Laurent Ferrier - Sport Auto

Laurent Ferrier presented the Sport Auto ref. LCF040.T1.C1GC5, a sport timepiece with blue dial and a price of CHF 46,000.

The Swiss Maison Laurent Ferrier is launching the Sport Auto, a new timepiece inspired to the world of motor racing, a world that the brand's founders - Laurent Ferrier himself  and industrialist François Servanin - know very well having raced together at the 24 Hours of Le Man.

Measuring 41.5 mm x 12.7 mm, the new watch is crafted from grade 5 titanium with an alternation of satin brushed and polished surfaces to highlight its dynamic lines.

The signature ball-shaped crown is, for the first time, screwed down making the watch water resistant up to a pressure of 12 ATM (approximately 120 metres / 400 feet).

Framed by an unusually shaped bezel and well protected by a domed sapphire crystal, the dial brings together all the Laurent Ferrier aesthetic codes with different shades of blue combined with an opaline finish and white gold drop-shaped hands and indexes illuminated by green Super-LumiNova.

At 6 o'clock, the snailed small seconds dial is perfectly readable thanks to powdered grey markers. The same grey tone is used for the minute track, the brand logo and the central cross. At 3 o'clock, the bevelled date window is underlined with a fine coordinated transfer.

The “Sport Auto” movement indication, tone-on-tone transferred between the central hands and the small seconds, completes the composition.

Visible through the sapphire crystal case back fixed with specific screws, the automatic LF 270.01 calibre is entirely designed, decorated, assembled and adjusted in the Laurent Ferrier workshops.

Its micro-rotor is equipped with a 950 platinum oscillating weight - a first for the brand - placed directly between the plate and the bridge to ensure ideal stability and maximised winding power. Once fully wound, this 4 Hz (28,800 vibrations per hour) calibre guarantees an autonomy of 72 hours. 

Each LF 270.01 calibre alone requires more than 139 manual finishing operations. For instance, the bridge of the micro-rotor movement is meticulously decorated by hand: the angles are softened then finished with gentian wood or diamantine, while the surface is mirror-polished. 

The fully integrated bracelet is is made in grade 5 titanium with vertical satin finish enhanced by polished flanks. 

The new Laurent Ferrier Sport Auto ref. LCF040.T1.C1GC5 has a price of CHF 46,000. laurentferrier.ch