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Favre Leuba was a popular and (almost) affordable watch in Norway back when.
I even believe I can recall one model made as “white label” for members of the Norwegian watchmakers association. (Yes, we broke away and started Professional watchmakers Norway when membership shifted from individual watchmakers to the dealers and everyone could become a member as long as they sold watches and paid the fee)
Enough about grumpy old farts - we used to call Favre Leuba “Fagre Laura” - it sounds almost the same but means “Beautiful Laura” in Norwegian.
I remember it as a sturdy good watch with several technical innovations, double barrel and of course the many Chronographs with Landeron and (not so often) Valjoux movements.
Also remember that FL is one of the oldest watchmaking facilities in CH.
An old picture of a Favre Leuba Bathy Fifty.
A watch I could see some ten years ago, in Paris. A legend, an historical watch, as this is the second wrist watch to house a mechanical depth meter, the first being Nivada Grenchen and the Depthomatic. ( 1964 for the Nivada, 1966 for the Favre Leuba ). H...
I really dig this one.
I like the watches of the modern day Farve-Leuba but they're just so big, for example the Bivouac 9000, which keeps me from seriously considering a purchase. Thanks for posting this awesome pic of the earlier F-L watches. M4
Great Looking
and so technical,thank you Nico for all this,is like watching National Geographic of Watches
Favre Leuba was a popular and (almost) affordable watch in Norway back when.
I even believe I can recall one model made as “white label” for members of the Norwegian watchmakers association. (Yes, we broke away and started Professional watchmakers Norway when membership shifted from individual watchmakers to the dealers and everyo...
