Laurent Ferrier Galet Annual Calendar Montre Ecole SS Grey Dial

This Laurent Ferrier Galet Annual Calendar "Montre École" is a quietly clever piece from one of independent watchmaking's most admired ateliers, its name — "school watch" — evoking the classical timepieces once made by watchmaking students, and its display recalling the elegant triple calendars of the mid-twentieth century. Powered by the hand-wound calibre LF126.01, the atelier's own annual-calendar movement, it shows the day and month through two bevelled apertures at twelve o'clock and the date via a slender pointer sweeping the edge of the dial — a calendar that needs correcting only once a year. An 80-hour power reserve is indicated discreetly on the movement side, leaving the face uncluttered. The stainless steel Galet case measures 40mm across and 12.7mm in thickness, its smooth pebble form comfortable and understated. A slate-grey dial with satin-brushed finishes, white-gold Assegai hands, and a small seconds at six completes its restrained, classical look. A beautifully finished everyday calendar with real intellectual charm.