| Louis Richard Gents Windsor Automatic Multi-Function Black Leather Strap/Red Dial Watch - New, Never Worn
Like the towering silhouette of Windsor castle, where this remarkable timepiece derives its name, the Windsor towers above the competition in style. A rectangular case serves as the window to when you are in your schedule, while the tri-level chamfered edges cascade down, giving the allusion of slimness. Diamond cut hands lead the eye towards the hand-applied Roman numerals and markers and the visible balance wheel at the 6 o'clock position. On the upper half of the dial, two sub dials rest in harmony, showing you the date and 24-hour time in conjunction with a rising and setting sun and moon. As the finishing touch, the Louis Richard insignia overlooks it all from the 12 o'clock position, reminding you of the excellence and value of your time and the piece which helps you keep it. -Case-
34mm x 37mm x 13mm 2 piece, 316 series stainless steel case
Screw-down case back
Flat hardened mineral crystal
Exhibition back w/ decorated Côtes de Genève bridges & rotor -Movement-
Automatic TY-606 movement w/ 23 jewels
Accuracy +-35 sec/day -Dial-
Visible balance window
Date subsidiary dial
Combination 24-hour & day/night subsidiary dial -Water Resistant-
Water resistant up to 5 ATM -Band-
205mm x 22mm genuine stitched leather strap -Warranty-
One year limited manufacturer's warranty Louis Jean Richard-dit-Bressel, born in Le Locle on 22nd October 1812, died there on 10th January 1875. His father was the great-grandson of Daniel Jean Richard, the founder of the watchmaking industry in the Neuchâtel Mountains. As a young man, and without any formal training, Daniel produced the first watch in the region, which, over three hundred years later, boasts the highest concentration of watchmaking companies in Switzerland. 
A distinguished watchmaker-manufacturer, Louis Jean Richard's fine precision pieces were greatly admired at the Universal Exhibition in London and especially at the exhibition in Paris in 1855, and contributed to highlight the qualities of fine watchmaking in Le Locle. An official delegate at the latter exhibition, he submitted to it a much read report, in which, in particular, he was one of the first to announce the need for creating a cantonal observatory for checking precision timepieces. While waiting, he had set up his own observatory by fixing a meridian circle, which he had procured in Paris, to the window of his study and used it to observe the passage of the stars, to correct the time of his astronomical clock. This clock, entirely built by his own hand, is a pure masterpiece. It is of remarkable precision and finish. Its constant force escapement is his own design. This clock is currently the property of Mr. Numa Robert-Waelti, watchmaker and deputy of La Chaux-de-Fonds. 
In 1856 Louis Jean Richard was named a corresponding member of the Society of Arts in Geneva, the oldest cultural society of Geneva devoted to the arts, agriculture, and industry, including horology. 
In keeping with the watchmaking tradition started by his family in Switzerland and Louis Jean Richard's own pursuit of precision and excellence, we are pleased to bring to America the new line of Louis Richard timepieces for a new generation. Avant-garde looks with mechanical and automatic functions suitable for the most discriminating gentleman: this is Louis Richard. 
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