Laurent Ferrier has built his reputation around a deceptively simple idea: classical watchmaking in which the sophistication reveals itself through proportion, detail and movement finishing rather than visual excess. The Classic Origin distils that philosophy particularly effectively, combining the soft curves of Ferrier's 40mm case with a manually wound movement and restrained small-seconds display. For this 2021 collaboration with Revolution and The Rake, however, the familiar formula was given a more expressive character inspired by sector dials and the great scientific watches of the 1930s and '40s.

Limited to just 12 pieces, this edition pairs a stainless steel case with a specially developed brut-champagne dial, combining a sunray centre with a contrasting sector track and applied Breguet numerals at 12, three and nine. Those numerals are formed in white gold before receiving a dark ruthenium treatment, while the manually wound LF116.01 receives an equally unusual gold-toned micro-sandblasted finish with contrasting hand-finished bevels. The watch was originally supplied with both a calfskin strap and a steel Milanese bracelet, the latter giving Ferrier's normally formal design a surprisingly sporting character.