Girard-Perregaux - Century-Old Traditions of Watchmaking
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Brand: Girard-Perregaux
Model: GP - 8
Price: $219
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Girard-Perregaux Company
The Girard-Perregaux Company, founded in 1791, boasts over-200-year-history of remarkable creativity and development of top quality timepieces. The rich watchmaking traditions of the company are passed from one generation of watchmakers to another, including their enriched expertise and skills.
The company was named Girard-Perregaux in 1854 after a talented watchmaker Constant Girard married Marie Perregaux, and took over the reigns of the company. In really short time the prominent watchmaker managed to establish most prestigious reputation and the fame of the company reached even the New World.
Tourbillon with Three Gold Bridges
Initial Version
The 'Tourbillon with Three Gold Bridges' brought the Girard-Perregaux Company worldwide fame. The timekeeping wonder is really amazing from the aesthetic and technical point of view. The astonishing Girard-Perregaux pocket watch, one of the most famous mechanical watches ever created, won two gold medals at the Paris Universal Exhibitions.
Unique Wristwatch
In 1991, to celebrate the 200-th anniversary of the company, Girard-Perregaux stirred the imagination of the entire horology world, having created the first Tourbillon with Three Gold Bridges wristwatch. The wristwatch developed with a variety of cases sported the beauty of skeletonized design. The owner of the wristwatch could admire the manual wind movement with three bridges. No wonder the timepieces became highly demanded among passionate watch collectors.
Automatic Version
In 1999, Girard-Perregaux developed the automatic version of the Tourbillon with Three Gold Bridges watch that incorporated an absolutely reliable mechanism of the same size and the three Bridges characterized by their ideal structure. This technical feat offered a 48-hour power reserve.
The Girard Perregaux Company produces seven major watch collections:
Haute Horlogerie
Collection Lady
Vintage 1945
Richeville
Classique Elegance
GP Pour Ferrari
Sport Classique.
The Tourbillon with Three Gold Bridges introduced in 1999 belongs to the Girard Perregaux Haute Horlogerie collection. Now you will also discover a version of the Vintage 1945 Tourbillon with a gold bridge. The brand developed the 1945 Tourbillon in a skeleton version, featuring a triple bridge configuration. The Vintage XXL Tourbillon offers an advantage of a perpetual calendar function.
The Girard Perregaux Opera One and Opera Two models are really sophisticated from the technical point of view – they are provided with a perpetual calendar, minute repeater, and a triple bridge tourbillon. The Opera Three model has incorporated a unique internal miniature keyboard playing a melody on the hour.
Ladies who adore elegantly styled accessories should consider timepieces from the brand's Collection Lady that comprises three major models:
Cats Eye
Baguette
Small Column Wheel chronograph.
The Casts Eye watch is developed in exclusive versions with a moon phase and power reserve function.
The Vintage 1945 collection features timepieces with rectangular-shaped cases available in three different sizes. The basic Vintage 1945 reveals a small seconds display and a power reserve indicator. The XXL Vintage 1945 is created with a larger case and the chronograph function. The King Size Vintage 1945 has also incorporated the chronograph function.
The Girard Perregaux Richeville collection comprises tonneau-shaped watches for men and women. The Richeville watch created for men sports the moon phases and is also available in a chronograph version.
The Girard Perregaux Classique Elegance collection features timepieces with round cases and provides in a wide range of complicated functions, including chronograph, and GMT.
Girard Perregaux cooperated with the legend of motor-sports to develop its Pour Ferrari watch collection. These are boldly designed timepieces for those overwhelmed by the spirit of racing and taking challenges.
The Girard Perregaux Sports Classique collection is famous for its the Sea Hawk model, a sporty-deigned watch for divers crafted in steel, gold, or titanium, accompanied by a steel, leather or gold bracelet.
Girard-Perregaux replica watches provide the reliability, beauty and precision worth the prestigious name of the brand. Replica watches offer a fine opportunity to acquire a timepiece of your favorite brand at a really affordable price.
The Girard-Perregaux Pour Ferrari replica watch is a distinctively styled timepieces created for all fans of the watch company, Ferrari cars and motor-racing. The replica watch displays two sub-dials for the day and date function. The watch is special for its elegance, readability and comfort of use.