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From Arpal One to Bridge One
In 2017, for the Only Watch auction, the classicist Laurent Ferrier teamed up with the Urwerk masters of avant-garde, Felix Baumgartner and Martin Frei, giving birth to the Arpal One : a futuristic wandering hours watch powered by Urwerk's caliber UR5.03 with a case made of Arpal+ designed by Laurent Ferrier.
One year later, in 2018, the same team introduced a new model made of titanium and limited to 4 pcs: the LF-UR 2 .
Finally, in 2019, Laurent Ferrier introduced his own model inspired both by the two collaborations with Urwerk and by his personal more classical aesthetic: the Bridge One , named after the Passerelle de l'Ile (a Geneva bridge Laurent Ferrier saw from his window as a child) and powered by a specially made shaped caliber, the LF107.01.
Enjoy!
1/ The Arpal One (or LF-UR 1)
credit: quill & pad (and Urwerk for the 1st one)
2/ The LF-UR 2
credit: monochrome
3/ The Bridge One
a/ Ref. LCF032.AC.E01 in stainless steel with a white enamel dial
credit: horobox
credit: monochrome
credit: horobox
Historic image of the Passerelle de l'Ile in Geneva
credit: monochrome
b/ Ref. LCF032.AC.AG1 in stainless steel with a slate grey grained dial with white gold XII Roman numeral
credit: dunaliga
c/ Ref. LCF 032.AC.BG1 with a special moka dial for GPHG
credit: @h.m.uhren
d/ Unique piece for Verona retailer Andrea Concato (which seems directly inspired by the special GPHG variant, the only visible difference being the "pièce unique" and "1/1" engraved on the case back)
credit: chroneo.pl
e/ Ref. LCF032.R5.E01 in rose gold with an enamel dial
credit: @totallyworth
credit: the 1916 company (screenshots from a Tim Mosso review)
Review of the LCF032.AC.AG1 by Tim Mosso
Review of the LCF032.R5.E01 by Tim Mosso
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From Arpal One to Bridge One
In 2017 , for the Only Watch auction, the classicist Laurent Ferrier teamed up with the Urwerk masters of avant-garde, Felix Baumgartner and Martin Frei , giving birth to the Arpal One : a futuristic wandering hours watch powered by Urwerk's caliber UR5.0...
It seems that new squared movements can actually be designed and made😁
I wish they had a more curved back, it would make them perfect
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I really wonder how they would fit on my wrist. In Tim Mosso's videos the watch seems to wrap nicely around the wrist.
I understand why you took the Bridge for a Kalpa Hebdomadaire,
even if the Kalpa is rather convex and the Bridge concave! What I find interesting is this mix of modern and traditional aesthetics.
Yes, it does! Hence the choice of steel for the introduction models,
which is very coherent. The rose gold version was a second thought and is perhaps a little less coherent with the primary industrial inspiration of the design.
Yes, it's got a lot for itself.
Not my personal favorite, but a very nice piece nonetheless.