iW Magazine Fall 2018 | Page 53

IW INTERVIEW: Laurent Dordet, Managing Director, Montres Hermès BY VASKAN CHOKARIAN Laurent Dordet, CEO La Montre Hermes The Cape Cod, very large model, 33mm by 33mm, features a lacquered and graduated red dial. La Montre Hermes manufacture in Biel, Switzerland LAURENT DORDET HAS BEEN WITH HERMÈS SINCE 1995 AND HAS WORKED WITHIN MANY OF THE LUXURY FIRM’S EXECUTIVE OFFICES. HE WAS MOST RECENTLY GENERAL MANAGER OF THE HERMÈS LEATHER GOODS DIVISION PRIOR TO ASSUMING THE TOP SPOT AT LA MONTRE HERMÈS IN 2015, REPLACING LUC PERRAMOND, WHO HELD THE POSITION FOR THE PREVIOUS SIX YEARS. INTERNATIONAL WATCH SPOKE WITH DORDET EARLIER THIS YEAR ABOUT HIS VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF HERMÈS WATCHMAKING. FALL 2018 | INTERNATIONAL WATCH | 53