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The Hermès’ Nantucket Watch Will Win You Over This Spring
Continuing the legacy with the Chaîne d’ancre
Christina Jaber
24-February-2021
The Nantucket watch has been forming solid attachments for almost 30 years. Its story, all about links, began in 1991, when iconoclastic Hermès designer Henri d’Origny boldly sketched the outlines of a companion to the Cape Cod watch, an equally distinctive model named Nantucket. This assertive timepiece featured a “rectangle within a rectangle”, forming an unprecedented case inspired by the anchor chain links of the Chaîne d’ancre bracelet, an Hermès classic imagined by Robert Dumas in 1938.
Nantucket’s story continues today with the Chaîne d’ancre, evoking its early days. This model offers a new take on the iconic link, which merges seamlessly into a light and supple steel or rose gold bracelet. Its font is also inspired by the Chaîne d’ancre universe.
The case of the Nantucket is crafted from gold or steel in the Hermès watchmaking workshops, and freely adorned with diamonds. Light plays across the sandblasted silver-plated dial itself thanks to a sprinkle setting, or sparkles brightly in a jewelry setting around a mother-of-pearl dial. With a light and natural touch, Nantucket interweaves its own codes of rebellious elegance.
Here are the details of the two iconic models.
The rose-gold chaîne
DIAL
Natural white mother-of-pearl with or without two diamond-set chatons.
CASE
Designed by Henri d’Origny in 1991
“A rectangle within a rectangle”, 17 × 23 mm Rose gold case with or without jewellery setting of 186 diamonds (0.58 ct)
Antiglare sapphire crystal
Water-resistant to 3 bar
MOVEMENT
Quartz, Swiss made
FUNCTIONS
Hours, minutes
BRACELET
Rose gold
The Steel chaîne
DIAL
Sandblasted rhodium-plated set with 35 diamonds (0.09 ct) or opaline silver-plated
CASE
Designed by Henri d’Origny in 1991
“A rectangle within a rectangle”, 17 × 23 mm Steel case with or without “jeté de diamants” sprinkle setting of 55 diamonds (0.21 ct) Antiglare sapphire crystal
Water-resistant to 3 bar
MOVEMENT
Quartz, Swiss made
FUNCTIONS
Hours, minutes
BRACELET
Steel
