Laurent Ferrier Launch 15th Anniversary Classic Traveller Globe Night Blue Enamel

The idea of an atlas watch, a watch with a picture of the world on its dial, is nothing new. In fact, when it comes to certain complications such as dual time zones and especially worldtimers they’re downright common. The issue is that atlas dials can often overwhelm whatever timepiece they’re on, featuring fiddly details and sitting at odds with the style of the rest of the watch. It’s also tricky to reimagine this style of dial in an innovative way because the world is the world and that’s what watchmakers have to work with. However, back in 2016 Laurent Ferrier did manage to reinvent the atlas display and on the occasion of their 15^th anniversary in 2025 they’re bringing that dial back, though updated, with the new Laurent Ferrier Classic Traveller Globe Night Blue.

That reinvention I mention is actually a very simple change. Instead of presenting the globe during the day or via a technical map-like interpretation like the vast majority of watches, they present the globe at night. It’s right there in the watch’s name: Globe Night. It’s amazing how much of an impact this relatively simple change has. Instead of vivid greens and blues it bathes the entire dial in nocturnal navy blue giving it a cool minimalist vibe that fits the restrained aesthetic of the rest of the watch. Plus, by picking out population centres with golden accents it replicates the glows of cities, which provides a huge amount of visual interest to the display.

The original 2016 version achieved this display using engraved white gold for the continents and enamel for the oceans. When updating the design for the Classic Traveller Globe Night Blue they decided to opt for champleve enamel for the entire thing instead, creating a more cohesive appearance. Even the golden lights are hand-painted with enamel. It makes for a super smooth, matte display that really captures your attention. It was also far more difficult to execute because the enamel had to be layered on top of the convex white gold dial below that creates the globe shape.

As for the rest of the dial, it’s the Classic Traveller sans small seconds subdial. At 3 o’clock is the date indicator and at 9 is the second time zone display that makes this model a dual time zone. You can use the central hour hand to track local time while the second display tracks home time, ideal for globetrotting. Plus, the small pushers on the flank of the case allow you to quickly jump the central hour hand forward or backwards in one hour intervals for hopping across time zone borders.

Powering the piece is the Calibre LF230.02, an automatic micro-rotor movement with 72-hour power reserve. Thanks to its silicon components it also has improved magnetic field resistance, which is useful when travelling around the world and experiencing fluctuations in the Earth’s magnetic field. Which is the most common magnetic field that your watches experience unless you happen to work with specific lab equipment or powerful electronics regularly.

As for price, the 41mm white gold watch with metier d’art dial will set you back CHF 90,000 (approx. £79,250).  Meaning the Classic Traveller Globe Night Blue is definitely up there in the region of the most prestigious watches in the industry. But then, this is a celebration of Laurent Ferrier’s 15^th anniversary so why shouldn’t they go all out on the luxury.

More details at Laurent Ferrier.

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