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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

Co-Axial

The Co-Axial is a mechanism used in Omega watches. It is an innovative gear system characterized by non-parallel axes that connect the main gear train with the escapement wheel. These axes are precisely adjusted to reduce friction and wear resulting from the continuous movement of the watch, thereby improving timekeeping accuracy and increasing the lifespan of the movement. This mechanism was developed by the british inventor George Daniels.