Heure Orient

Creation Details

Heure Orient is part of the Rare Compositions collection, a curated ensemble of singular artworks issued in only 3 pieces worldwide. Each piece is individually signed, sealed by the Maison, and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.

This composition captures a suspended moment: an aircraft at rest, a trunk quietly opened to twilight, and a dial set into the geography of memory. In its visual syntax, it evokes the golden age of travel, when timekeeping accompanied voyages not as an instrument of speed, but as a quiet companion to presence, refinement, and orientation. Here, Swiss horology extends its language into the realm of symbolic form.

The Story Behind

Amidst the realm of dreams, where the sand murmurs to wandering souls, a trunk stands untouched. Guardian of unseen horizons, it carries the memory of faded stopovers and the promise of uncharted paths. More than luggage, it is a passage, a door left ajar to a world without limits, where time dissolves into the infinity of dunes.

The desert unfurls beneath an elusive sun, shaping silence and mirages. It holds the echoes of solitary riders, pioneers who once traced their way across the sands, guided by the stars. Here, travel is not measured in distances, but in fleeting moments, fragments of eternity held within a single gaze.

A plane stands still, as if caught between two worlds. It carries the whispers of an era when travel was an art, when crossing continents was an act of grace rather than haste. Eyes locked on the horizon, it preserves the spirit of boundless exploration. The trunk, more than an object, safeguards stories, confidences, and dreams left in suspension.

In a landscape where stillness reigns, the world is in motion. The wind stirs the sand, memories awaken, the sky shifts in hue, and time slips away between golden grains. Perhaps travel is not an illusion, but the only truth.

Cultural Significance

Presented within the official Salon at Watches and Wonders 2025, Heure Orient belongs to the Rare Compositions collection, a trilogy of emblematic compositions where the codes of horology meet the echoes of cultural memory.

Through the lens of travel, this creation rekindles the spirit of an era where time was a companion of the journey, not its measure. Its presence within the Salon inscribes a distinct gesture: that of repositioning the art of time beyond functionality, into the realm of reverie, symbols, and patrimony. In the midst of Geneva’s most emblematic setting, Heure Orient affirms the place of poetic vision within the evolving cartography of horological culture.