Great movement but the case and bracelet don't do much for me. I think the current Parmigiani and Czapek sport versions are more compelling.
Maybe so... But does it have to be one or the other!?
Sports watch with a sub seconds just screams mish-mash to me.
The original PP Nautilus, AP Royal Oak and VC 222 had NO second hand, so at least a sub-seconds dial is a step up. And every chronograph in sports watch attire, say the Daytona or Speedmaster, has a sub-second dial. All mish mashes?
If you are laying out $40,000 to $50,000 for one of these luxury sports watches YOU, the buyer, will have to decide which watch to buy. There are many in this space now, ALS, U. Jurgensen, VC, PP, AP, Parmigiani, Czapek and others. The Laurent Ferrier is a fine piece, but it wouldn't be my first choice. If it is your grail piece, great.
Different points entirely … Chronos obviously have a big sweep seconds hand. And I know that a 5402 has no seconds hand, I have one. My point is that a sub seconds hand belongs to a very different design aesthetic.
Are you absolutely sure this isn't a $150 quartz fashion watch homage to a Patek? Looks awful. 🤮
LF watches are always better once u have it in hands !
compare to its peers this LF is likely a good deal.
I would also want to wait to see it in the metal before placing judgment, but the last few releases from LF give me the impression that their watches are really thick and bulky. Nothing I would expect from a watchmaker at this level.
They make such absolutely gorgeous dress watches, why buy a "me too" steel sports watch? Check the Gallet Square Microrotor. Yowzers!
Why not buy a sports watch? Nobody puts baby in the corner!
Kidding aside... I would offer this for thought on why an LF sport watch is a good thing: for a guy like me, who doesn't have many occasions to wear a formal-looking dress watch, it offers an opportunity to own and wear a Laurent Ferrier. Whether they please your personal taste or not, or whether you think it is a "me too" watch (which I think is a little hyperbolic since you can literally say that about every watch manufacturer) the LF manufacturing house is special. And the watches they produce are truly lovely. I don't have many occasions to wear and appreciate dress watches.....
I'm hereby making it my mission to popularize T-shirt + jeans + gold dress watch. Yes it works. Yes it's awesome. Call it a "creative pairing", and your status as fashion icon is confirmed
