Hermès Paris
Hermès Paris
Faubourg Saint-Honoré 24
75008 Paris
France
Phone : +33 1 40 17 47 17
Fax : +33 1 40 17 47 09
75008 Paris
France
Phone : +33 1 40 17 47 17
Fax : +33 1 40 17 47 09
Email : service@hermes.com
Web : http://www.hermes.com
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Founded in Paris in 1837, the House of Hermès built its reputation for excellence on its skill in making horse saddles. In the early 20th century, it further developed this know-how acquired in the field of leather craftsmanship, notably by producing belts, clothes and bags. The Hermès watchmaking tradition dates back to the 1920s, when its saddle-making talent was first exercised on watch straps. In 1928, the first Hermès watches were presented in the company store at 24, Faubourg Saint-Honoré. At the time, Hermès placed its signature on “timepieces” created in cooperation with the greatest names in the Swiss watch industry – such as Jaeger-LeCoultre, Universal, Vacheron Constantin and Audemars Piguet – before founding in 1978 the Ateliers de La Montre Hermès in Biel, Switzerland.
By setting up its workshops at the geographical heart of Swiss watchmaking territory, La Montre Hermès was proclaiming its taste for high standards and its passion for precision. It has thus been combining inventiveness and know-how for over 80 years through an approach firmly grounded on creative craftsmanship.
From 2003 onwards, La Montre Hermès entrusted the production of its haute horlogerie mechanical models to Vaucher Manufacture Fleurier, in which it current holds a 25% stake and with which it shares a passion for hand-crafted fine workmanship. Heir to over two centuries of expertise, this great name in the watch business is indeed one of the rare full-fledged manufactures to master the full range of horological professions. This association enables La Montre Hermès to adopt a traditional small-scale approach to complications meeting the standards of craftsmanship and quality cherished by the House.
In 2006, the Swiss watchmaking workshops welcomed the Hermès leather strap-making workshop. Just like bags and saddles, watch straps are made in harmony with stringent demands and according to a lengthy series of delicate operations performed on the finest hides. Whether precious and exotic or more traditional, these various types of leather come in a broad range of colours.
Hermès “saddle-stitched” leather straps express the House expertise and mastery in leather-making, and thereby bring under one roof the two main fields of know-how cultivated by La Montre Hermès: leather craftsmanship and fine watchmaking.
By setting up its workshops at the geographical heart of Swiss watchmaking territory, La Montre Hermès was proclaiming its taste for high standards and its passion for precision. It has thus been combining inventiveness and know-how for over 80 years through an approach firmly grounded on creative craftsmanship.
From 2003 onwards, La Montre Hermès entrusted the production of its haute horlogerie mechanical models to Vaucher Manufacture Fleurier, in which it current holds a 25% stake and with which it shares a passion for hand-crafted fine workmanship. Heir to over two centuries of expertise, this great name in the watch business is indeed one of the rare full-fledged manufactures to master the full range of horological professions. This association enables La Montre Hermès to adopt a traditional small-scale approach to complications meeting the standards of craftsmanship and quality cherished by the House.
In 2006, the Swiss watchmaking workshops welcomed the Hermès leather strap-making workshop. Just like bags and saddles, watch straps are made in harmony with stringent demands and according to a lengthy series of delicate operations performed on the finest hides. Whether precious and exotic or more traditional, these various types of leather come in a broad range of colours.
Hermès “saddle-stitched” leather straps express the House expertise and mastery in leather-making, and thereby bring under one roof the two main fields of know-how cultivated by La Montre Hermès: leather craftsmanship and fine watchmaking.
