Hermès Cape Cod
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The Hermès Cape Cod is the watch Henri d'Origny drew for the house in 1991, and its design is a single idea executed precisely: a rectangular dial set inside a squared case whose corners are pulled out into short lugs, so the piece reads as a rectangle drawn inside a square. D'Origny took the geometry from the Chaîne d'Ancre link, the anchor-chain motif Hermès had used in leather goods and jewellery since the 1930s. (Hermès)
What made it a signature was a strap rather than a movement. In 1998 Martin Margiela, then designing Hermès womenswear, wrapped the leather twice around the wrist for a show; the double-tour became a catalogue option and then the way most people picture the watch. The line runs in small and large cases, in steel and gold, with quartz and automatic movements, so a screen sighting normally supports the line rather than a reference.
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| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) | 2000 | TV Series | William Petersen | Gil Grissom |
| Tanguy (2001) | 2001 | Film | Sabine Azéma | Edith Guetz |
| Wimbledon (2004) | 2004 | Film | Kirsten Dunst | Lizzie Bradbury |
| In Another Country (2012) | 2012 | Film | Isabelle Huppert | |
| First Growth (2015) | 2015 | Film | Alice Taglioni | |
| Beyond Goodbye (2024) | 2024 | TV Series | Kasumi Arimura | Saeko Sugawara |
| The Veil (2024) | 2024 | TV Series | Elisabeth Moss | Imogen Salter |