Laurent Ferrier - TOKI: Watch Auction Hong Kong Friday, November 22, 2024 | Phillips
  • Manufacturer: Laurent Ferrier
    Year: Circa 2016
    Reference No: LCF010.AC.E07G.1
    Movement No: 357
    Case No: No. 3/3
    Model Name: Galet Micro-Rotor
    Material: Stainless steel
    Calibre: Automatic, cal. FBN 229.01, 35 jewels
    Bracelet/Strap: Crocodile
    Clasp/Buckle: Stainless steel Laurent Ferrier pin buckle
    Dimensions: 40mm diameter
    Signed: Case, dial, movement and buckle signed
    Accessories: Accompanied by Laurent Ferrier warranty stamped Kamine Torroad Store, Kobe and dated March 2016, Kamine certificate and maintenance card, instruction manual, wooden loupe, cloth, fitted leather presentation box and outer packaging.

  • Catalogue Essay

    The present Galet Micro-Rotor was specially produced in a limited edition of 3 pieces to commemorate the 110th anniversary of Japanese retailer Kamine. Retaining the elegant curves, stepped bezel and onion crown on the stainless steel case, the white grand feu enamel dial inside is adorned by applied white gold Breguet numerals, and swept over by delicate white gold Breguet-style hands.

    As Laurent Ferrier’s creations are mostly cased in precious metals, the present Galet Micro-Rotor is a rarity blessed with a steel case and Breguet numerals. It strikes a pleasant lightness on the wrist that would most certainly charm the wearer.

    Offered in excellent overall condition, the present Galet Micro-Rotor is numbered 3 of a limited edition of only 3 pieces and is further accompanied by its original accessories, including a warranty stamped Kamine, Torroad Store, an esteemed retailer of jewellery and watches founded in 1906 and based in Kobe’s Motomachi district, near the historic area of Kyu-kyoryuchi (meaning "Former Foreign Settlement" in English), that has been running for more than a century, providing specialist knowledge to generations of Japanese watch collectors and connoisseurs.

  • Artist Biography

    Laurent Ferrier

    Swiss • 2008

    Introducing 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.

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Ref. LCF010.AC.E07G.1
A limited edition stainless steel wristwatch with white grand feu enamel dial, Breguet numerals, small seconds, double direct-impulse escapement, warranty and presentation box, numbered 3 of a limited edition of 3 pieces made to commemorate the 110th anniversary of Japanese retailer Kamine

Circa 2016
40mm diameter
Case, dial, movement and buckle signed

Estimate
HK$160,000 - 200,000 
€18,800-23,500
$20,500-25,600

Sold for HK$254,000

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