Trilobe L’Heure Exquise – We are watchmakers of poetry, and Trilobe is a craftsman who shapes time. In a deliberately composite approach, the Maison is renewing itself by exploring for the first time the world of lyrical horological complications, with a timepiece adorned with a moon phase. Between expertise, creativity, and inspiration. Reinventing time and breaking away from preconceived ideas requires not just audacity, but true poetry. Trilobe watches are a reminder that time is a treasure, and that the hour is exquisite!
Trilobe enters the world of watch complications
With this new edition belonging to its first collection, “Les Matinaux”, Trilobe wants to push poetry to a higher level, by linking time with its most ancient element: the sky.
In this new temporal setting, an enchanting celestial door opens at the heart of the dial, within a polished and satin-finished flange. It reveals a ballet of stars dancing on a sapphire crystal to the rhythm of the seconds. Beneath this celestial waltz, two moons intertwine in a rhythmic you-and-me. They face each other in the night sky of the sunray disc, metamorphosing to the rhythm of this new X-Centric calibre.
A waltz of celestial wonders, lyrical and enchanting
On a sand-blasted dial reminiscent of the infinity of our sky, Trilobe takes its eccentric complication one step further with a waltz of moons. A gear wheel with 59 cogs evokes the orbit of the Moon around the Earth, completing a full cycle of 29.5 days. Through this mechanism, the moons quietly reveal their age. For the first time, the moon phase is co-axially linked to the seconds wheel, under a dynamic and mesmerizing starry sky. Les Matinaux are thus honored: three rotating rings bear the Maison’s first complication.
An invitation to contemplation and enchantment
Through its dreamlike essence, the moon phase resonates with Trilobe’s guiding principle: to re-enchant our relationship with time.
“Être dans la lune” * is to surrender to the magic of the present moment, to savor the “exquisite hour”. It’s letting yourself be carried away by the emotion of a starry sky from your window, by the palpable excitement of a bright full moon in the darkness. Let’s take the time to adore the stars, to marvel at the heavens, far from the immediacy of our daily lives. It’s a welcome break in the whirlwind of life, an opportunity to connect with something greater than us. It’s also to understand that time is but a value of Earth, that it is not absolute. Trilobe. Time. Liberated.
*Literally translated as “Be In the moon”, a French expression which means “daydream.”
The Exquisite Hours, by Paul Verlaine
The silver moonlight
Glows in the wood;
And from each branch
Sounds a voice
Through leafy sprays…
O belovèd
The pool a deep,
Reflecting mirror
Those silhouettes
The black willow
Where moans the wind…
It is time to dream.
A vast and tender
Sense of calm
Seems to descend
From the starry skies
Of heaven…
O, wondrous hour !
It is 9 hours and 55 minutes
The trilobe, a universal and timeless architectural motif, echoes the three pillars of time – Hours, Minutes and Seconds – and becomes the new indicator of time.
The elegant dial with its matt, sand-blasted finish is a real technical challenge. It defies symmetrical shapes, and is made up of five parts, three of which are in permanent rotation, in an anti-clockwise direction:
➼ The largest ring for the hours;
➼ The median for the minutes;
➼ The starry sapphire glass rotating to the rythm of the seconds.
A tribute to Trilobe inaugural series
Trilobe draws from the classic aesthetic of its first collection, “Les Matinaux”, and replicates the dial structure identically in the edition “l’Heure Exquise”, featuring five elements, each with notable variations.
The hour and minute rings continue to run smoothly across the dial, but a slight tilt of the numerals accentuates the movement of the discs, highlighting the passage of time. A single trilobe now serves as the indicator for the hours and minutes, while the seconds flow freely across the dial through a starry sapphire glass.
Encased in titanium or rose gold, this model comes in several variations with sand-blasted dials: Dune, Blue and Secret.
An intimate and personalised watch
The “Secret” Edition, is an invitation to immortalize a precious moment in a poetic way. The starry sky, thus conceived, is a freeze frame for a chosen moment in life. Each dial is made to measure: a map of the sky reflecting the day, time and place that are dear to you, making each watch a unique piece.
A subtle way to free time, from a happy or promising moment, and freeze it for eternity.
At nightfall, after being activated by a UV light, the drawn stars come to life to illuminate the chosen moment, thus suspending the passage of time. A new invitation to free yourself from time.
Moon phase
▻ Starry sapphire crystal rotating to the rythm of the seconds.
▻ Stars transferred in white ink using a pad printing technique.
▻ Blue sunray PVD cover disk.
▻ Laser-textured moon in brass.
▻ Gear wheel with 59 spurs, that imitates the Moon’s orbit around the Earth, completing a full cycle every 29.5 days.
Follow the steps below to set the moon phase complication:
- Pull the crown outwards and turn the hour ring to the right until the moon disc changes phase.
- Wind the hour ring back two hours.
- Turn the hour ring to the right until the moon disc changes phase again.
- Repeat steps 2 and 3 as many times as necessary until the desired moon phase is reached. This process can take up to 28 turns of the ring to reach the moon phase corresponding to the current date.
We recommend that you refer to a moon phase calendar to set your complication: https://moonphases.co.uk/
Trilobe L’Heure Exquise Technical Specifications
References
- LM11LB – €14 500 tax inc.
- LM12LB – €14 500 tax inc.
- LM13LB – €26 500 tax inc.
- LM11LD – €14 500 tax inc.
- LM12LD – €14 500 tax inc.
- LM13LD – €26 500 tax inc.
- LM11LS – €18 200 tax inc.
- LM12LS – €18 200 tax inc.
- LM13LS – €29 200 tax inc.
Movement
- Self-winding integrated mechanical calibre with
- micro-rotor
- Moon phase module
- Thickness: 5.78 mm I Diameter: 35.2 mm
- Power reserve: 48 hours
- Balance Frequency: 28’800 vph (4 Hz)
- Functional rubies: 33
- Total components: 227
- Bridges plated with black-gold
Indications
- Hours and minutes displayed by rotating ringsand a fixed indicator.
- Pad-printed numerals.
Patent
- A display concept composed of three devices representing the hours, minutes & seconds located on the same plane as the dial
Case
- Grade 5 titanium or 18-carat rose gold
- Thickness: 9.2 mm
- Diameter: 40.5 mm and 38.5 mm
- Lug to lug: 45.5 mm (in 38.5 mm)
- and 48 mm (in 40.5 mm)
- Lug width: 20 mm
- Mirror-polished surfaces alternating with satin-brushed treatments
- Domed bezel with sapphire crystal and multilayered anti-reflective treatment (ARDUR)
- Anti-reflective sapphire back
- Push button crown
- Water-resistance tested to 5 bar (≈ 50 meters)
Secret
- Indicate a date, a place and a time under a ‘’lucky star’’ and we get the position of the stars for that place and time. Delivery time for each unique piece: 8 months after receipt of the order.
Strap
- Leather with a pin buckle
