Fully named La Esmeralda Tourbillon ‘A Secret' Eternity Edition, the newest Girard-Perregaux masterpiece unveiled this year celebrates the 230th anniversary of the brand's founding. It is a complicated three-bridge tourbillon with stunning horse sculpture, engraving and painting on each one. In fact, the métiers d'arts for each watch takes about 275 hours of craftsmanship - an incredible feat. Just 18 will ever be created: two of each in seven di!erent colorways.
Details
Company | Girard-Perregaux |
Price ($) | 447,000 |
Price range | $400,000 - $500,000 |
Gender | Male |
Case | Round |
Complications | Small Seconds Hours Minutes Tourbillon |
Tourbillon | Tourbillon |
Water Resistance | 30m |
Movement | Automatic |
Power Reserve Range (hours) | 49 - 72 |
Power Reserve | 50 hours |
Case Size | Large (>39mm) |
Case Diameter (mm) | 43 |
Case Height (mm) | 15 |
Case Back | Open |
Case Colour | Rose Gold |
Case Material | Rose Gold |
Limited Edition | Limited edition |
Caliber | GP09600-1506 |
Where to buy | Wempe in New York |
Reference Number | 99274-52-000-BA6A |
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.