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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

Disc

A disc is a flat and thin component used in a watch mechanism to display the time or additional functions such as a calendar, moon phase, and other complications. It carries the indicators that are sequentially displayed through an aperture on the watch dial.


The disc is mounted on the central shaft of the watch and is connected to a precise mechanism of the watch movement, allowing it to rotate consistently with the advancement or change of functions. The watch disc is considered an important part of the watch design and contributes to the accurate and easy reading of the complications.