials are handled to totally different finishings to delineate the totally different features. The extensive chapter ring, for instance, has a circular-brushed ending, whereas the recessed and framed small seconds counter at 6 o’clock shows vivid, diamond-cut snailing. The centre of the dial and the peripheral minutes monitor are matte.

For distinction, the slim tapering indices and Arabic numerals utilized to the Midnight Blue and Purple dials are shiny silver, matching the fir-tree fashion fingers. Nevertheless, the Ice Blue mannequin makes use of a darker shade of blue for the indices, numerals and fingers.

Matching straps

As we talked about, the Petite Seconde fashions include matching-coloured grained calfskin straps. Revealing the care that has gone into the design, the straps have a blue grained calfskin lining and tone-on-tone stitching close to the lugs – besides within the case of the Ice Blue mannequin, which makes use of a darker shade of blue for the stitches. One other welcome element is the presence of quick-release spring bars that help you change the strap in a jiffy.

Computerized Sellita Motion

Beneath the sapphire caseback is the automated elaboré grade Sellita SW261-1 with an openworked rotor and LE emblem. As an offspring of the tried-and-tested SW-200 household (Sellita’s model of the ETA-2824), the motion has a frequency of 28,800vph/4Hz, an influence reserve of 38 hours when absolutely wound and includes a stop-seconds mechanism. The ending is elaboré grade, and its rotor is openworked with the Louis Erard emblem.

Availability & Value

The 39mm Louis Erard Petite Seconde fashions shall be produced in sequence of 100 to 150 items a yr and retail for CHF 2,222. For extra data, please go to Louiserard.com.