ABOUT GIRARD-PERREGAUX

For over two centuries, our watches have marked far more than time. They reflect our ability to bridge between the past and future. Between technical mastery and iconic design. Between functionality and aesthetics. Our name itself is born from a union, the marriage between Constant Girard and Marie Perregaux in 1854.

230 YEARS IN THE NOW

We have been playing with shapes and materials for over 230 years. This is evident through the different iterations of our iconic Bridges collection for instance, which gave the horological world the classic Esmeralda, the hyper-modern Quasar, or more recently the complex, aerial design of our Tourbillon with Three Flying Bridges. These innovations all have an element of disruption in common, turning watchmaking upside-down.

The Manufacture is also known for the sense of playfulness and lightness which permeates everything we do. This includes more abstract interpretations of our ethos, such as the recent collaboration with artist Yaman "Yamsonite" Okur.The commonalities don't end there - both the Man and the Manufacture are "movement designers" even though they operate in vastly different territories of expression.

PERPETUAL EXPERTISE IN HAUTE HORLOGERIE

Master watchmakers design, develop and produce all the essential components of a Girard-Perregaux timepiece. Our exceptional movements make the invisible visible, revealing the art in precision engineering. A single movement can involve more than 400 intricate components, and a single component can have up to five different finishes.

Manufacturing time with Girard-Perregaux involves countless operations at the hands of artisans with truly rare crafts today.

Our watchmakers give life to the movements perpetually beating in each Girard-Perregaux. They craft and assemble hundreds of complex components, from our iconic bridges

The dial is the face of the watch, crafted into iconic tributes to the movements beating within. Guilloché, sandblasting, engraving and polishing are just some of the decorative processes involved. Each dial respects design codes that make each watch instantly recognisable to Girard-Perregaux.

Finally, bevellers meticulously erase any trace of machining from each surface. Every last wheel, the smallest pinion, the mightiest bridge - all are smoothed and polished calling upon centuries of tradition. Nowhere is the delicacy and complexity of this finishing more evident than our skeleton models that make the traditionally invisible complications visible parts of the watch.