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Girard-Perregaux

Girard-Perregaux, also know as GP, is a leading Swiss luxury watch brand. It founded in 1791 and since 1906 is known under its current name Girard-Perregaux. It is owned by the Sowind Group/Kering (Gucci, Ulysse Nardin). Shortly after its launch, the predecessor of Girard-Perregaux became the first watch workshop to control all workflows of watchmaking in-house.

GP watches have featured many new and innovative concepts. Girard-Perregaux started the first commercial production of a wristwatch, namely two thousand watches for German Kaiser Wilhelm I and his military corps. In the 1960s, Girard-Perregaux invented the a high-frequency mechanic movement. In the 1970s it set the standard for quartz watches, still valid today: a movement that vibrates with 32,768 hertz. Early in the 21st century, GP developed a constant force escapement. Notable Girard-Perregaux watches are the Gyromatic, Sea Hawk, Richeville, Hawk, 1966 Full Calendar, 1966 Minute Repeater.

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Motor Meets Rotor in Girard-Perregaux’s Laureato Absolute Chronograph AM F1 Edition

Since 2021, Girard-Perregaux has not only been the official watch partner of the British luxury car manufacturer Aston Martin, but also of the new Formula 1 team Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant. These collaborative efforts have thus far resulted in two distinct timepieces, including a suave steel chronograph as well as a unique Tourbillon with Three...

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Jul 29, 2022 by Sabine Zwettler

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Aug 18, 2022 by WatchTime

Customizing Time: The Art of the Personalized Watch

As more and more of today’s consumers look for watches that make a truly personal statement, the art of customization is in rising demand. In this feature from the archives, WatchTime contributor and author Roberta Naas offers one of the most comprehensive looks at customizing time. It’s been a centuries-old trend in clothing: bespoke tailoring...

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Jul 7, 2022 by WatchTime

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Transitional Solutions: Six Watches with Gradient Dials

All of a sudden, they’re everywhere — watches with colorful gradient dials that transition from a pale hue in the center to a dark one at the periphery. In this excerpt from our upcoming WatchTime Design Issue 2020, on sale October 29, we offer you some highlights.

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May 15, 2022 by Alexander Krupp

Sponsored: The Re-Edition of the First G-Shock Gets a New Color Variant

Unlike the MRG-B5000B, which was closely based on the first-generation model and whose dial used the key G-Shock color of red, the defining tone of the new MRG-B5000BA is blue. The concept behind the design is the “ao-zumi” (blue ink) used in Japanese calligraphy. The deep blue creates a mood of peace and serenity quite...

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Aug 15, 2022 by WatchTime

So Seventies: Girard-Perregaux Recalls ’76 with the Casquette 2.0

In 1976, Girard-Perregaux unveiled the Casquette, a cutting-edge timepiece featuring a tubular LED display and a bold asymmetric square case. Powered by a quartz movement, the design icon looked very different, tapping into the zeitgeist of the 70s. 8,200 specimen, clad in stainless steel, gold-plated steel and polycarbonate, were produced from 1976 to 1978. Modernly,...

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Feb 23, 2022 by Sabine Zwettler

Kering sells Ulysse Nardin and Girard-Perregaux

Breaking: UN and GP are being sold to the current management.

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Jan 24, 2022 by Roger Ruegger

2021, The Watch Year in Review: 10 Captivating Chronographs

By almost any standard, the luxury watch world enjoyed a successful year in 2021 despite the lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and its worldwide economic consequences — with high-profile retailers reopening and expanding, new auction records set, some large-scale industry events (like our own WatchTime New York) returning, and of course, a host of...

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Dec 26, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Whirlwind Romance: The 220-Year History of the Tourbillon

From its utilitarian roots in the 19th century, the tourbillon has evolved in the modern era to become the ultimate expression of watchmakers’ technical prowess and avant-garde creativity. We trace its fascinating two-century-plus evolution in this feature from the WatchTime archives. Throughout the centuries-long history of timekeeping, mechanisms originally developed for entirely practical purposes have...

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Nov 28, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Green Racing Machine: Girard-Perregaux Laureato Chronograph Aston Martin Limited Edition

Girard-Perregaux ushered in its new partnership with British carmaker Aston Martin with a high-horology flourish, unveiling as its first collaborative timepiece an avant-garde, automotive-inspired version of the classic Tourbillon with Three Gold Bridges. For the second co-branded release, the venerable Swiss manufacture turned to its sportier but still luxurious Laureato family, launching a timepiece that...

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Nov 1, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

An Ocean of Blue: Seven Bucherer Blue Watches at the Bucherer 1888 Time Machine in NYC

After many months of anticipation, the new Bucherer 1888 57th Street flagship store, formerly the Tourneau Time Machine, had its grand re-opening this fall after an extensive renovation and re-branding under the ownership of the Bucherer Group, which acquired Tourneau in 2018. Among the many exciting items the revamped store offers are the first-ever Bucherer...

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Oct 8, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Girard-Perregaux Celebrates its 230th Anniversary with a Revival of its Tourbillon with Three Gold Bridges

In 1867, Girard-Perregaux launched the first Tourbillon with Three Gold Bridges, a timepiece that has attained iconic status in the modern day and a longtime symbol of the venerable Swiss watch maison. What its inventor, brand founder Constant Girard, accomplished with that historic timepiece was to bring to the forefront three functional parts of the...

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Sep 4, 2021 by WatchTime

TimeOut With WatchTime Returns This Thursday, August 26!

This coming Thursday, August 26, at 12:00 PM EST, WatchTime hosts our next “TimeOut” virtual presentation, presented on Zoom, in which WatchTime editors and contributors discuss, debate, and shed light on all subjects related to watches and the watch industry. In the upcoming session, WatchTime Editor-in-Chief Roger Ruegger and Senior Editor Mark Bernardo will discuss a variety of...

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Aug 24, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

Milestone in Titanium: Girard-Perregaux Laureato Absolute Ti 230

You’ve heard of a silver anniversary and a golden anniversary, so why not a titanium anniversary, along with a watch to celebrate it? As it turns out, the discovery of titanium, by English clergyman William Gregor, occurred in the same year, 1791, as the first watch produced by 19-year-old watchmaker Jean-François Bautte, regarded as the...

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Aug 5, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Roads to Bridges: Girard-Perregaux Rolls Out its First Timepiece in Partnership with Aston Martin

Earlier this year, Girard-Perregaux joined the ranks of Swiss watchmakers partnering with luxury automobile marques, launching a new collaboration with Britain’s Aston Martin. This week, we discovered the first timepiece to emerge from the partnership, the Tourbillon with Three Flying Bridges – Aston Martin Edition, which merges a classical haute horlogerie innovation with avant-garde automotive...

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Jun 3, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

Girard-Perregaux is Off to the Galaxy (and Hong Kong) with the Unique Quasar Infrared

Girard-Perregaux this past month began unveiling its 2021 novelties, and leading what will likely be larger group is the Swiss watchmaker’s latest addition to its sapphire-cased Quasar collection. The collection, which originally debuted in 2019 at Watches & Wonders Miami and already includes the original, the Quasar Light, and the Quasar Azure, will now add...

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Mar 7, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

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Hands-On: Girard-Perregaux Vintage 1945 Earth to Sky Edition

At SIHH 2019, Girard-Perregaux announced a unified theme for its 2019 collection, called "From Earth to Sky" and defined by the use of a very cosmic-looking combo of black titanium DLC for the cases and translucent blue for the polycrystalline dials. One of the standouts was the Art Deco-inspired Vintage 1945 Earth to Sky Edition.

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Mar 1, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

2020, The Watch Year in Review: 10 Tantalizing Tourbillon Watches

It goes without saying: 2020 was far from an ideal year for most of us. Looking back, however, it was also a year that brought many noteworthy watch launches despite the huge obstacles posed by the pandemic and its effects on the world economy. As we look ahead hopefully to 2021, it’s time for our...

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Dec 29, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

Sports Fan: Up Close with The Girard-Perregaux Laureato Chronograph

After the return of the Girard-Perregaux Laureato in 2016, chronographs have been added to this line. The latest addition is the Absolute Rock chronograph with a carbon glass case, which is manufactured using a patented injection molding process. We test a classic version with a 42-mm stainless-steel case and a high-contrast dial.

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Dec 15, 2020 by Martina Richter

Fade to White: Girard-Perregaux Teams with Bamford for New Laureato Ghost Limited Edition

Since reviving its fondly recalled 1970s sport-luxury watch, the Laureato, in 2016, Girard-Perregaux has introduced several bold variations on its classic design, from a concept piece in carbon glass to the racing-inspired Absolute Passion model in black PVD titanium with red detailing. The latest, unveiled this week, emerges from a partnership between the Swiss manufacture...

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Nov 20, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

A Bridge to the Future: Girard-Perregaux Introduces Free Bridge and Free Bridge Infinity Editions

Girard-Perregaux brings its most iconic horological innovation — the tourbillon with three gold bridges, first used in a pocketwatch in 1867 — into a resolutely contemporary, 21st century evolution in a new wristwatch called Free Bridge, and its limited-edition, gold-detailed sibling, the Free Bridge Infinity. The latest members of the Swiss manufacture’s Bridges family, whose...

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Aug 28, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

Cosmic Blues: Girard-Perregaux Quasar Azure Limited Edition

Girard-Perregaux’s invention of a tourbillon with three bridges, first unveiled in a timepiece on 1867, has influenced the venerable maison’s tourbillon-equipped wristwatches ever since, most notably in its eye-popping Quasar editions of recent years. The newest one, limited to only eight pieces, fits the Quasar’s sophisticated, skeletonized tourbillon movement into a case made entirely of...

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Aug 3, 2020 by Mark Bernardo
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