NEW Louis Bolle Gents Richard II Automatic Luxury Watch

Louis Bolle Gents Richard II Automatic Retrograde Seconds Black Leather Strap/Black-Silver White Dial

This is guaranteed against any defect or DOA with either a refund or replacement

Richard the Lionheart was no doubt one of England's most prolific kings, even if he spent most of his reign outside of Britain. A rebellious child by nature, he eventually felt a calling to the east as the rumors of the fall of Jerusalem to the Muslims came to light. While on route, both he and King Phillip II of France were able to occupy both Cyprus and Sicily in order to expand the already prolific kingdom. After years of struggle with Saladin, Richard was forced to retreat and create a truce with the Muslim leader. After spending 2 years in captivity under the Holy Roman Emperor, Henry VI, Richard eventually returned to England where he spent the rest of his days fighting his former ally, King Phillip until he was struck by a glancing crossbow bolt and died of sickness soon after.

To commemorate the kings of old, we introduce this incredible collection to the already sophisticated Louis Bolle line. This singular style portrays not only a genuinely exquisite stainless steel case design, but also an innovative automatic movement inside. In fact, when you look upon the dial, you can't help but notice the ticking seconds split into two arcs to the north and south. Even more so, each slim hand ticks along and then jumps back to the beginning before the opposite hand takes over. Add an elegant, textured leather band to this timepiece, and then you have a true work of art.

Automatic TY-6021 movement w/ 25 jewels
36mm x 40mm x 16mm stainless steel case
Screw-down case back
Retrograde seconds indicators
Curved mineral crystal
Exhibition back w/ decorated Côtes de Genève rotor
Water resistant up to 3 ATM
200mm x 22mm genuine stitched leather strap
One year warranty

No ordinary rustic farming environment was the 1730 birthplace of Jean-Louis Bolle. Farming was an ongoing enterprise to be sure, but within a stone's throw of where Bolle had breathed his first breath, and no doubt furrowed his share of fields, he also apprenticed for three years learning the art and craft he would master ahead of his peers. These peers happened to be family in the form of cousins and friends he'd known most of his life. At his own cost, and with tools he provided himself, Bolle would excel in a place described as a mechanical workshop, a place whose door he had run past without a thought hundreds of times as a boy, the interior of which was described as a laboratory of experimental physics where he worked as a young man.

From humble beginnings, success built upon success, from chambered apprenticeship to international renown. Jean-Louis Bolle was a watchmaker of honest craftsmanship. And so today, we proudly offer these timepieces inspired by the spirit of this master watchmaker, an individual whose heart and soul grew from the furrows and terraces of Alpine farmland. His was an influence that runs humbly and quietly through all time. We now measure time with these pieces of technology harvested from the seeds of his artistry.