After much hemming and hawing, I am lucky enough to celebrate a milestone birthday with a present to myself, Laurent Ferrier Classic Micro Rotor in stainless steel. (Newer ones are in precious metal only) The natural escapement movement was manufactured in partnership with Fabrique du Temps but fini
In reading more about the Landweller it’s not actually a natural escapement like LF or Breguet but a flavor of it since both wheels aren’t directly driving the gear train. Now that I read about it, I kind of want that watch. Sounds like Rolex is set up for mass producing it, but who knows what size
Is LF moving away from natural escapement and back to Swiss lever? I noticed that all their new watches and movements utilize the Swiss lever including their latest moonphase and tourbillon. Presumably natural escapement is still reliable? Sounds like they’re reining in costs I guess?