The Laurent Ferrier Grand Sport Tourbillon in regal crimson gold

With a knack for creating sensually formed, understated, superbly designed watches and actions, it’s laborious to search out anyone who doesn’t like Laurent Ferrier’s watches. When the maestro turned his hand to the luxurious sports activities watch style, he reverted his gaze to the Nineteen Seventies when his ardour for motorsports was at an all-time excessive and mixed the graceful, elegant, flowing strains that characterise his work to create the Grand Sport. Powered by a high-end, hand-finished tourbillon motion, the Grand Sport Tourbillon made its debut in metal with an built-in rubber strap, adopted by a mannequin with an built-in metal bracelet. Immediately, the watch is catapulted into the realm of the ultra-luxury sports activities watch, dressed from head to toe in seductive matte 5N crimson gold with a tasty graduated chocolate-coloured dial.

Launched in 2019, the Grand Sport Tourbillon was impressed by the 2 founders’ (Laurent Ferrier and François Servanin) mutual ardour for automotive racing. The curvaceous strains of the Grand Sport Tourbillon have been impressed by the modern contours of a race automotive, and its energy is derived from a high-performance engine, the LF619.01 tourbillon calibre with a double stability spring.

The Midas Contact

Coinciding with the model’s 12^th anniversary, the Grand Sport Tourbillon with built-in bracelet seems in a stable 5N crimson gold swimsuit. Sharing the identical dimensions as the sooner metal variations, the 44mm case diameter and top of 13.40mm in crimson gold means the load has elevated to 310gr. With its gentle barrel-shaped case and cushion-shaped bezel, the watch emits a particular Nineteen Seventies vibe and attenuates its dimensions with a intelligent play of convex and concave shapes and rounded edges. Built-in crown guards defend the signature onion crown to make sure the 100m water resistance of the case.

Utilizing completely different brushed finishings – round on the bezel, vertical on the case center – the matte case appears sportier and hotter than a elegant case. The three-link bracelet options comparable satin-brushed finishings with brightly polished bevels on the central hyperlinks.

Gradient chocolate Dial

Transferring from a lighter chocolate tone within the centre to darker on the edges, the nice and cozy brown color of the gradient dial works superbly with the crimson gold. The signature drop-shaped hour markers and Assegai-shaped arms are crafted in crimson gold, handled with white Tremendous-LumiNova and utilized to the opaline dial. To accommodate the small seconds counter at 6 o’clock, the markers at 5 and seven o’clock are noticeably shorter. Emphasising the rounded look of the watch, the dial is protected by a domed sapphire crystal.

Tourbillon

Consistent with the model’s pursuit of understatement, the tourbillon shouldn’t be displayed on the dial. Seen on the reverse facet of the case, the hand-wound, one-minute tourbillon motion is exquisitely completed with 30 hand-worked inside angles, polished countersinks and up to date horizontal satin-brushed bridges with a ruthenium remedy. The motion shops 80h of energy reserve and beats at a frequency of 3Hz. Geared up with a double stability spring, the motion initially contained in the Traditional Tourbillon gained the Males’s Watch Prize on the GPHG in 2010.

AVAILABILITY & PRICE

The Laurent Ferrier Grand Sport Tourbillon Pink Gold is a restricted version of 24 items and can retail for CHF 225,000 (excl. tax).

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