A regulator that earns the name
By Sam Okafor, London ·
A regulator dial separates the hours, minutes and seconds, so that each gets its own space. It's an old idea from observatory clocks, and Louis Erard has made it a speciality. In the Régulateur Gravé the minutes take the big central hand, while hours and seconds sit in sub-dials, all on a grained blue surface with engraved, rhodium-plated numerals.
The case is a polished 39 mm with a domed sapphire. Inside is a Sellita SW266-1, an automatic with a regulator module and 38 hours.
The engraving is the main point, and it's lovely. The leather strap, a light grey grained calf, is less convincing. It looks a little cheap next to the dial.
At around $3,600 it is a lot of design for the money. A good pick for someone who likes reading the time a slightly different way.