For SIHH 2018, Laurent Ferrier is glad to unveil its 5th exclusive caliber featuring an Annual Calendar function. Hosted in a new collection of timepieces, this new movement combines a convenient and user-friendly functionality with pure design and optimal visibility.
This new timepiece was developed with the aim of ensuring extremely smooth handling, while also ensuring visual balance, readability and performance in all circumstances all values dear to Laurent Ferrier. With its date and month fast-adjustment by simply turning the crown forward and backward, this new timepiece offers a great experience to the wearer.
A Useful Complication: Annual Calendar
The Galet Annual Calendar School Piece displays the day of the week, the date and the month under consideration of months with 30 and 31 days, so the only adjustment required is once a year : on March the 1st. The date is clearly indicated by a central hand and the days of the week and the months in two beveled apertures. This display combines reading comfort and balanced beauty.
The user-friendliness was at the heart of the caliber design. Indeed all the adjustments are extremely easy to make. The days of the week are updated by simply pushing the "easy to grip" button delicately integrated on the left side of the case. All the other adjustments are made by pulling and turning the crown. No tool is required.
Technical Specifications:
The case, in 18kt red or yellow gold, or in stainless steel, measures 40mm x 12.8mm. It has double sapphire crystals and it is water resistant to 30 meters.
Movement is the Swiss manual-wind Laurent Ferrier in-house caliber LF126.01 with 23 jewels, 21,600 vph and a power reserve of 80 hours. It features a Swiss lever escapement and a screw balance. Functions are: hours and minutes, small seconds at 6 o´clock. Power reserve area indicator on the back side. Annual calendar: Calendar central hand. Day-disc and Month-disc (Automatic correction for months with 30 or 31 days. One correction on March 1st). Semi-instantaneous calendar. Days and month semi-instantaneous apertures. It features Côtes de Genève motif with a ruthenium treatment adorning the bridges and the circular-graining of the mainplate, with manually chamfered interior angles and polished screw heads.
Dials can be had in silver-toned or slate-grey. Vintage-inspired numerals painted in blue. Vertical satin brushed on the center and circular satin brushed on the outer circle. Small seconds at 6 o´clock, with circular satin brushed outer circle and snailed finish in the center. Bevelled day and month apertures. 18kt white gold hands. "Assegai-shaped". Painted in white or ruthenium treated. Seconds hand: baton-type with counterweight. Painted in white or ruthenium treated. Date: Painted in red or burgundy.
It comes on a black alligator leather strap with Alcantara lining, or a beigh calf leather strap with a gold or steel folding clasp.
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