LAURENT FERRIER – Grand Sport Tourbillon – Blue Gradient Opalin Dial Steel 44 Edition
Laurent Ferrier is widely known for creating classical watches imbued with traditional watchmaking crafts and mechanical excellence. Now, the esteemed Genevan atelier has crafted a new contemporary watch, the Grand Sport Tourbillon, which upholds the company’s no-compromise approach to watchmaking.
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Housed in a sporty
44mm stainless steel case, this is the brand’s first model equipped with an integrated stainless steel bracelet. This new addition to
Laurent Ferrier’s portfolio of models features a tourbillon, double balance spring, and the firm’s legendary exalted finishing.
For the first time, the Maison has equipped a watch with an integrated stainless steel bracelet. The central row of the 3-rows design is comprised of vertical satin finished links. The rounded edges of the links are presented in a contrasting mirror-polish. These details imbue the bracelet and case ensemble with a sumptuous appearance.
COMFORT IN MIND
The
44mm stainless-steel case, with its cushion-shaped bezel against a
slightly tonneau middle case, features all the design codes of a
Laurent
Ferrier timepiece with smooth rounded lines and a refined aesthetic,
but it also presents a powerful new design with increased strength and
character.
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Like all of his creations,
Laurent Ferrier designed the
Tourbillon Grand
Sport case for the wrist so that it would be extremely comfortable and a
pleasure to wear throughout the day. Every aspect of the experience of
wearing the watch has been considered, from the sensation of winding the
crown in the morning, to checking the time while driving home at night.
A closer look reveals refined crown guards, sporty bolts on the case
back and highly polished parts next to satin finished elements that
accentuate the attention to detail and exceptional workmanship that has
gone into the fabrication of this
unique case.
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A closer look reveals refined crown guards, sporty bolts on the case back and highly polished parts next to satin finished elements that accentuate the attention to detail and exceptional workmanship that has gone into the fabrication of this unique case.
A KEEN SENSE OF DETAIL
The year
2019 is not only the anniversary of the founders’ motor racing
careers, it is also the
10th anniversary of the conception of the
brand’s first tourbillon. It is for this reason that the
Tourbillon
Grand Sport features this highly-appreciated complication.
The tourbillon device created by
Abraham-Louis Breguet in
1801 is
fitted with a double balance spring. The two reversed-fitted
balance-springs neutralise the lateral displacement of the balance axis,
while the tourbillon compensates for the variations in rate in all
vertical positions. Associating these two devices combines their
advantages and ensures impressively high rating precision.
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Laurent Ferrier has also developed its own escapement mechanism. In
association with the tourbillon, with a specifically adapted
construction and a rigorous choice of materials and manual adjustments,
the regulating organ ensures excellent precision. The Tourbillon caliber
is indeed chronometer-certified by the
Besançon Observatory.
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The
mechanical hand-wound movement, entirely developed and produced within
the
Laurent Ferrier workshops, is fitted with a double balance-spring
tourbillon crafted in the finest traditional manner. Visible exclusively
through the sapphire caseback, the mechanism is not a mere aesthetic
enhancement, but also discreetly serves its former functional purpose of
guaranteeing the precision and reliability of the regulating system.
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The calibre construction is inspired by the major
19th century
chronometry models with their manual-winding system featuring a
long-blade-type ratchet pawl system distinguished by the delicate
mechanical clicking sound emitted during winding. The movement has been
given a horizontal satin-brushed finish with a ruthenium touch for a
sportier allure and has been finished with extreme care, as evidenced by
the manual decoration on the tourbillon carriage bridge. The design of
the bridges is inspired by pocket-watches and the decoration is executed
in keeping with the finest watchmaking traditions, including 30
hand-crafted interior angles.
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The
present-day styling encompasses an opaline dial that transitions from
blue at its center to black near its periphery. Both the hands and
indexes feature orange Super-LumiNova, vitalizing the overall
composition. A snailed small seconds display resides above 6 o’clock and
sits beneath a gently arcing tinted sapphire crystal, granting a
rounded appearance when viewed from the side.
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TECHNICAL DETAILS
Model:
Grand Sport Tourbillon Stainless steel
Ref. LCF 041.2.AC.C1GO
Movement
Manual winding
Calibre FBN 619.01
Power reserve: 80-hour
- Hours and minutes in the centre
- Small seconds at 6 o’clock on tourbillon frame pivot
- Tourbillon rotating cage visible through sapphire case back
- Horizontal satin brushed bridges with a ruthenium treatment
Indications: Hours, minutes, small seconds at 6 o’clock
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Movement diameter: 14’’’ = (Ø 31.60 mm)
•
Movement thickness: 5.57 mm
• Number of parts: 188
•
Number of jewels:
23
•
Frequency: 21,600 vph (
3Hz)
Movement decoration
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Côtes de Genève pattern on the bridges and the circular graining on the mainplate,
flanks are hand-drawn, wheel spokes are bevelled, screw heads are
polished, and interior angles of the balance-cock are hand crafted with a
burin.
Tourbillon features
Tourbillon, opposite double balance spring
“Swiss” lever escapement
Balance at variable geometry, with screw
Tourbillon frame carrier in periphery
Case
Stainless steel
Dimensions:
44 mm
3 parts, middle, bezel and bottom hooked
Sapphire bottom, tourbillon movement vision
Water resistant at 100 meters
Tinted sapphire glass
Satin finishing on the sides and polished bezel
Sporty bolts on the case back
Dial
Blue gradient opaline in the center and black at the periphery
Small second at 6 o’clock
Indexes: 18K/750 210Pd white gold with orange superluminova
Hands
18K/750 210Pd white gold
Hours and minutes: ‘’Assegai-shaped’’ with orange superluminova
Seconds: baton-type
Strap
Stainless steel bracelet
Taupe, folding clasp
Unique Limited to
only 12 pieces
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Press Release - 2020
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Laurent Ferrier SA
Ms Jessica Gasser
Route de Saint Julien 150
1228 Plan Les Ouates
Switzerland
Telephone+41 22
716 33 87
Telefax+41 22
341 64 08
Contact :
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