The Arceau collection has been part of Hermès watchmaking since 1978, and its defining characteristic has always been the asymmetrical case with offset lugs designed by Henri d’Origny, a form that functions equally well as a canvas for decorative work as it does for purely technical expression. The Arceau Cavalier en Formes takes that premise further than most. Gianpaolo Pagni’s design, originally conceived for a Hermès silk scarf and rooted in an equestrian lithograph from the Émile Hermès collection, translates the figure of a rider and mount into geometric abstraction, reducing the subject to circles and squares arranged in a composition that reads as both cubist and immediately legible. That graphic design is executed directly on the dial through two techniques applied to a sapphire crystal disc: engraving and miniature painting, layered in superposition to create a depth that shifts with the light and gives the dial an almost three-dimensional character. A Lift tourbillon at six o’clock carries a carriage shaped after the double H motif of the historic elevator in the Hermès boutique at 24 Faubourg Saint-Honoré, and a minute repeater driven by the hand-wound H1924 caliber adds an acoustic dimension that complements the visual one. The engraved yellow gold horse at the center of the composition, surrounded by hand-painted blue flat-color blocks, sits at the intersection of Haute Horlogerie and the decorative arts in a way that feels entirely deliberate. The watch is housed in a 43mm white gold case and completed with a bleu abysse alligator strap made in the Hermès ateliers. The edition is limited to six pieces.