Born in 2015, the Slim d’Hermès collection embodies simplicity imbued with rigorous discipline and aesthetic balance. At once classic and modern, it devotes considerable attention to details: the slender curves of the case middle, the right-angled curves and the original numeral font designed by Philippe Apeloig.
Made from palladium, a rare and light platinum-group metal, the Slim d'Hermès GMT becomes the ideal companion for today’s globetrotter. Its ultra-thin 9.48 mm thick case reveals its pure display beneath an enigmatic smoked crystal veil. The broad slate grey dial with its distinctive font – slim numerals with spaces between them – is adorned with subtle finishing that accentuates its intensity. A sunburst chapter ring, guilloché centre and date counter, along with a silver-toned GMT counter studded with numerals punctuate this perfectly legible Manufacture dial swept over by slender sandblasted or blue lacquered baton-type hands.
At the heart of this journey, this new watch beats to the rhythm of the ultra-thin Manufacture Hermès H1950 movement measuring just 2.6 mm thick, combined with the 1.4 mm of the ultra-thin GMT module exclusively developed by Agenhor for Hermès. In addition to the hours, minutes and date function, this mechanical self-winding composition equipped with a microrotor drives a dual-time reading complete with two day/night indicators for home time and travel time. The time in a given destination is simply and playfully adjusted via a dedicated pushbutton. The movement bridges, handchamfered and adorned with the ‘sprinkling of Hs’ motif, along with those of the module featuring Côtes de Genève and circular-graining, can be admired through the sapphire crystal case-back. A matt graphite alligator strap, crafted in the Hermès leather workshops, binds this reliable travel companion firmly to the wrist.
