Girard-Perregaux Tourbillon Bi-axial
The origins of the Bi-axial Tourbillon stretch back in a centuries-old quest: the quest for precision in time measurement. At the start of the 19th century, chronometry was marked by a decisive invention: the Tourbillon. This device could compensate for rate irregularities due to the Earth's gravity in upright positions, by means of a mobile cage bearing the regulating part of the watch. The watchmaker Constant Girard, an emblematic figure of the Girard-Perregaux Manufacture, incorporated this device into his watches so remarkably that the Tourbillon he presented in 1867 at the Paris Universal Exhibition won a distinction... more
03 avril 2008
Thursday 5 July 2007, a burglary with aggression took place this morning at the Girard-Perregaux watch museum, in La Chaux-de-Fonds. Losses are not yet quantified but significant. The Cantonal Police and legal authorities have immediately taken charge of the inquiry. This Thursday in the morning, two unidentified thieves entered the building, took hostage the Girard-Perregaux employee that was present and fled the scene with the booty. The victim was not harmed but was transferred to the hospital and is under medical observation... 
More than original, the Vintage 1945 Jackpot Tourbillon shakes up accepted traditions. Who thought that the precision of the greatest watchmaking complications could never harmonize with the uncertainty of games of chance? Girard-Perregaux merges these two worlds in one exclusive Haute Horlogerie model of unexpected complexity. For the first time, a watch combines a Tourbillon and a slot machine equipped with a striking mechanism in perfect proportion with the Vintage 1945 case... 
When beautiful photos… speak louder than words... 
SEA HAWK II Pro : Titanium case, diameter 44mm, sapphire crystal 4.85mm thick with winding crown at 4 o’clock. It goes without saying, we were very curious to find out more about the super sportive watch when the renowned brand presented the completely new SEA HAWK II Pro in pre-première in 2004. Now Girard-Perrégaux has given us the opportunity to test this very exclusive timepiece in our professional capacity... 
