Inspired by the Place de l’Etoile in Paris,
the MS246-01, 01S, 02 watches celebrate the places that bring us together.
The Design of this collection is made from an idea and a reality.
An idea of a gathering space to time. And a reality of taking an existing place into a watch.
The idea to make a watch from an urban square of the city of Paris comes from the inspiration we all have while seing a beautiful space that we love. We love it because a square have the utility to gather people from different place in one and to make them meet. The fact that an urban square is fondamentaly a public space makes it more precious to the people of the city for both passers-by and locals. The urban square is also a place we love because it’s a landmark that we can all know, go, stay for a more or less long moment.
« I really wanted to place the most iconic buildings of the surrounding into the design of the watch in order to show how beautiful and regular this square is. From my point of view, the extraction of the main elements of this square such as the buildings, the open ground and the main avenues made this watch really beautiful, desirable and unique. »
Every elements of the design converge towards the central time hands and are reoriented towards the outside by the central pattern balancing the design between inside and outside in order to clearly indicate the watch time. The particularity of this square of Paris resides in its avenues that spread all over the city in all direction North-East-South-West with two more directions in each quarter. 12 directions, 12 avenues, 12 hours.
The Moment of Paris watches are declined in tree main models, the MS246-01, the MS246-01S, and the MS246-02.
The MS246-01 and the MS246-01S watches use the main components of this square in a global way such as expressed above, the MS246-01S being a miniaturized version of the MS246-01.
The MS246-02 watches is a simplification of the MS246-01 and use the main axes as a distinctive sign for a generaly simplified design.