a light touch
The Carre H, a Marc Berthier-designed timepiece, first debuted in 2010. Its square case and emphasis on instant legibility made it an easy favourite for adherents of cool design. Now, eight years later, Berthier enlarges the square and employs light as the means to illuminate the new Carre H (RM34,400). Polishing and microbead-blasted finishes on the 38mm-squared case, as well as right-angled guilloche work on the dial, add refractive surfaces for an animated, almost hypnotic lustre.
Ultimately, the refreshed design further accentuates the design’s purity, with square edges softened by light. The use of an exclusive font for the indices – including the novel use of zero – adds a wholly new character to an Hermes favourite which comes with dial choices of dark grey or black, paired with natural or black Barenia calfskin.
