Mirror Hour by Dominique Perrault Architecture

Conceived by Gaëlle Lauriot-Prévost and Dominique Perrault, Temps Miroir stands out from the vain exactitude made obsolete by the widespread use of smartphones: the watch reconnects with the spirit of jewelry, while carrying a reflection on time as a universal, sensitive space. Perfectly reflective, the watch reflects to the wearer and to those around them, the image of their personal schedule reflecting as much the time passing as the weather.
“Our interpretation of the dial and hands of the Temps Miroir watch reconnects with the desirable use of this object, namely a piece of jewelry. In this logic, the creation was made by removing rather than adding elements, an approach by subtraction: the dial no longer presents patterns but becomes a mirror, a total mirror because the hands themselves are mirrored. Thus, the hands disappear, and only their shadows in the mirror allow them to be discerned. When they follow the meridian axis marked by the fold, the mirror becomes perfect. This abstract and poetic object, a mirror of each person, evokes the presence of time rather than its exactness, a form of freedom rediscovered.” Gaëlle Lauriot-Prévost and Dominique Perrault

• Limited edition of 100 copies.