Company profile:
The origins of Girard-Perregaux are conventionally dated to 1791, when Jean-François Bautte signed his first watches. He became well-known for his extra-thin watch models, and set up a company in Geneva with the idea of having all the crafts involved in watchmaking under one roof, at that time an innovative concept.
Working separately, in 1852, Constant Girard founded Girard & Cie; two years later, he married Marie Perregaux, and in 1856 he renamed his manufacture in La Chaux-de-Fonds, coining the brand name Girard-Perregaux. In 1906, Girard-Perregaux purchased the older Bautte company and acquired an extra 60 years of history.
In 1992, Italian businessman Luigi Macaluso became CEO of the company, and over the next few years Girard-Perregaux progressively enhanced its capability of developing its own movements. In 2011, the brand became part of the Kering Group, whose watch brands also comprise Ulysse Nardin, purchased in 2014, Gucci Watches, and Jeanrichard, though the latter brand has gone very quiet since February 2016..
Location:
La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
People:
Antonio Calce, CEO of Sowind.
New watches:
Girard-Perregaux La Esmeralda Tourbillon “À secret”
Girard-Perregaux Laureato Chronograph
Other posts:
Girard-Perregaux Laureato Skeleton
Girard-Perregaux Cat’s Eye Celestial
Girard-Perregaux Competizione chronograph
Girard-Perregaux Place Girardet
Girard-Perregaux 1966 Skeleton
Girard-Perregaux Esmeralda Tourbillon
Girard-Perregaux Cat’s Eye Majestic
Girard-Perregaux Chamber of Wonders
Girard-Perregaux 1966 in steel
Girard-Perregaux Neo-Tourbillon
Girard-Perregaux Minute Repeater Tourbillon with Gold Bridges
Girard-Perregaux Cat’s Eye Small Second
Girard-Perregaux Vintage 1945 Small Second 70th anniversary edition
Top 10 watches at Baselworld 2015
Blue Hour Girard-Perregaux 1966 41mm
Girard-Perregaux Vintage 1945 Large Date, Moon-Phases
Girard-Perregaux Constant Escapement L.M.
Top 20 tourbillon watches 2014