Girard-Perregaux Launches the Quasar at Watches & Wonders Miami 2019
The second edition of Watches & Wonders takes place this weekend in Miami. If you’re planning on attending, not only will you have the opportunity to peruse many of the timepieces that made their debut at last month’s SIHH, but you’ll also get to see a number of watches make their official premiere during the three-day long festival. The first of these launches is the Girard-Perregaux Quasar, the first Girard-Perregaux timepiece to feature a case made entirely from sapphire crystal.
The skeletonized version of the Neo-Tourbillon with Three Bridges that serves as this watch’s base was first released last year and acts as a sort of union between two of the brand’s most significant developments: The 1884 patent of the Three Golden Bridges construction that has served as an identifying characteristic for GP ever since, and the 2015 launch of the first Neo Tourbillon with Three Bridges timepiece. Combine that with Girard-Perregaux’s enviable position as a leader in the field of skeletonization and you get the basis of today’s novelty.
The usage of sapphire crystal for watch cases has been trending upwards in recent years. Greubel Forsey, MB&F, and Hublot were early pioneers, and we’ve even seen boutique brands like Bovet and Speake-Marin get in on the transparent fun in recent months. Although a common element in watchmaking as a whole, sapphire crystal is notoriously tough to work with on the scale that building...
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