Emtek Modern Classic Brass Leverset - Hermes Lever, Privacy Set

Yes. The Hermes privacy lever fits doors from 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inches thick using a standard 2-1/8 inch cross bore prep, so a typical residential or hotel bedroom and bath door takes it with no rework. One caveat on the rosette: the STRETTO rosette needs a 1-1/4 inch diameter bore and a 2-hole door prep for the thumbturn instead of the standard single bore.

Yes, backset is a required choice. The Hermes privacy set ships standard with a 2-3/8 inch backset latch, and 2-3/4 inch is the alternate you have to call out on the order. Measure from the door edge to the center of the bore hole before you order: those are the two standard residential backsets and picking the wrong one means the latch will not reach the strike.

Handing matters. The Hermes lever is ordered Left Hand (LH) or Right Hand (RH), so you pick per opening rather than reversing it in the field. Stand outside the door, on the side you would push it open from: if the hinges are on your left it is left hand, hinges on the right is right hand. On a fleet of doors that means counting each opening before you place the order, not ordering one way for the whole floor.

Privacy function is exactly what a bed or bath door wants: a thumbturn locks it from the inside, there is no key and no keyway on the outside. The Hermes set is non-keyed, so if you need the door to lock from the outside with a key, this is the wrong function and you want an entry or keyed lever instead. For hall, closet and pantry doors that never lock at all, a passage lever is the correct pick.

No. The Hermes privacy set is specified for 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors. For a thicker slab you need a lock built for the range: the Falcon K101 covers 1-3/8 to 2-1/4 inches, and the Dexter C1000 asylum function and the Hager 2510 both cover 1-3/8 to 2 inches. Measure the slab before ordering rather than assuming a spindle extension will make up the difference.

If the old set was a standard bored knob or lever, yes. The Hermes uses the standard 2-1/8 inch cross bore prep and a 2-3/8 or 2-3/4 inch backset, which is what nearly every residential bored knob was installed with. Confirm the backset by measuring door edge to bore center, and match the latch faceplate corner, round or square, to the existing mortise so you do not have to re-chisel the edge.

The Hermes lever is built for residential use. For a commercial restroom, patient room or any opening that has to meet an ANSI/BHMA grade on the drawing, look to a graded privacy lockset instead: the Arrow MK02-TA is a privacy/bed/bath cylindrical lock carrying a Grade 1 rating with a fire rating, and the Hager 2540 is a Grade 2 cylindrical lock with the Withnell lever for a 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch door thickness range. Those are the parts that answer a grade or fire-rating line item. Specify the Hermes for the unit interiors where the finish and lever design matter and the door is residential.

The Emtek Hermes lever is a privacy/bed/bath tubular lockset in brass, and the nearest like-for-like from another brand is the Baldwin Estate 5103 Privacy Lever with 5048 Rose, which is also a privacy/bed/bath lever. Both are residential-style privacy levers with a rose trim rather than a keyed cylinder, so an interior bedroom or bathroom door prepped for one is prepped for the other. The Hermes is ordered with a handing choice of left hand or right hand and a rosette choice including Disk, Modern, Modern Rectangular, Neos, Square and Urban Modern, so if you want the trim shape to match a specific door schedule, the Hermes gives you that selection at order time.

A privacy set is non-keyed by design, so the Hermes will not take a key. For a keyed opening, the Cal-Royal AG00 is an entrance lever with a 6-pin Schlage C keyway keyed different on a 2-3/8 inch backset for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch thick, and the Hager 2525 is a Grade 2 cylindrical entry lock with a lever handle for doors 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch thick. If the keyway has to fall into an existing Schlage C system, the Cal-Royal AG00 is the one that states that keyway.

It is a complete set: lever, rosettes, latch and strike plate all in the box. Latch faceplate comes round corner or square corner, so match it to the mortise already cut in your door edge. Nothing else is required to hang the set on a bored door beyond the correct backset and a door in the 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch range.

CF stands for concealed fastener. Add it and the rosettes mount with no exposed screws on the face of the trim, which is the difference between a clean rose and two visible screw heads. Selecting the CF mechanism also brings the 28 degree rotation latch. If you do not want it, the No Thanks option orders the set with the conventional exposed-screw rosette mounting.

Six rosette shapes: Disk, Modern, Modern Rectangular, Neos, Square and Urban Modern, and any brass rosette can be ordered with the Hermes lever. Seven finishes: Flat Black (US19), Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B), Polished Chrome (US26), Polished Nickel Lifetime (US14), Satin Brass (US4), Satin Nickel (US15) and Unlacquered Brass (US3NL). If some doors need to match one finish and the interior another, there is a split finish option on the order.

For a rental turn where the finish decision matters less, the Kwikset 300BRNL Breton privacy lever set is a Grade 3 privacy lock fitting 1-3/8 to 1-3/4 inch doors, the same thickness range the Hermes covers. The Baldwin Estate 5103 privacy lever with the 5048 rose sits closer to the Hermes in character if you want a decorative brass-house lever with a privacy function.

For a door that only needs to latch, the passage version is the right part rather than a privacy set. The Baldwin Estate 5103 Passage Lever with 5048 Rose is a passage/hall/closet lever, and the Bravura Atlanta with Round Trim Passage Leverset is a Grade 2 passage/hall/closet leverset. Both operate the latch from either side with no thumbturn and no push button. The Emtek Hermes is built as a privacy/bed/bath set, so the thumbturn is part of what you are buying - ordering it for a closet or hallway means paying for a lock function that door will never use.

Both are privacy/bed/bath levers for interior doors. The Kwikset 300BRNL RDT Breton Privacy Lever Set is a Grade 3 lever for doors 1-3/8 inch to 1-3/4 inch thick. The Emtek Hermes is a brass tubular privacy set that fits doors 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch thick with a 2-1/8 inch bore, comes handed left or right, and is ordered with the rosette and finish chosen separately - Flat Black, Oil Rubbed Bronze, Polished Chrome, Polished Nickel Lifetime, Satin Brass, Satin Nickel, or Unlacquered Brass. If the job is a finish-matched design package across a set of interior doors, that selection is the difference; if it is a straightforward interior door swap, the Breton covers the same function.

The Hermes fits doors from 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch thick on a 2-1/8 inch bore standard prep, so a 2 inch door is within range. If the same opening also needs a passage rather than privacy function, the Falcon K101 is a Grade 1 non-handed passage cylindrical lock rated for 1-3/8 inch to 2-1/4 inch doors, and the Dexter C1000 asylum lock covers 1-3/8 inch to 2 inch. Note that the Hermes is handed left or right, so confirm the swing before ordering; the Falcon K101 levers are non-handed.

The Hermes is a mechanical, non-electronic privacy set with a thumbturn, so it does not do code entry. For keyless access, the Lockey 2835 is a mechanical pushbutton keyless lever lock with passage function and ADA compliance for doors 1 3/16 inch to 2 inch thick, the Lockey 2835DC adds a double combination on the same door range, and the Lockey 1150 is a heavy duty mechanical keypad lever set with passage function for doors 1-1/8 inch to 2 inch. If the requirement is electronic rather than mechanical, the Delaney LP250 is a Grade 2 electronic keypad leverlock.

The Hermes lever is offered in other functions in the same trim, so hall and closet doors can carry a passage version and a non-latching door a dummy, all in the same lever, rosette and finish. If you are matching across a different brand instead, the Baldwin Estate 5103 comes as privacy, passage, and left and right hand half dummy on the same 5048 rose, so a whole floor stays consistent.

It can, as long as the function assignment is deliberate. Put the Emtek Hermes privacy set on the bed and bath doors where the thumbturn is wanted and the brass finish is part of the interior package, and use a graded passage lever on the corridor and closet doors: the Falcon B101 is a Grade 2 medium duty non-handed passage lever, the Design Hardware X75 is a Grade 1 passage lever lockset for 1-3/4 inch doors, and the Corbin Russwin CL3110 is a Grade 1 vandal resistant passage lever with a fire rating for 1-3/4 inch to 2 inch doors. The finishes will not match across brands, so decide up front whether the corridor doors are meant to read the same as the unit doors.

The Emtek Hermes can be ordered with a Square or Modern Rectangular rosette alongside the rounder Disk, Modern, Neos and Urban Modern options, all in a contemporary style. Across brands, the Bravura Tampa is a Grade 2 passage leverset with square trim, while the Bravura Miramar, Atlanta and Orlando passage leversets all use round trim. Note the Bravura square-trim option is a passage function, so it is a trim match rather than a function match for a bed or bath door.