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Hermès stages a theater of mechanics and sound at watches and wonders 2026

designboom | architecture & design magazine·thomai tsimpou I designboom·about 2 months ago
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hermès frames time as theater at Watches and Wonders 2026   At Watches and Wonders Geneva 2026, Hermès frames time as a performative medium, staging its latest horological releases within a kinetic scenography by Jean-Simon Roch. Conceived as a mobile installation where watchmaking mechanics interact with theatrical machinery, the project positions movement as narrative. Within this shifting environment, the maison unveils three new skeleton timepieces : Hermès H08 Squelette, Arceau Samarcande, and Slim d’Hermès Squelette Lune, each exposing its inner workings like apertures into a hidden temporal world.   Composer Pierre Ronin scores a soundscape that animates the scenography, transforming it into a vast string instrument. Together, the installation reflects how Hermès thinks about time: not as something to be measured or ordered, but as a space for emotion, spontaneity, and recreation. all images by Team WHAAAT!…

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