First Look The New Louis Erard La Petite Seconde Metropolis in Collaboration with The Horophile (Live Pictures)

Since 1929, Louis Erard has been enchanting watch enthusiasts with its artistic flair in watchmaking. Each release from this brand brings a unique theme, making every piece truly one-of-a-kind. Louis Erard is especially known for its stunning regulator complications, beautifully executed in collaborations like the Louis Erard x Cédric Johner, Louis Erard x Alain Silberstein Smile-Day, and the Le Régulateur Grand Feu Enamel.

Today, the brand steps back from its usual complexity, opting for a more straightforward yet elegant approach to timekeeping, and introduces the fourth rendition of the ‘La Petite Seconde Metropolis’ in collaboration with The Horophile. This edition features a stunning green dial that merges 1920s aesthetics with modern design. For those who don’t know, Horophile's journey began in 2013, founded by a young Saudi man, Amr Sindi, a blogger who focuses on the independent watchmaking category. He highlights lesser-known brands and often reintroduces different releases. As an outspoken voice in the watch community, Amr also serves as an advisor to watchmakers.

We covered another dress watch with an elegant salmon dial last year when Louis Erard collaborated with the Emirati brand Vyntage Horology. The new watch maintains the same design we saw in the previous salmon dial release, featuring a 39mm x 12.82mm polished stainless steel case with a smooth bezel and long, straight lugs with a pronounced downward curve. The “LE” signature crown is the only place where the brand logo appears. The dial is protected by a domed sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment, and you can view the movement through the transparent caseback.

The green dial is the highlight of the watch, featuring a beautiful snailed pattern with printed Arabic numerals on a satin-finished chapter ring. The dial also showcases a classic small seconds sub-dial at 6 o'clock, a feature you would probably have guessed from the watch’s name "La Petite Seconde," which means "the small second" in French.

In the heart of the watch beats the Sellita SW 261-1, an automatic movement with a stop-seconds function, that operates at 28,800 vph (4Hz) and offers 38 hours of power reserve. The watch comes with a light brown calfskin leather strap with a steel pin buckle, and is priced at CHF 2,300, which is equivalent to AED 9,900.

For more information please visit Louis Erard’s official website.