Reviewing the Girard-Perregaux Laureato 42-mm Automatic
Watch collectors had been awaiting its return. After a lengthy hiatus, which saw almost 30 different references, Girard-Perregaux finally brought the Laureato back into its collection in 2017. It had already made its comeback one year earlier with various limited editions commemorating Girard-Perregaux?s 225th anniversary. One of the latest models to join the family is this blue-dialed take on the fourth-generation Laureato, which we recently had the opportunity to spend some wrist time with.
The Girard-Perregaux Laureato 42-mm Automatic
A look back leads to the 1970s, a decade when the watch industry was responding to a demand for sporty and elegant timepieces that had a distinctive aesthetic and could be worn for every occasion. Girard-Perregaux commissioned a Milanese architect to design the Laureato, which translates as the ?graduate.? He placed an octagonal component atop a ring, thus joining a polygon and a circle. To create specific reflections of light, the sides of the octagon traced gently flowing lines rather than sharply defined edges, combined with convex and concave surfaces. The fluid transition from the case to the integrated metal bracelet followed both the taste of the time and the transformation in watch technology that Girard- Perregaux celebrated inside the Laureato in 1975: the first appearance of an uncommonly slim and compact quartz movement. This caliber defined the international standard with a frequency of 32,768 Hz. So it?s no surprise that quart...
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