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Slim d'Hermès dial with Apeloig numerals

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Numerals drawn for the Slim d'Hermès by the typographer Philippe Apeloig. Commissioned original letterforms that exist on no other object, which makes them unusually resistant to copying: a counterfeiter cannot obtain the type and has to redraw it by eye.

Part reference

Brand
Hermès
Introduced
2015

Documented variations

Classification

FactoryDocumented as shipped from the factory for this reference and period.PeriodNot original to this watch, but correct for its production period.ServiceFitted by the manufacturer's own service network. Not a defect.AftermarketThird-party part. Affects originality, not authenticity.ModifiedGenuine parts in a configuration the factory did not sell. Affects originality and value, not authenticity.CounterfeitDeceptive reproduction intended to pass as genuine.UnknownEvidence on file does not settle the question.

  • Correct Apeloig letterforms

    FactoryProbable

    Whole production

    Consistent stroke weight, correctly shaped counters, and spacing that resolves as a designed set rather than as individual characters. Compare against a documented example at magnification.

  • Redrawn approximation of the numerals

    CounterfeitProbable

    Whole production

    Type redrawn by eye produces characteristic errors — stroke weight that varies where it should not, counters slightly the wrong shape, spacing that is even rather than optically balanced. Because these letterforms exist nowhere else, a copyist has no source to work from, which makes this a stronger dial check than most.

Documented on these references

Provenance of this record

Sources & Evidence

Primary sourceManufacturer documentation

Hermès — watch collection and caliber specifications

Hermès International / La Montre Hermès

Accessed
2026-08-19

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