Memoris

Presented in 2016, to mark the bicentenary of the 1816 compteur de tierces, the Memoris line was born from a reversal of perspective that founder Jean-Marie Schaller has repeatedly described in these terms: rather than adding a chronograph function to a watch already designed around time-telling, the Louis Moinet team designed the entire watch starting from the chronograph mechanism, relegating the time display to a smaller dial, shifted toward the bottom of the main dial.

The result is a curved 46 mm case that leaves the mechanics widely exposed: the column wheel controlling the start, stop and reset functions is prominently placed in the upper part of the dial, while a single pusher (mono-pusher), positioned in line with the crown, echoes the control layout already present in the historical 1816 instrument — a direct homage made explicit by the maison itself.

Over the years the line has been enriched with numerous variants: from red gold and white gold editions to the more recent titanium Superlight versions, designed to cut the watch's overall weight, up to executions with hand-decorated dials such as the Red Eclipse, shortlisted as a finalist at the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève in 2016. All share the same LM54 base caliber, automatic, developed specifically for the line.