Introducing the Galet Square Porcelain

For this special edition, Laurent Ferrier presents an exceptional white porcelain dial limited to 10 pieces and available for the first time in the Galet collection.

The process involved in producing watch dials is extremely complex and represents a true technical challenge. The discs are fashioned by hand from a kaolin-based substance. Once modeled and fired at 2,550°F, the immaculate white porcelain is coated with a layer of transparent enamel that gives it a beautiful gloss. The porcelain discs must be perfectly profiled to ensure a perfect fit inside the watch case.

This elegant porcelain dial constantly plays with the light magnifying the markers and hands. There are 10 anthracite Breguet-type numerals and a scarlet red at 12 o’clock to adorn this delicate porcelain dial. The minute outer rail is complemented by gold circular dots for the minutes, four diamond-shape gold markers at 3, 6, 9 and 12 and smaller diamond-shape gold patterns for the tenths.

The dial is graced with white gold ruthenium treated “assegai-shaped” hands for the hours and minutes and a baton-shaped hand for the seconds. The small seconds echoes the central theme, thereby endowing this model with a perfect balance entirely respectful of lines and the principles of readability cherished by Laurent Ferrier.

The pure aesthetic codes of the maison have been maintained, but in this 41 x 41mm size, the model is more powerfully present on the wrist than its predecessors. Fitted with a ball-shaped winding-crown ensuring pleasing handling, the back is equipped with a snap-on back ensuring that the movement remains easily accessible to watchmakers via the olivette.

The movement is a self-winding FBN 229.01 caliber equipped with a unidirectional pawl-fitted micro-rotor and offering a three-day power reserve. This exclusive in-house movement is developed, assembled and adjusted in the Laurent Ferrier workshops. It is fitted with a silicon escapement featuring a double direct impulse on the balance. This technology developed by Laurent Ferrier enables the balance to be impelled twice per oscillation, a principle that requires two escape-wheels and an appropriately shaped lever. This innovative construction, combined with the use of cutting-edge materials, maximizes energy efficiency, thereby guaranteeing a high amplitude of the balance. This in turn reduces the amount of mechanical force required to wind the mainspring and optimizes winding.

The finishes reflect the high standards Laurent Ferrier imposes on all its creations. All are performed in keeping with the finest watchmaking traditions. Alongside the côtes de Genève motif on the bridges and the circular graining on the mainplate, the wheel spokes are beveled, the screw heads are chamfered and polished and the interior angles are hand-crafted. The sapphire crystal caseback provides a fascinating glimpse of this fine workmanship and reveals an attractively balanced structure stemming from a clever combination of lines and curves.

GALET SQUARE PORCELAIN

Technical Specifications

Movement

• Automatic-winding FBN caliber 229.01 with pawl-fitted micro-rotor
  
• 72-hour power reserve
  
• Micro-rotor fixed between the main plate and the micro-rotor bridge
  
• Silicon escapement with double direct impulse on the balance
  
• Frequency: 21,600 vph (3 Hz)
  

Case

• 18-karat white gold, cushion-shaped
  
• 41×41 mm (diagonal: 45.35 mm)
  
• Back bezel numbered out of 10
  
• Water resistance: to 30m
  
• Case thickness: 11.10 mm
  

Dial

• White porcelain
  
• Anthracite nickel Breguet type numerals 12 o’clock in scarlet red
  
• Gold dots for the minutes, diamond-shape gold markers at 3, 6, 9 and 12, and smaller diamond-shapes for the tenths
  
• Indications: hours, minutes, small seconds at 6 o’clock
  

Straps

• Hand-sewn brown alligator, full skin square scale with scarlet alcantara lining, and a tan calfskin strap with scarlet alcantara lining
  
• Ardillon pin buckle