A play of forms and colours traces the garment’s architecture, unveiled through artisan techniques and punctuated by the presence of a tourbillon. Hermès conceives objects that are shaped by skilled hands to become faithful companions for those who wear them. Practical and functional, born of uncompromising expertise, they emanate an unexpected lightness. They turn everyday life into a playground and make each moment singular.

To Hermès, time itself is an object whose tension the house translates into a distinctive trait. Rather than measuring, ordering, and seeking to dominate time, Hermès chooses to inhabit an alternative temporality that awakens emotion, opens interludes, and leaves room for spontaneity and recreation.

Each craftsman brings a specific tool: the illustrator’s felt-tip pens, the engraver’s burin, the painter’s brushes, the watchmaker’s screwdrivers. Precisely applied at every stage, these exceptional skills converge to give life to the Slim d’Hermès Neo Brandebourgs creation. Faithful to the purity of its lines, this 24-piece limited edition in a 39.5 mm platinum case presents a dial decorated with the silhouette of a military jacket reimagined by Japanese designer Daisuke Nomura.

That garment, first imagined in 1972 by Caty Latham for a silk scarf, drew on a book of 19th-century uniforms from the Émile Hermès collection. Renamed Neo Brandebourgs, the motif now embodies a futuristic vision of a vividly coloured jacket conceived as “the armour of tomorrow’s horseman.”

For the first time in this line, a tourbillon performs at 7 o’clock, sheltered by a cage bearing the Lift motif: two intertwined Hs taken from the lift of the store at 24 Faubourg Saint-Honoré in Paris, a symbol of the union between Julie Hollande and Émile Hermès. The regulator’s inclusion preserves the case’s clean silhouettes while allowing the watch to remain resolutely slim.

At its heart beats Hermès Calibre H1950T, an ultra-thin self-winding movement with a 48-hour power reserve whose complex mechanics are visible through the sapphire crystal case-back. Completed in the Hermès workshops, an alligator strap finishes the Slim d’Hermès Neo Brandebourgs.

Two artistic crafts translated the illustration onto the dial. Engraving hollows the metal to trace the ceremonial costume’s outlines and progressively reveal its details. Miniature painting then animates the composition, washing each element in a vivid palette applied by skilled hands.