PROPERTY OF BEN CLYMER
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Laurent Ferrier
Galet Traveller Limited Edition for Hodinkee
A fine and attractive limited edition titanium dual-time wristwatch with blue enamel sector dial, certificate, presentation box, number 1 of 15 timepieces
- Estimate
- $20,000 - 40,000
$60,960
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Laurent Ferrier
- Year
- 2017
- Movement No
- No. 10
- Case No
- No. 1/15
- Model Name
- Galet Traveller Limited Edition for Hodinkee
- Material
- Titanium
- Calibre
- Automatic, LF230.02, 41 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- Leather
- Clasp/Buckle
- Titanium Laurent Ferrier buckle
- Dimensions
- 41mm Diameter
- Signed
- Case, dial, movement and buckle signed
- Accessories
- Accompanied by Laurent Ferrier Certificate dated October 4th, 2017, leather travel case, wooden loupe, polish cloth, product literature and outer packaging.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
Speaking of Limited Editions – one of the greatest professional joys of my life is to see watches I have dreamed up in my head come to life. The Laurent Ferrier Galet Traveller for Hodinkee represents so much of what I love about watches – old and new – with a complication that I think is as romantic as any. There was a ton of thought put into this one - but we wanted to create the ultimate contemporary travel watch (thus, titanium for weight) that brought back the aura of not only the Patek Philippe 2597s but also 2523s - so we polished the metal to look as if it were gold. Then we removed the date aperture and disc - I believe still the first and only Traveller out there where this was done. The blue enamel disc was obviously a nod to both the 2523 but also single color enamel Rolex watches (like ref 6090) from the 50s. The watch was over engineered in a significant way with the small batch, high polished titanium case, the blue enamel dial (first entire batch cracked before casing), a sector divider in actual white gold (don’t ask), and a highly modified caliber with an entirely new finish to it. It was also one of Laurent Ferrier’s first collaborations, and one of ours - and our most expensive to date. To me, it is the ultimate understated travel watch – that is elegant and interesting – and of course, with Laurent Ferrier’s natural escapement, something very special.
Laurent Ferrier
Swiss | 2008Introducing its first watch to critical acclaim in 2010, Laurent Ferrier was founded by long-time Swiss watchmaker of the same name. Following a 37-year career at Patek Philippe, Ferrier founded the brand in 2008, creating timeless wristwatches inspired by the finest wrist and pocket watches from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Revered by collectors around the world for their genuine innovations and understated elegance, the brand specializes in exquisitely hand-finished movements featuring state-of-the-art watchmaking technology. Galet, or "pebble" in French, describes the signature feature of the brand's cases used across its collection — with soft curves, domed crystals and rounded edges reminding one of a smooth pebble.
Key models include the Galet Classic Tourbillon Double Spiral and the Galet Micro-Rotor, with stunning movement architectures designed after prestigious observatory chronometer movements of the twentieth century.
Browse MakerKey models include the Galet Classic Tourbillon Double Spiral and the Galet Micro-Rotor, with stunning movement architectures designed after prestigious observatory chronometer movements of the twentieth century.