Not all images were able to load for printing. Please close the print window and try again. The New Régulateur Louis Erard x Vianney Halter II, Worldwide and Beyond
A monochrome base, city-coloured seconds hands, and a global tour.
Louis Erard’s collaborative series continues to grow with playful yet serious partnerships, and this time, the brand once again teams up with Vianney Halter for a bold new chapter in their Régulateur line. Dubbed “World Tour”, the project reinterprets the Steampunk-inspired Régulateur through a silver monochrome base design, then spins off a series of colour-coded limited editions tied to specific cities around the globe. This collaboration builds directly on the earlier Chapter II models but takes the concept further: instead of two variants, the watch becomes a rolling release, with special details, most visibly the seconds hand and engraved motto, changing with each drop. It’s an unexpected move, turning sales into cultural events.
The case remains faithful to the Régulateur framework developed for these collaborations: 43mm in diameter, 10.95mm thick, with a lug-to-lug of 49.6mm. Crafted in stainless steel, it features circular satin-brushed and polished surfaces, along with the signature stepped bezel and 12 red-gilt rivets. Halter’s riveted crown sits unconventionally at 2 o’clock, continuing the line’s off-beat identity. Water-resistance is 50m, and a sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating covers both dial and caseback.
The Worldwide edition introduces a monochrome silver dial with vertically brushed surfaces and matching rhodium-plated sub-dials for hours and seconds. The regulator display is once again tilted, sending the sub-dials askew in Halter’s signature asymmetric style. Heat-blued central minute and sub-dial hands maintain the visual DNA of earlier collaborations, but the running seconds hand, also blued for the Worldwide model, will be painted city-specific: purple for Hong Kong, red-gilt for Singapore, rhodium for Takamatsu, and so on…
The series is powered by the automatic Sellita SW266-1, the same reliable calibre used in previous editions. It operates at 28,800 vibrations/hour, offers 38 hours of autonomy, and is decorated with an openworked oscillating weight bearing Louis Erard’s black lacquer symbol.
The watch is worn on a dark blue grained calfskin strap with tone-on-tone stitching, lined in black calf leather, and closed by a polished steel pin buckle. Quick-release bars allow for easy changes, and the 22mm lug width offers versatility.
The World Tour collection consists of two main strands: a worldwide silver-dial edition with a blued seconds hand, limited to 178 pieces, and city-specific drops of 18-25 units each. The first stops include Takamatsu, Bangkok, Hong Kong, and Singapore, with further destinations to follow. The price is CHF 4,500 excluding tax. For more details, please visit LouisErard.com.
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Will there be a city specific version for the U.S.? If so, maybe that version’s color should be gold or platinum, in memoriam for how much more the watch will end up costing in the U.S. But any version selling into the U.S. will up the price to around 39 to 40%, in part because the shipping and delivery service courier, DHL, is charging customers an additional amount that they’re calling a “tax processing” fee, added on top of the tariff import duty tax, and which goes straight into their pockets. It’s outrageous.
If they would only update the finishing of the movement, or even look for a nice (handwound?) movement that fits the case…
The front of most Louis Errards is spectacular, imo. This one is no exception.
idk why every louis erard nowadays have a basic movement in it i mean come on