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Hermès Birkin 25 Touch Gris Meyer Togo Gris Cement Matte Alligator Palladium Hardware
The Touch is the bi-leather Birkin: an exotic skin on the front and back panels against grained calfskin on the gussets, handles, and trim, a single bag carrying two surface registers that shift against each other across light and angle.
The object record
- Condition
- 1 – Pristine
- Date stamp
- B (2023)
- Material
- Togo (body) / Matte Alligator (panels)
- Made in
- France
- Color
- Gris Meyer (0L) (body) / Gris Cement (panels)
- Metallic finish
- Palladium
- Handle drop
- 10 cm | 4"
- Interior
- Chèvre
- Dimensions
- L 25 × H 20 × D 13 cm | L 9.8" × H 7.9" × D 5.1"
- Includes
- Full Set
- Care
- Veau Togo: Becomes more supple with use. Protect from humidity, prolonged light and extreme heat, and seek an appropriate assessment before treatment. Care Guide
The story behind the Birkin
Originated in 1984 from a conversation between Jane Birkin and Hermès Executive Chairman Jean-Louis Dumas; its structural lineage traces to the Haut à Courroies. Familiar sizes are 25, 30, 35 and 40 cm, alongside miniature, shoulder and travel versions, in both Retourné and Sellier construction.
Discover Hermès Birkin BagsThis 25 pairs Gris Cement Matte Alligator panels with a Gris Meyer Togo body, a deliberate temperature contrast rather than a color one.
Gris Cement is among the palest grays in the exotic palette, a cool blue-gray with a soft pearlescent cast, and the matte alligator finish absorbs light to hold that paleness without glare. Gris Meyer is the warmer mid-tone gray (color code 0L), its faint yellow undertone setting the cool exotic off without ever breaking into true contrast. The result reads as restraint: two grays, one cool and one warm, held a half-step apart. Palladium hardware sits tonally level across both leathers.
Collector's Insight:
Touch allocation is among the most restrictive in the Birkin catalog, and the 25 compounds it: the smallest format draws on an already narrow production base concentrated among established exotic clients. The Gris Cement alligator over Gris Meyer Togo specification is a connoisseur's pairing, two cyclically allocated grays set across two leathers that are rarely combined, with no contrast doing the work, only tone.
Resale Insight:
Touch Birkins occupy their own tier of the limited-edition market, priced on allocation scarcity and design rather than direct comparable supply. Bicolor exotic specifications draw the collectors who build considered, tonal subsections rather than statement pieces, and a pristine full-set B25 Touch in this gray-on-gray pairing sits at the upper end of the configuration's range.
Condition, defined +
Every piece is graded on the JANEFINDS five-tier scale: 1 Pristine, 2 Excellent, 3 Very Good, 4 Good, 5 Vintage, Well-Loved. Each tier is defined in writing in The Condition Guide.
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Returns +
A return may be requested within 24 hours of delivery, with the security tag intact and the piece returned complete and in original condition. Approved returns carry a 5% restocking fee. Full details in our Returns and Exchanges policy.
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The Condition Guide
