Girard-Perregaux is Off to the Galaxy (and Hong Kong) with the Unique Quasar Infrared
Girard-Perregaux this past month began unveiling its 2021 novelties, and leading what will likely be larger group is the Swiss watchmaker’s latest addition to its sapphire-cased Quasar collection. The collection, which originally debuted in 2019 at Watches & Wonders Miami and already includes the original, the Quasar Light, and the Quasar Azure, will now add the Quasar Infrared, a red-accented model paying homage to the Chinese New Year and working to evoke ?energy, vitality and prosperity.?
Like its predecessors in the cosmically named series, the new watch’s 46-mm case is crafted from a single block of sapphire, from a painstaking process that required more than 200 hours of dedicated work. Box-shaped sapphire crystals cover both the dial and caseback of the watch, combining with the transparent case middle to allow a 360º view of the complex tourbillon mechanism inside, itself anchored via three other sapphire-cut elements, specifically the stylized bridges visible from the dial side.
The dial, of course, is heavily skeletonized and designed to showcasing the tourbillon at the heart of the movement. A textured and red-accented barrel sits toward the top of the face, representing the only spot on the dial where you’ll see the brand?s engraved logo. In parallel, toward the bottom of the dial, is the floating tourbillon, which together with its cage is composed of 79 pieces and weighs an astonishing quarter of a gram. It is this mechanis...
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