"The 2021 launch of the H08 was Hermès's giant leap into the mainstream; the luxury titan had made men's watches before - whimsical, elegant and complicated ones - but never something that sat in the same division as an Omega or IWC. And with its rounded shape, custom typeface, bold juxtaposition of industrially inspired materials and flashes of color, the H08 carved out an identity quite unlike any other mainstream sports watch."
"The design harks back to the original H08 look, with a carbon fiber case, ceramic bezel and bright yellow accents - while the time-only watch has evolved to include versions in aluminized glass fiber, titanium, and rose gold. Powered by Hermès' caliber H1837 automatic movement with a Dubois Dépraz (one of the industry's most trusted suppliers) chronograph module, the watch's standout feature is its monopusher construction."
"Chronograph pushers can often spoil the lines of a shaped case; by incorporating the start, stop and reset functions into a single button on the crown, Hermès was able to maintain the silhouette of the H08 and preserve the sense of sleek minimalism while inevitably contending with a more crowded dial layout. Here, the use of textural variation and playful typography - for instance, the radial layout of the numerals on the chronograph subdials - carries over the instantly recognizable look of the H08."
The H08 line expands with a monopusher chronograph built on a carbon fiber case, ceramic bezel and bright yellow accents, alongside new time-only variants in aluminized glass fiber, titanium and rose gold. The movement pairs Hermès' caliber H1837 automatic with a Dubois Dépraz chronograph module. The chronograph uses a single crown-mounted pusher for start, stop and reset to preserve the H08's shaped case silhouette. Textural contrasts and playful typography, including radial numerals on subdials, fill the dial while maintaining the model's visual identity. The watch offers 100m water resistance, an elegant rubber strap, and retails at £10,200.
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