Laurent Ferrier : Galet Classic Tourbillon Double Spiral with ivory-colored dial.........

Laurent Ferrier is treating its iconic Galet Classic model to a whole new face. The red gold case enhanced by a generous ball-shaped crown makes a perfect match with the new ivory shade of the grand feu enamel dial. Like a metronome, its double balancespring tourbillon movement beats with extreme regularity, a rating precision duly certified by Besançon Observatory.

As with all watches bearing the Laurent Ferrier signature, each detail of this version of the Galet Classic has been meticulously chosen and crafted with rigorous care. The ivory-coloured dial is punctuated by black painted Roman numerals. The gold hands are “assegai-shaped” for the hours and minutes and baton-shaped for the seconds. A red seconds counter at 6 o’clock is rimmed by a white gold flange that is manually bevelled
and polished using a burin.

The mechanical hand-wound movement, entirely developed and produced within the Laurent Ferrier workshops, is fitted with a double balance-spring tourbillon device 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 reliability of the regulating system. The tourbillon compensates for the variations in rate in all vertical positions. The two reverse-fitted balance-springs neutralise the lateral displacement of the balance
axis. Associating these two devices combines their advantages and ensures impressively high rating precision. Calibre FBN 916.01 has indeed been acknowledged as the finest chronometer ever tested by Besançon Observatory, with a daily variation in rating precision of just 1.29 seconds!

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 is 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.

In endowing the Galet Classic with such attributes, Laurent Ferrier once again demonstrates its unconditional respect for classical fine watchmaking. Time should once again have no hold over this model that displays an authentic sense of detail.

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GALET CLASSIC TOURBILLON DOUBLE SPIRAL REF. LCF001-R AESTHETIC CODES

Case
 5N 18K/750 red gold
 Three parts: middle, bezel and snap-in back
 Dimension: Ø 41 mm (50 mm at the lugs)
 Thickness: 9.50 mm at material level/ at sapphire crystal level 12.50 mm
 Sapphire crystal
 Cambered sapphire crystals
 Water-resistant to 30 metres
 Crown: 5N 18K/750 red gold, ball-shaped

Dial
 Ivory-coloured grand feu enamel on an 18K gold underplate
 Black painted Roman numerals for the hour hands
 Minute track
 Hollowed small seconds at 6 o’clock, red-painted counter, rhodiumed white gold
flange, manually bevelled and polished using a burin

Hands
 White gold, treated with black ruthenium
 Hours and minutes: “assegai-shaped”
 Seconds: baton-shaped

Strap
 Brown hand-sewn alligator leather with Alcantara lining
 Double-blade pin buckle or folding clasp, 16 mm in 5N 18K/750 red gold


TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Movement
 Calibre reference: FBN 916.01
 Hand-wound, chronometer-certified
 Diameter: 14’’’ (Ø 31.60 mm)
 Thickness: 5.57 mm
 Frequency: 3Hz (21,600 vibrations/hour)
 Power reserve: 80 hours
 182 parts
 23 jewels
 Central hour and minute hands
 Small seconds at 6 o’clock pivoting on tourbillon carriage
 Tourbillon carriage visible through the caseback

Tourbillon mechanism
 Tourbillon, double reverse-fitted balance-spring
 Double Geneva-type balance-spring studs
 Swiss lever escapement with nickel phosphorous escape-wheel
 Variable-geometry balance with screws
 Peripherally-driven tourbillon carriage

Zach T
Forum Moderator