Girard-Perregaux : Three legendary bridges

Neo-Tourbillon with Three Gold Bridges

Case : 18K pink gold, sapphire back, domed “glass box” crystal Diameter : 45 mm Movement : mechanical automatic (Caliber GP09400-0001, 70h power reserve), 245 parts, sandblasted ruthenium mainplate, variable-inertia balance with gold adjustment screws, Phillips terminal curve, white gold micro-rotor fitted coaxially with the barrel Functions : hours, minutes, small seconds on the tourbillon Water resistance : 30m Strap : black alligator leather with hand-sewn seams, pink gold folding clasp

Doubtless the first brand to have integrated the 1st Art (architecture) into the concept and even the name of a timepiece almost a century and a half ago, with its Tourbillon with Three Bridges, Girard-Perregaux brings this Fine Watchmaking reference model into a whole new era. The coherence of the design of this Neo-Tourbillon with Three Gold Bridges is equaled only by its technical performances which benefit from spectacular breakthrough features – starting with a new automatic caliber distinguished by a titanium tourbillon weighing just 0.25 grams. Its micro-rotor now placed beneath the barrel and visible through the sapphire crystal significantly increases the power reserve. The arrow-shaped bridge, the lyre-shaped ratchet-wheel at 12 o’clock, straight-grained surfaces, chamfered edges, as well as engraved, chamfered and openworked wheels all illustrate superlative aesthetic standards. The instantly noticeable morphology of the cambered sapphire crystal with its sides dipping between the frame and the bezel-free case provides a side view of the caliber. The suspension effect of the openworked titanium bridges is further heightened, as well too is the airy nature of their double-oval structure reflecting the shape of the cut-out hands. History is thus beautifully extended but not repeated.


Brice Lechevalier is editor-in-chief of GMT and Skippers, which he co-founded in 2000 and 2001 respectively. He has also been CEO of WorldTempus since it joined the GMT Publishing stable, of which he is director and joint shareholder. In 2012 he created the Geneva Watch Tour, and he has been an advisor to the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève since 2011. Also closely involved in sailing, he has published the magazine of the Société Nautique de Genève since 2003, and was one of the founders of the SUI Sailing Awards in 2009 and the Concours d’Elégance for motor boats at the Cannes Yachting Festival in 2015.

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