Girard-Perregaux ushered in its new partnership with British carmaker Aston Martin with a high-horology flourish, unveiling as its first collaborative timepiece an avant-garde, automotive-inspired version of the classic Tourbillon with Three Gold Bridges. For the second co-branded release, the venerable Swiss manufacture turned to its sportier but still luxurious Laureato family, launching a timepiece that also evokes the traditional colors of Aston Martin racing.

Laureato Chronograph Aston Martin Edition (Ref. 81020-11-001-11A)

The eye-popping green dial of the Laureato Chronograph Aston Martin Limited Edition draws its historical inspiration from the colors assigned to distinguish the nationalities of international racing teams in the 1900s, specifically the “British Racing Green” adopted by British marques in general and Aston Martin in particular. (French teams’ cars were blue, Italians’, red, Germans’, silver, et cetera.) In addition to its “Aston Martin Green” shade, achieved via the painstaking application of 21 layers of paint, the dial derives further visual interest with its use of a cross-hatched diamond pattern first used on Aston Martin’s “AM” logo of the early 1920s, a motif still found on the quilted seats of Aston Martin high-performance cars. The hands are all partially openworked and luminous-treated, with the central chronograph seconds hand offering an additional subtle nod to racing histo...