Laurent Ferrier built the Sport Traveller for people who cross time zones: two pushers move the local hour forward or back without stopping the watch.
Laurent Ferrier today introduces the Sport Traveller Slate Grey, a permanent addition to its Sport line. It is the second generation of the Traveller, an idea first seen in the LF 230.02 movement with natural escapement.
The pusher at 10 o’clock advances the hour hand by one jump, and the one at 8 o’clock takes it back an hour. Home time sits in an aperture at 9 o’clock, the date at 3. White gold Assegai hands and teardrop indexes carry green Super-LumiNova against the slate grey opaline dial.
The case is grade 5 titanium, 42mm across and water resistant to 100 metres, with an integrated three-link bracelet. Inside is the new in-house calibre LF275.01, with a Swiss lever escapement and an off-centred micro-rotor in 950 platinum. It has 72 hours of power reserve, and its micro-rotor bridge is decorated entirely by hand.
It is a watch built for the border between leaving and staying, adjusted mid-stride without ever losing its own rhythm.
The Basics
Brand: Laurent Ferrier
Model: Sport Traveller Slate Grey
Reference: LCF045.T1.NG1C7
Diameter: 42mm (3–9 o’clock)
Thickness: 13.30mm
Case material: Grade 5 titanium; domed sapphire crystals; sapphire case back; screw-down spherical crown
Dial: Slate grey with opaline finish; powder grey transfers; snailed small seconds at 6 o’clock; 18K/750 white gold 210Pd indexes with green Super-LumiNova®; apertures at 3 and 9 o’clock
Water resistance: 100m
Bracelet: Integrated three-link grade 5 titanium bracelet; grade 5 titanium deployant buckle
Limited edition: Not limited
The Movement
Calibre: LF275.01, in-house, self-winding
Functions: Local time hours and minutes in the centre; small seconds at 6 o’clock; date at 3 o’clock; home time at 9 o’clock; pushers at 10 o’clock (+1 hour) and 8 o’clock (−1 hour)
Winding: Self-winding, off-centred micro-rotor with 950 platinum oscillating weight; Swiss lever escapement
Power reserve: 72 hours
Frequency: 4Hz (28,800 vibrations per hour)
Jewels: 35
Images courtesy of Laurent Ferrier.