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The Louis Erard x Alain Silberstein Smile-Day Blue & Tourbillon Régulateur Blue

Louis Erard has spent recent years defining a very specific place for itself within contemporary Swiss watchmaking. Its strength lies in clarity of design and advanced mechanics. That balance has become central to Louis Erard’s identity.

That design awareness is especially visible in the brand’s collaborative work, where Louis Erard has shown a rare ability to absorb the language of an outside creative without losing its own. One of its most notable collaborations is with French designer Alain Silberstein, who has, over the years, developed a visual vocabulary that is instantly recognisable, one in which hands, markers, and displays become a composition of shapes as much as instruments of timekeeping.

Glossary

Analog/Digital (or anadigi)

An analog/digital (or anadigi) display is a type of display that combines elements of both analog and digital displays. This type of display typically features a traditional analog dial or pointer, but also includes a digital readout to display additional information.

Anadigi displays are commonly used in watches, where they can show both the time in analog form (with hands pointing to the hour and minute) and also display the time digitally (using a numerical readout). This allows for a quick and easy way to check the time at a glance, while still retaining the classic look of an analog watch.