New Hermès timepiece a stopwatch for the soul

Basel, Switzerland

IT is a watchmaker's job to mark the passage of time; musing on its passage typically falls to the poets.

The fact that Hermès' new watch, the Slim d'Hermès L'heure Impatiente, suggests a reflection makes it one of the most notable, and certainly one of the most lyrical, of the timepieces introduced at the Baselworld watch fair this year.