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My First Swiss Luxury Watch: Girard-Perregaux

February 22nd, 2010

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I remember the first Swiss luxury watch that I owned. It was a Girard-Perregaux that my mother gave me years ago. The watch was a vintage 1945 square Girard-Perregaux in gold with a hand wind movement. I was thrilled when mom gave me the watch she was wearing because she just acquired another luxury timepiece. My siblings and I learned to appreciate the finer things in life from my mother. Mom loved the scent of Dior, shopping at high-end stores, Italian made shoes and bags, and genuine Swiss made watches.

To my regret, I no longer have the watch. It must have slipped out of my hand while shielding myself from a sudden downpour one day. Girard-Perregaux watches, especially those in gold, are priced at a premium. I may be able to replace that watch someday, but one could never replace the memories that come with receiving a valuable present from a loved one. As I ponder about that watch today, I console myself with the thought that someone in need must have found my Girard-Perregaux watch that day.

Girard-Perregaux Women's Automatic Watch 80440D11A712-CB7A

List Price: $16,995.00

Sale Price: $9,345.00

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Girard-Perregaux Watches

February 14th, 2010

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Girard-Perregaux is a Swiss luxury watch manufacturer with origins dating back to 1791. Girard-Perregaux has made close to 80 patents and is the originator of several innovative concepts in the watch making industry. The watch company produced the first important commercialization of wristwatches in 1880. In 1965, Girard-Perregaux designed the first mechanical movement at high frequency, at which the balancer beats at 36,000 vibrations/hour: the Gyromatic HF. In 1970, Girard-Perregaux launched the first watch to be equipped with a quartz movement which vibrates at 32,768 hertz, the frequency considered the universal standard for quartz watches today. Girard-Perregaux presented a constant force escapement at 2008 SIHH (International Show of High-End Watch making), distinguishing itself from all the other known escapements to this day.

Girard-Perregaux relies on being a producer of watch movements and a manufacturer of cases and bands. They bring together some tens of different components: watchmakers, engineers, movement decorators, polishers, etc. This global approach, founded on the traditional know-how of the watch making craftsmanship, allows them to create and direct the high quality watches and movements from the assembly stages all the way to the final encasement.

Girard-Perregaux designs and develops its own movements:

A large collection of high-end watch making movements, of which the Tourbillon with three gold bridges is the emblematic piece.
A complete range of mechanical movements at automatic reassembly (GP2700, GP3200, GP3300, GP4500), that can fit all the types of watches, all by serving as the base for the module constructions of complicated mechanisms.
Quartz movements.

Out of the high-end watch collection, the most well known watches of Girard-Perregaux are:

Vintage 1945 (with a rectangular case and a design inspired by an Art Deco style watch dating back to 1945),
Ww.tc (standing for world-wide time-control, this collection displays the 24 time zones on the dial),
Girard-Perregaux 1966,
Laureato Evo, and
The Cat’s Eye (from the feminine line).