La Loupe

LA LOUPE

Magnifying time.

An evocative name for a timepiece that combines sobriety, elegance and micromechanical prowess. Discreet in appearance, La Loupe reveals all the poetry of time, thanks to an unprecedented interplay between the hour and the minute, sublimated by a diamond.

A pure, refined design

With a diameter of 38 mm, La Loupe's round 18-carat gold case subtly combines two finishes: a delicate bead-blasting that underlines the purity of its shapes, and a captivating mirror polish that elegantly reflects the light. Its discreet lugs blend harmoniously into the overall design, highlighting the perfect balance between aesthetic refinement and comfort when worn.

The time revealed by a diamond

Unlike traditional timepieces, La Loupe uses a single hand dedicated to the minutes. The hours are indicated by a diamond set on a disc, moving along the circumference of the dial. As the hand moves, the diamond becomes the sole time marker: each time the circular hand and the diamond are superimposed, the current time is “magnified”, as if we were observing time through a magnifying glass.

The magic of superposition

This subtle mechanical choreography takes place at an unchanging frequency:

The minute hand moves at a rate of 6° per minute, while the diamond-bearing disc (assimilated to the hour hand) moves at a rate of 0.5° per minute. The angular deviation is thus cancelled out every 65 minutes and 27 seconds, revealing perfect alignment. Thus, in a 12-hour period, this encounter is repeated 11 times, illustrating the fascinating regularity of traditional watchmaking.

A feat of haute horlogerie

Beneath its apparent simplicity, La Loupe conceals a real technical challenge: the perfect flatness of the hour disc, delicately placed on the corresponding wheel. Unlike a conventional hand, this disc requires remarkable balance and stability, both to preserve visual harmony and to ensure the flawless fluidity of the mechanism. This singular design testifies to the watchmaking mastery that characterizes every detail of La Loupe.

The design and machining of each mechanical component demands the utmost precision in order to orchestrate these meeting points with flawless reliability.

The diamond, both delicate and symbolic, requires a subtle setting to ensure optimal visibility and preserve the purity of the design.

In praise of precision

Conceived as a tribute to mathematical rigor and the emotion of time, La Loupe demonstrates that watchmaking poetry is often born of absolute technical mastery. The single hand, in perfect harmony with the diamond, draws the observer into an immersive experience: a micromechanical show where each new superposition becomes a privileged moment, where we rediscover the beauty of an immutable mechanism and the art of watchmaking brought to its paroxysm.