The Story of How Girard Perregaux Wristwatches Organization Was Founded
Wednesday, 13 August, 2008The watches by Girard Perregaux are known as a great combination of timepiece-making traditions with the latest developments and beautiful classical design. And despite the time flies by, the image of the company remains as it was as a symbol of good quality and reliability.
The story of the brand began as the Swiss watchmaker Francois Bautte began producing his timepieces. But in 1856 Girard and Marie Perregaux took over the company and Girard, the watchmaker, went on with creating watches.
The 1st production of the firm that appeared in the watch market were timepieces that had very level case. The concept gave way to the appearance of many watchmaking traditions. One of the most important creations of Perregaux was as he began manufacturing wristwatches in series in late 80-es as in that time pocket watches were general.
So Girard Perregaux went on with the first watch mechanism with big frequency that received the name replica watch Gyromatic. In some period of time there appeared the 1st quartz mechanism having the frequency of 32,768 Hertz, that then became the norm followed all over the world. “Equation Espace Perpetuelle”, as the watchmaker called his masterpiece, was completed with microelectronics inside classical timepieces. That was truly outstanding for that period. As in the second half of the twentieth century the economical crisis started, developments of Girard Perregaux helped him keep his company and enjoy production stability. Далее…