To celebrate the tenth anniversary of its rebirth – Louis Moinet unveils a model dedicated to the watchmaker who invented the chronograph two hundred years ago (1816) and gives the name to the brand based in Saint-Blaise in our days. Memoris is the first chronograph-watch in watchmaking history. The key idea behind the new Memoris is to make the chronograph not just a complication but the central component of the watch. So the Memoris was not conceived as a watch with a chronograph function, rather as a chronograph which also tells the time.
Louis Moinet Memoris
To showcase the chronograph in the style it deserves, Louis Moinet has redeveloped practically every decorative item, with a new case, new hands, a new dial, a new oscillating weight, a new folding clasp, and more.
As a bonus, Louis Moinet has come up with a wholly exclusive use of synthetic gemstones. Usually destined to serve as good pivots and provide proper lubrication of the movement components, gemstones have now found a new purpose elsewhere. Black zircon, in a screwed setting, has been used decoratively – on the case horns.
Louis Moinet Memoris
The final result of all this is Memoris: a 46 mm timepiece, available in pink gold or white gold, in three limited editions of just 60 pieces each. Embodying the essence of true commemoration – all the life of the present, rooted in history – it links Louis Moinet’s heritage with the creative vision of the Ateliers that today honour his memory.
