Laurent Ferrier

Showing at WatchTime New York 2021: Laurent Ferrier Classic Origin Opaline

Laurent Ferrier produces complicated wristwatches in an array of cases and dials, using precious metals and brushed with high-quality finishes, and has earned accolades from its earliest beginnings. Last year, Laurent Ferrier revisited its classic case design with the launch of an entry-level sports watch to mark its 10th anniversary: the Classic Origin Opaline. Since its...

Read the article

Oct 13, 2021 by WatchTime

California Dial Meets Cushion Case in Laurent Ferrier’s Newest Limited Edition

For the latest model in its elegantly retro-look Square series, independent Genevan watchmaker Laurent Ferrier turns to a style pioneered in the 1940s, legend says, by a watch repairer in California, which refurbished a number of dials with an unconventional combo of Roman numerals in the upper half and Arabic numerals in the lower. This...

Read the article

Aug 12, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

2020, The Watch Year in Review: 10 Tantalizing Tourbillon Watches

It goes without saying: 2020 was far from an ideal year for most of us. Looking back, however, it was also a year that brought many noteworthy watch launches despite the huge obstacles posed by the pandemic and its effects on the world economy. As we look ahead hopefully to 2021, it’s time for our...

Read the article

Dec 29, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

Showing at WatchTime Live 2020: Laurent Ferrier Classic Origin Opaline

Laurent Ferrier has a long and acclaimed history producing complicated wristwatches. Laurent Ferrier is revisiting its classic case design with the launch of a new entry-level, sports watch, to mark its 10th anniversary year.

Read the article

Oct 12, 2020 by Corey Vlahos

Laurent Ferrier Grand Sport Tourbillon Debuts on New Integrated Bracelet

Heralded independent watchmaker Laurent Ferrier presented his first sport-luxury timepiece, the Grand Sport Tourbillon, in 2019, offering the initial model with a distinct taupe-colored dial and a matching, integrated rubber strap. For Watches & Wonders 2020, which went live online last week, Ferrier introduces it on a new integrated stainless steel bracelet. The Grand Sport...

Read the article

May 4, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

WATCH TO WATCH

Old-School Design: Laurent Ferrier Galet Annual Calendar School Piece “Vintage”

The newest version of Laurent Ferrier’s GPHG Award-Winning Galet Annual Calendar School Piece, previously offered with gold cases and black or white opaline dials, pays tribute to the champagne-dialed vintage models of the 1950s. Limited to just five pieces, the Galet Annual Calendar School Piece “Vintage” combines a 40-mm steel case with a new opaline...

Read the article

Feb 27, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

NEWS:

Laurent Ferrier Taps into His Personal Racing History for the Tourbillon Grand Sport

Laurent Ferrier recently announced his first sports watch to celebrate two important anniversaries. The watch in question is the limited edition Tourbillon Grand Sport, a throwback to luxury sports watches introduced in the 1970s. Before he launched his eponymous brand, Laurent Ferrier was an avid racing enthusiast and even competed in the legendary 24 Hours...

Read the article

May 13, 2019 by WatchTime

PROFILE

Ferrier’s Fine Finish: The Journey of Laurent Ferrier

Laurent Ferrier grew up in a kind of watch paradise. As a boy returning after school to his family’s apartment in Geneva, he came face to face with exquisite timepieces every day. His father restored and repaired complicated watches and clocks in a workshop directly across from Vacheron Constantin. Here's the story of how he founded his own independent watch brand.

Read the article

Mar 11, 2019 by Norma Buchanan

SIHH 2019:

Laurent Ferrier Launches the Bridge One with a Brand New Caliber and Case Construction

Laurent Ferrier has revealed two timepieces at SIHH 2019 that feature a completely new case construction and movement. The septuagenarian watchmaker, who won the Men’s Complication prize at the GPHG 2018 for the Galet Annual Calendar School Piece, is known throughout the watch industry for his technical mastery as well as the certain level of horological...

Read the article

Jan 14, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

SIHH 2019:

The Official WatchTime Pre-SIHH 2019 Roundup

SIHH 2019 is a day away and our team is on the ground in Geneva ready to bring you the hottest horological news. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook if you aren’t already and get ready for the breaking news that is sure to follow. While you anxiously wait for the latest update, you can catch...

Read the article

Jan 13, 2019 by WatchTime

Six Annual Calendar Watches to Start the New Year

The Annual Calendar is often thought of as the less glamorous sibling to the more complicated perpetual calendar. Knowing how particular many watch enthusiasts are, this statement might ring true to some, but it’s not all doom and gloom for fans of this 23-year-old complication. In fact, there have been a number of releases over...

Read the article

Jan 1, 2019 by Logan R. Baker

SIHH 2019 PREVIEW:

Back to School: New Versions of Laurent Ferrier’s Award-Winning Annual Calendar

Laurent Ferrier’s Galet Annual Calendar School Piece, named for and inspired by its eponymous inventor’s days as a watchmaking student, won out over an impressive field of competitors to claim the Men’s Complication Prize at the 2018 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève. One year after its introduction at last year’s SIHH watch salon, the watch...

Read the article

Dec 3, 2018 by Mark Bernardo

NEWS:

Six Rare and Exclusive Watches You’ll Find at the New Cellini Jewelers Boutique

A New York institution since it first opened in the lobby of the Waldorf Astoria in 1977, Cellini Jewelers recently found a new home at 430 Park Avenue. Forced to relocate after the grand hotel shuttered its doors for renovations in March 2017, founder Leon Adams picked a premium location in the beating heart of...

Read the article

May 21, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

FEATURE:

The Definitive Baselworld 2018 Round-Up

Baselworld 2018 may have been significantly smaller than in previous years, but the show certainly made up for it with an exceptional range of new watches, quite a lot of them with much more budget-friendly prices than in previous years (which still cannot be said for the bratwurst stand outside the fair). WatchTime’s editorial team...

Read the article

Apr 7, 2018 by WatchTime

SIHH 2018:

A New Annual Calendar from Laurent Ferrier

We’ve been slowly working our way through the highlights of the independent brands that attended SIHH 2018 and it’s high time we took a look at what Laurent Ferrier has to offer this year. The septuagenarian Swiss watchmaker, who was formerly the Creative Director of Patek Philippe, introduced the Galet Annual Calendar School Piece during the...

Read the article

Jan 30, 2018 by Logan R. Baker

NEWS

Live Photos: Highlights from Only Watch 2017

It’s about that time again. At 8:30 A.M. EST tomorrow morning, the Hôtel des Bergues in Geneva will be filled to capacity as Only Watch 2017 gets underway and enthusiasts from around the world bid to claim these one-of-a-kind timepieces. Of particular note this year: the Patek Philippe Ref. 5208T-010, which is the first of...

Read the article

Nov 10, 2017 by Logan R. Baker

NEWS

Here Are All 49 Unique Timepieces Up for Auction at Only Watch 2017

The seventh edition of the biennial Only Watch auction — a charity auction whose proceeds are devoted to the research of Duchenne muscular dystrophy — will be held November 11, 2017, at Christie’s in Geneva. As in previous years, a number of watch brands — from large luxury maisons to small, independent watchmakers — will donate...

Read the article

Jul 18, 2017 by Sophia Kuemmerle

SIHH 2016 REVISITED

Three World-Traveler Watches From Indie Watch Brands

World-time and GMT watches were popular at this year's watch fairs, and several of the independent haute horlogerie brands that exhibited at SIHH in Geneva for the first time offered some very interesting new takes on these timepieces aimed at world travelers. Here's a look.

Read the article

May 11, 2016 by WatchTime