Louis Erard x Vianney Halter II: Le Régulateur Goes on Tour
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The Regulator is back, sharper, bolder, and now hitting the road. Louis Erard and Vianney Halter have taken their cult collaboration and turned it into something bigger than a watch release. It’s a full-blown world tour. Think backstage exclusives, city-by-city drops, and a timepiece that changes with every stop.
At the heart of it is the new Le Régulateur II: the same unmistakable design with steampunk DNA, offset crown, and split-time display, now dressed in a striking silver monochrome dial. The hands remain the star steel, blued and electric against the dial paired with a matching blue leather strap. But here’s the twist: every city gets its own color-coded seconds hand, plus Vianney Halter’s famous motto, “Live Long and Prosper”, engraved on the case back in the local language.
This is more than a collab. It’s a creative collision. Vianney Halter brings his steampunk edge think riveted bezel, industrial finishing, and echoes of his 1998 icon, the Antiqua while Louis Erard, under Manuel Emch, turns each release into an event. The result feels less like a traditional launch and more like chasing a limited-edition sneaker drop: blink and you’ll miss it.
What’s New
-Monochrome edge: Silver dial, silver subdials, and a blue strap to echo the blued steel hands.
-City exclusives: Each edition features a unique seconds hand color and custom engraving in the local language.
-Tour format: 178 monochrome pieces available globally, plus another 178 split into city releases of 18–25 units each.
What Stays
-Steampunk DNA: A nod to Halter’s iconoclastic Antiqua.
-Industrial edge: Riveted bezel, red-gilded rivets, offset crown at 2 o’clock.
-Deconstructed display: Split-time regulator layout.
-Haute finishing: Polished and diamond-cut angles, circular and vertical satin brushing.
“This is more than a collab. It’s a creative collision between Vianney Halter, master of Steampunk horology and Louis Erard’s signature Regulator. It is more than telling time. It’s about taking it. The result? A deconstructed watch that keeps the iconic 1998 Antiqua’s design, made to be worn daily, collected obsessively. You might just end up chasing every seconds hand color. Each drop hits like a rare sneaker, limited time, one city, one point of sale. We turn every city into a stage, every release into an event and every second into something worth hunting,” says Manuel Emch.
And he’s right. The Regulator II isn’t just about hours, minutes, and seconds. It’s about chasing that second across cities, across colors, across cultures. Which city calls your name? Which color is yours? Decide quickly. Because this tour doesn’t believe in encores.
Price: CHF 4,500 or Rs 5,00,580 Approx.
