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Louis Leroy (Besançon,
France)
Grande
Complication
"La
Lucie"
(calibre
01)
Unique piece (Base
movement Charles Emile and John César Piguet, Ulysse and Marcel Capt,
Léon Aubert). 975
parts. Manufactured 1897-1904
24 complications:
1.Day of the week
2.Date of the month
3.Perpetuel calendar with months and leap years
4.Indication of the year for 100 years
5.Phase of the moon, indicating its age
6.Indication of seasons, solstices and equinoxes
7.Equation of time (difference between mean time and solar time)
8.Chronograph to 1/5th sec, with fly-back
9.Minute counter with fly-back
10.Hour counter with fly-back
11.Power reserve
12.Full and quarter striking with silent option
13.Repeating hours, quarters and minutes with 3 gongs
14.Northern hemisphere sky map on the calendar date (Paris sky, 236 stars;
Lisbon sky, 560 stars)
15.Southern hemisphere sky map (Rio de Janeiro, 611 stars)
16.Local time in 125 cities around the world
17.Sunrise time in Lisbon
18.Sunset time in Lisbon
19.Bi metallic centigrade thermometer
20.Hair-tension hygrometer
21.Barometer
22.Altimeter up to 5000 metres
23.Corrector system enabling adjustment of the watch from the exterior
24.A compass concealed in the crown
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Louis Leroy Grande Complication "La
Lucie"
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