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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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