When the best part of the watch is inside the case, creative watch brands find ways to showcase that beauty. Girard-Perregaux does this with the new Quasar Light watch, whose incredible case and certain movement parts are engineered to transparency. The watch houses the brand's iconic Three-Bridges Tourbillon movement with 260 components. However, the master watchmakers create the iconic three bridges using sapphire - no easy feat. The ultra-thin and highly angled bridges take hundreds of hours to machine and polish. In keeping with the spirit of light - in looks and weight - the watch even boasts a ruthenium barrel with scintillating brilliance. The automatic movement is visible via the sapphire caseback. Just 18 pieces will be made.
Details
| Price ($) | 294,000 |
| Price range | $200,000 - $300,000 |
| Price version | Sapphires |
| Gender | Female |
| Case | Round |
| Complications | Hours Small Seconds Minutes Tourbillon |
| Tourbillon | Tourbillon |
| Water resistance | 30m |
| Movement | Automatic |
| Power reserve range (hours) | 49 - 72 |
| Power reserve | 60 hours |
| Case size | Large (>39mm) |
| Case diameter (mm) | 46 |
| Case height (mm) | 15 |
| Case back | Open |
| Case colour | Clear |
| Case material | Sapphire |
| Limited edition | Limited edition |
| Where to buy | Wempe in New York |
| Caliber | GP09400-1128 |
| ReferenceNumber | 99295-43-001-BA6A |
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The venerable Swiss watch brand based in La Chaux-de-Fonds has been honing its horology expertise for over 230 years. While it works with the latest technology in developing movements, it continues to use traditional methods when decorating, assembling and adjusting the timepieces by hand.Celebrating the 230th anniversary of the brand's founding, the La Esmeralda Tourbillon of the Eternity Edition is a timepiece that boasts the brand's creative and innovative capabilities. Featuring the complex three-bridge tourbillon with aerial design that distinguishes Girard-Perregaux,and embodying the 275 hours of craftsmanship that went into its production, this masterpiece is the product of meticulous manufacture.Dynamism is also a distinguishing feature of the brand, as birthed from collaboration with movement designer Yaman Sonite, Girard-Perregaux has cultivated an acrobatic tour of its timepieces. Telling the story of time and its place within it through the language of dance, the agility and art of Girard-Perregaux's watches is paraded and celebrated.
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