Fri, May 27
|Beau-Séjour Palace
MONTHLY WHEEL | Master Américo Henriques | Leroy 01 Stories from a History
Master Américo Henriques will talk to us about the Leroy 01, the most complicated of clocks for 90 years, owned by Carvalho Monteiro. The session opens with a musical interlude on the clarinet and concludes with a farewell drink.
Horário e local
May 27, 2022, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Beau-Séjour Palace, Benfica Road 370, 1500-409 Lisbon, Portugal
Sobre a sessão
This will be a very special monthly discussion, we'll be talking about Leroy Merlin 01. We'll naturally open with the usual musical interlude and close with a farewell drink.
Leroy 01 - 24 complications
"The fabulous mechanism of the Leroy 01, undoubtedly the most complicated in the world at that time and for over 90 years, was conceived and manufactured in the Vallée de Joux by a team of brilliant watchmakers, led by Charles Piguet (1864-1947) and consisting of John-César Piguet his father, Léon Aubert, Ulysse and Marcel Capt. This quintet of magnificent artisans completed the unprecedented "ébauche" in just 18 months. This mechanism, consisting of 975 parts distributed over 4 levels, contains 24 complications , although this number may vary depending on the classification criteria."