Brand: Hermès Case Material: Stainless steel and gold-plated Case Shape: Round Dial: Cream with Arabic numerals and date Bracelet: Two-tone stainless steel and gold-plated H-link Movement: Quartz Gender: Women's Founded in Paris in 1837, Hermès extended its legendary craft from equestrian saddlery into horology, partnering with eminent Swiss manufacturers to produce timepieces of enduring elegance. This ladies' quartz watch pairs a round case in two-tone stainless steel and gold-plating with the maison's signature H-link bracelet, a sculptural motif that echoes the house's emblem. The cream dial, fitted with applied Arabic numerals and a date aperture, offers legibility wrapped in restraint. Quartz precision meets Parisian design, rendered in materials that harmonize polished steel with the warm gleam of gold plate. Notes from the Curator The H-link bracelet in the photos echoes the maison's signature "H" motif — each sculptural link slots into the next in a continuous chain of interlocking letterforms, a vocabulary drawn directly from the équestre archives where bridle hardware and saddle stitching once shaped the house's identity. Since 1978, Hermès has produced its own watches in the Swiss town of Biel/Bienne, and the maison has mastered the integrated metal bracelet, seamlessly part of the watch, whether in steel or in the warm two-tone marriage of steel and gold plate seen here. Hermès quartz watches are powered by quartz calibers, a practical choice for the brand's ladies' timepieces throughout the nineteen-eighties and nineties. The cream dial's applied Arabic numerals and date aperture speak to a period when legibility was threaded through with restraint. Steel, titanium, and yellow, white, or rose gold are materials that reflect light and revive a touch of brilliance in style, and here the alternating finish between polished steel and gold-plated links catches wrist and eye alike, a discreet flourish of Parisian craft made wearable.