On this photo dating from 1912, Jacqueline Hermès wears the ingenious leather strap encasing a pocket-watch designed by her father. A century later, Hermès draws upon its historical expertise in re-issuing an exclusive limited series called In The Pocket. The 40 mm-diameter palladium case housing a self-winding Vaucher movement is delicately clad in Barenia leather. Composed of two separate parts, the boucleteau (the longer 6 o’clock section) and the sanglon (the shorter 12 o’clock section) this amazingly technical strap comprising three separate layers required ten days of hand craftsmanship to make, not to mention the soaking and drying stages. Cut, split again, sanded, stuck, stitched, marked with a compass, hallmarked and sewn according to the historical Hermès saddle-stitching technique, the leather also calls for hammering the stitching, marking a furrow between the sewing line, along with dyeing and polishing with bees’ wax. The hand-crafted complexity of this process is equalled only by the understated elegance of a grained silver-toned dial.