Description

Laurent Ferrier won an award at the 2018 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève for the Galet Annual Calendar Montre École in the Men’s Complication category, an awesome imagining of an annual calendar based on Monsieur Ferrier’s original montre école.

The Annual Calendar Montre École, which is powered by an in-house movement, features an annual calendar complication, marking the first calendar of this kind by the brand.

The annual calendar variation displays at the very least the month and day, tracking the correct number of days in each month throughout the year, though requiring a manual reset at the end of February. It obviously doesn’t take leap years into account – and cannot automatically process any months with less than 30 days.

Caliber LF126.01 is the fifth movement from the brand. It is an annual calendar.

This movement features two main bridge plates: one contains the barrel, center wheel, and power reserve, while the other takes care of the third and fourth wheels. The escape wheel gets its own bridge as well as the double-spring balance wheel.

The Galet Annual Calendar displays the day of the week, the date and the month under consideration of months with 30 and 31 days, so the only adjustment required is once a year : on March the 1st The date is clearly indicated by a central hand and the days of the week and the months in two beveled apertures. This display combines reading comfort and balanced beauty. The user-friendliness was at the heart of the caliber design. Indeed all the adjustments are extremely easy to make. The days of the week are updated by simply pushing the “easy to grip” button delicately integrated on the left side of the case. All the other adjustments are made by pulling and turning the crown. No tool is required. The fast-adjustment of the date with the central hand can be made by turning the crown forward and backward, allowing the month to be automatically updated accordingly. The Galet Annual Calendar School Piece houses a manual winding mechanical movement equipped with a power-reserve area indication positioned on the movement side. The power reserve is guaranteed for 80 hours.