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Louis Erard x Wire Art Fil d’Or

Ref. 34248AA52.BVA158 · Limited to 99 pieces

BHD 2,420.000
Includes 10% VAT · BHD 2,200 before VAT
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Why we chose it

A note from the PRJKT8 team

We chose it because Louis Erard calls it a new artistic craft, and you can see why with your own eyes rather than take it on trust. Tilt it and the gold cubes shift in the light. Yet it is still a 39 mm steel watch you can wear every day.
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The watch

Look closely at the Fil d’Or: the dial isn’t printed at all. The cubes, the chapter ring and the hour markers are real gold, wired on.

Sylvie Villa and Mark Miehlbradt of Wire Art Switzerland are engineers by training, and their bonding machines were built for microchips. On a black lacquer base they lay 2,320 threads of 24K gold, each 25 microns thick, one at a time, and fix them with 3,660 solder points, a technique they have patented.

The case is 39 mm of polished steel, with the automatic Sellita SW261-1 and around 38 hours of power reserve behind a sapphire back engraved with its number. Limited to 99 pieces.

A beige grained calf strap leaves the gold to do the talking.

Specifications

Reference: 34248AA52.BVA158
Functions: Hours, minutes, seconds
Limited edition: 99 pieces worldwide

MOVEMENT
Calibre: Sellita SW261-1
Winding: Automatic
Power reserve: Approx. 38 hours
Frequency: 4 Hz / 28,800 vph
Jewels: 31
Dimensions: 25.6 mm (11½’’’), height 5.6 mm
Finishing: Elaborated grade
Rotor: Openworked black lacquered rotor

CASE
Material: Polished stainless steel
Diameter: 39 mm
Thickness: 12.82 mm
Lug-to-lug: 45.9 mm
Lug width: 20 mm
Crystal: Domed sapphire with anti-reflective coating on both sides
Caseback: Sapphire crystal, engraved “WIRE ART EDITION 1 of 99”
Crown: Signature fir tree crown
Water resistance: 5 bar (50 m / 165 ft)

DIAL
Material: Black lacquer base
Design: 2,320 24K gold threads and 3,660 solder points forming the cube motif
Technique: Patented micro-bonding, each thread placed one by one (25 microns thick)
Indexes: Hour markers and chapter ring in 24K gold solder points

HANDS
Shape: Sword-shaped
Material: Rhodium-plated
Finishing: Satin-brushed with diamond-polished angles

STRAP
Material: Beige grained calf leather with tone-on-tone stitching, black calf leather lining
Buckle: Polished stainless steel pin buckle
Quick-release: Quick-release spring bars
Dimensions: 20/18 mm width, 80/115 mm length

Colours can look slightly different on screen.

Louis Erard × Konstantin Chaykin Unfrogettable Turquoise
About the maker

Louis Erard

Louis Erard makes Swiss mechanical watches in Le Noirmont, known for its regulator dials and small series drawn with designers such as Alain Silberstein and Konstantin Chaykin.
All Louis Erard watches
Description

Look closely at the Fil d’Or: the dial isn’t printed at all. The cubes, the chapter ring and the hour markers are real gold, wired on.

Sylvie Villa and Mark Miehlbradt of Wire Art Switzerland are engineers by training, and their bonding machines were built for microchips. On a black lacquer base they lay 2,320 threads of 24K gold, each 25 microns thick, one at a time, and fix them with 3,660 solder points, a technique they have patented.

The case is 39 mm of polished steel, with the automatic Sellita SW261-1 and around 38 hours of power reserve behind a sapphire back engraved with its number. Limited to 99 pieces.

A beige grained calf strap leaves the gold to do the talking.

Specifications

Reference: 34248AA52.BVA158
Functions: Hours, minutes, seconds
Limited edition: 99 pieces worldwide

MOVEMENT
Calibre: Sellita SW261-1
Winding: Automatic
Power reserve: Approx. 38 hours
Frequency: 4 Hz / 28,800 vph
Jewels: 31
Dimensions: 25.6 mm (11½’’’), height 5.6 mm
Finishing: Elaborated grade
Rotor: Openworked black lacquered rotor

CASE
Material: Polished stainless steel
Diameter: 39 mm
Thickness: 12.82 mm
Lug-to-lug: 45.9 mm
Lug width: 20 mm
Crystal: Domed sapphire with anti-reflective coating on both sides
Caseback: Sapphire crystal, engraved “WIRE ART EDITION 1 of 99”
Crown: Signature fir tree crown
Water resistance: 5 bar (50 m / 165 ft)

DIAL
Material: Black lacquer base
Design: 2,320 24K gold threads and 3,660 solder points forming the cube motif
Technique: Patented micro-bonding, each thread placed one by one (25 microns thick)
Indexes: Hour markers and chapter ring in 24K gold solder points

HANDS
Shape: Sword-shaped
Material: Rhodium-plated
Finishing: Satin-brushed with diamond-polished angles

STRAP
Material: Beige grained calf leather with tone-on-tone stitching, black calf leather lining
Buckle: Polished stainless steel pin buckle
Quick-release: Quick-release spring bars
Dimensions: 20/18 mm width, 80/115 mm length

Colours can look slightly different on screen.

About Louis Erard
Louis Erard × Konstantin Chaykin Unfrogettable Turquoise
About the maker

Louis Erard

Louis Erard makes Swiss mechanical watches in Le Noirmont, known for its regulator dials and small series drawn with designers such as Alain Silberstein and Konstantin Chaykin.
All Louis Erard watches
Delivery & payment
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x Wire Art Fil d’OrBHD 2,420.000