LAURENT FERRIER – ECOLE Annual Calendar Navy Edition

LAURENT FERRIER – "Série Atelier II" ÉCOLE Annual Calendar Navy Limited Edition 2021

ÉCOLE Annual Calendar Navy

After more than a year overshadowed by widespread gloom, there has never been a greater need for a little escape. Thankfully, LAURENT FERRIER has revisited his École Annual Calendar, venturing into the field of colour. Resplendent in blue and orange, this new creation is offered in a limited edition of only ten pieces, each of them numbered and engraved as "Série Atelier II".

LF SWITCHES TO SUMMERTIME.

This most recent creation is housed in the École-shaped case of the Maison. The name derives from the case made by Laurent during his studies at watchmaking school, which inspired him to create a new version, many years later. 

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The two-zone blue dial of this new reference features a contrasting vertical satin-brushed centre, and circular satin-brushed hour ring. Blue, often associated with dreams and peace of mind, but also a symbol of the sky and sea, is ultimately a colour widely used in both traditional and contemporary watchmaking. Here, it is the product of a galvanic metal treatment process. One of Laurent's favourites, most of his collection showcases this colour. As always with LAURENT FERRIER timepieces, the intensity of the colour varies with the light. Shades are at times dark and captivating, while at others, clear and refreshing, while further enhanced by intense reflections.

In the wake of its big brother, the Grand Sport Tourbillon, the École Annual Calendar Navy offers a more contemporary and sporting appearance compared to earlier versions. Quintessentially associated with aviation or the navy, vibrant orange here adorns the 18K white gold hands, providing the timepiece with optimal legibility and a compelling look.

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The École Annual Calendar Navy boasts a long list of features which together make it a unique timepiece. The time is indicated with LF iconic hands stamped in “Assegais” shape. A snailed small seconds dial placed at 6 o'clock gives character to the composition, while two bevelled apertures, positioned at 12 o'clock, display the day and the month. Finally, the date is indicated by a hand coated in white accompanied by vintage-inspired numerals, on the edge of the dial. The whole offers the full array of information required for daily life while remaining uncluttered and with no unnecessary adornment.

A USEFUL COMPLICATION

As the name suggests, this watch is equipped with an annual calendar. This complication recognises months with 30 and 31 days, progressing automatically to the 1st of the month as appropriate. Manual adjustment is required only once a year, on the 1st of March.  

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The day display is easily set through a pusher on the left side of the case, at 10 o’clock. All the other settings are easily controlled by a pull of the crown and rotating it accordingly, with no need for any tools.

THE LATEST EDITION OF THE "ÉCOLE" CASE

The École case, inspired by Laurent's studies while a younger man, also pays tribute to period pocket watches, from the time when pioneer watchmakers began transforming them into wristwatches. The "Série Atelier II" will be the last reissue of this case, since LAURENT FERRIER has decided to realign his collection by focusing on iconic cases: the Classic, the Square and the Grand Sport. 

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As always, the "ball"-shaped crown, the emblematic signature of the Maison, offers all the ease of a smooth and very pleasant winding.

Calibre 126.01

The calibre 126.01 is at the heart of the "Série Atelier II". This hand-wound movement incorporates a Swiss lever escapement and offers a power reserve of up to 80 hours. The power reserve indicator is placed on the movement and visible on the case-back. Much appreciated by purists, the long-blade ratchet, characteristic of LAURENT FERRIER manual movements, here boasts a polished bassiné finish, handcrafted in the brand's own workshops.

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LAURENT FERRIER is renowned for unmatched finishes. The sapphire crystal on the back of the École Annual Calendar Navy reveals both the mechanism and the finesse of its state-of-the-art manual finishes, carried out according to the most demanding criteria of traditional fine watchmaking. Each bridge is adorned with spotless Côtes de Genève decoration, and ruthenium plating. The plate is embellished with beading while the edges and inner edges are chamfered and then polished by hand, just like the screw heads. The art of watchmaking in its purest form.

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The École Annual Calendar Navy is presented on a hand-sewn bracelet in orange or navy Nubuck leather (based on your choice) with a navy Alcantara lining.

Designed to be worn on any occasion, the "Série Atelier II" limited edition of only ten pieces will be available exclusively from Atelier LAURENT FERRIER on their website.

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TECHNICAL DATA

École Annual Calendar Navy
Série Atelier II - Limited edition of 10 pieces 

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REF: LCF025.AC.C2WO

Movement
Manual-winding LF126.01 calibre
Swiss lever escapement
Screw balance
Indicators: central hours and minutes. Small seconds at 6 o'clock, power reserve indicator on the movement side. Date:

• Central hands for the date
• Day disc and month disc (automatic adjustment for 30- and 31-day months). Only one correction necessary on 1 March)

Semi-instantaneous calendar. Semi-instantaneous counters for days and months.
Clockwise and anti-clockwise calendar adjustment in the middle position
Diameter: Ø 31.60 mm (14’’’)
Thickness: 5.80 mm
Frequency: 3Hz (21,600 vibrations/hour)
Power reserve: 80 hours
Number of components: 235
Number of jewels: 23

AESTHETIC DATA
Case
Stainless steel
Dimension: Ø 40 mm diameter
Thickness: 10mm (12.64 mm on sapphire)
Water resistant to 30 metres
Crown: stainless steel "Boule"-shaped
Dial
Galvanic blue vertical satin-brushed in the centre and circular satin-brushed hour ring
Vintage-inspired date numerals and grey powder-coated hour ring and "31" in light blue
Small seconds at 6 o'clock, with circular satin-brushed outer ring and fine azurage in the centre
Bevelled counters for days and months at 12 o'clock
Hands
18K/750 white gold 210 Pd
Hour and minute: orange-coated, ”Assegai”-shaped
Seconds: orange-coated, “Baton”-type
White-coated, ”Assegai”-shaped date
Strap
Choice of hand-sewn navy or orange Nubuck leather, navy Alcantara lining
Stainless steel pin buckle
 

Limitation  
Unique timepiece Limited Edition - Only 10 examples 

 

Price: CH: CHF 50,000.- incl. sales tax

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Jaeger-LeCoultre – REVERSO Tribute Enamel - Hokusai ‘Kirifuri Waterfall’ Gold Edition

Jaeger-LeCoultre – REVERSO® Tribute Enamel - Hokusai ‘Kirifuri Waterfall’ Gold Edition 2021

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Jaeger-LeCoultre presents the Reverso Tribute Enamel - Hokusai ‘Kirifuri Waterfall’

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For almost two millennia, a two-way cultural exchange between Asia and Europe has had a profound influence on every art form of both East and West – from the visual to the performing arts – as well as on techniques for producing textiles, glass and ceramics. 

This is an exchange that Jaeger-LeCoultre has embraced throughout the Manufacture’s history. Coinciding with 90 years of the Reverso, Jaeger-LeCoultre celebrates this ongoing cultural exchange with an exquisite new Reverso Tribute Enamel timepiece.

Kirifuri Waterfall (Kirifuri-no-taki)

Uniting European craftsmanship with Japanese art, the reverse side of the case celebrates Eastern art with an enamel miniature painting that faithfully reproduces a woodblock print of Kirifuri Waterfall made by Katsushika Hokusai in the early 1830s. Kirifuri Waterfall is taken from A Tour of the Waterfalls of the Provinces, a series of eight woodblock prints depicting waterfalls that the artist visited between 1831 and 1833 in different regions of Japan’s main island, Honshu.

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Embodying La Grande Maison’s creativity and its vision of the world of art and culture, the new timepiece is testament to the talent and skill of the artisans working in the Métiers Rares® (Rare Handcrafts) atelier within the Manufacture Jaeger-LeCoultre.

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In a carefully orchestrated process beginning with the case back, the decoration of this timepiece presented many challenges that were particular to this work of art. First among those challenges was to reproduce a work measuring 37 x 24.5 cm onto a surface little more than one-tenth the size of the original – capturing every detail in perfect scale, including the group of tiny human figures at the base of the waterfall.

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To express the power and beauty of the water as it cascades 100 metres down the mountainside Hokusai used a greater sense of perspective and bolder colours for Kirifuri Waterfall than in his previous work. The enameller had not only to mimic this perfectly but also to create the illusion of the woodblock printing technique, which produces a specific effect entirely different from enamelling. A particular challenge is that multi-coloured prints require the use of multiple woodblocks, with each different colour applied in turn – and there was the added challenge of reproducing the bokashi effect of subtly nuanced and graduated colours seen in the original. To achieve these illusions, Jaeger-LeCoultre’s master enameller had to develop her own technique.

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The simplicity of the Reverso Tribute dial – with its faceted appliqué hour-markers and Dauphine hands – places full value on the beauty of its decoration. An artistic response to the miniature painting on the case back, this dial is decorated with an unusual, wavy guilloché pattern chosen to echo the effect of moving water. Executed by hand, using a century-old lathe for which a special cam was tooled to achieve this particular pattern, the visual effect of the waves is amplified by layers of translucent grand feu enamel in a soft shade of green that exactly matches a detail of the painting on the reverse side.

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Following multiple firings to build up the enamel layers, the final challenge is the faultless application of the indexes (which requires tiny holes to be drilled through the pristine surface of the enamel) and the transfer of the chemin de fer minutes register.

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As with all enamelling, the firing process can change colours in unpredictable ways, so for both the back and the front of the Reverso Tribute Enamel Hokusai, many hours of research and experiment were required in order that the dial colour would perfectly match the painting on the reverse, and that the painting would give a faithful rendering of Hokusai’s original colours. In addition to these hours of research, almost five working hours must be dedicated to the guillochage alone, followed by eight working hours for the layers of translucent green enamel. More than 70 working hours are required only to paint the miniature masterpiece on the case back.

ABOUT HOKUSAI

The Japanese artist best known in the West, Hokusai (c.1760–1849) was a highly prolific illustrator, printmaker and ukiyo-e artist. His fame was secured when he was in his eighties, by his monumental woodblock print series Thirty-Six Views of Mount FujiI, which includes The Great Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), one of the world’s best-known works of art. (Jaeger-LeCoultre honoured that work by reproducing it as a miniature enamel painting on a limited-edition Reverso in 2018.)

Thanks to a craze for ukiyo-e painting, which depicted the hedonistic lifestyle of the merchant class in Edo Japan (1600–1868), woodblock printing flourished from the 17th to 19th Century, as a means of reproducing those paintings. Innovative in his composition and use of colour, Hokusai was instrumental in transforming ukiyo-e from a style of portraiture into a broader genre that included landscapes, plants and animals. As a consequence of his fame, ukiyo-e and woodblock prints became central to forming the West's perception of Japanese art.

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TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Model:  REVERSO Tribute Enamel Hokusai ‘Kirifuri Waterfall’ Gold Edition
 

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 Reference: Q39334T2 - Guilloché and Grand Feu enamel

Movement  
Manually wound mechanical movement,
Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre 822; 134 parts
21,600 vibrations per hour
Power reserve: 42-hour
Functions: Hours, minutes, small seconds.
Reverse: Second time zone, 24-hour day/night indicator
Case
18-carat White gold
Dimensions: 45.5 x 27.4mm x 9.73mm
Water resistance: 3 bar
Dial 
Guilloché and Grand Feu enamel, applied golden hour markers, Dauphine hands.
Case back: Grand Feu enamel miniature painting
Strap
Black alligator, pin buckle in white gold

 

Edition
Limited edition of 10 pieces

Price  upon request

  UP TO 8 YEARS OF WARRANTY

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