Girard-Perregaux - The Brand of Value

Girard-Perregaux is a brand that is highly respected due to the technological aspect and art design of its watches.

The roots of this company go back to the 18th century. The ups and downs of the company began since a watchmaker by the name of Constant Girard married Marie Perregaux. Marie at that time was continuing the watchmaking business of her family. The marriage of the two established the basis of a new watchmaking company. Later in 1856 a factory was built in La Chaux-de-Fonds.

The first historical masterpiece of the company dates 1867. Its Tourbillon represented the most brilliant example of supreme watchmaking.

Known as a brand to predict the future events Girard-Perregaux managed to survive in the period of quartz watch invasion.

In the rivalry with the Swiss Beta, Girard-Perregaux was the first one to create the quartz movement. Its watch established today's standard of frequency for quartz oscillators which is equal to 32,768 Hz.

In 1992 Girard-Perregaux was bought by a minority stockholder. He was an Italian architect and his name was Dr. Luigi “Gino” Macaluso. The history of the brand continued as the architect started the development of luxurious timepieces. He started creating designs, started the production engineering and also he began creating the company's own automatic movements. The world of luxurious timepieces thought that the idea had little sense. Despite all the rumors Macaluso's investments paid off. When he bought the company it cost him $ 12 million. Nowadays the annual revenue of the company is $ 100 million and it produces twenty thousand watches per year.

Almost all watches created by Girard-Perregaux have their own movement. The automatic caliber of Girard-Perregaux’s 3000 series serves the watches of various kinds from simple timepieces to sophisticated chronographs.

Today the company develops the 1900 series caliber. This caliber is bigger and better than the rest. The brand is probably the smallest and the most elegant "manufacture" status claimed brands.

Although Girard-Perregaux is of small size its tries to create for various enthusiasts as many interesting and innovative models as possible. A timepiece should be individual for everyone that is why the company diversifies its watches. Even the brand's famous Vintage 1945 timepiece, being the follower of 1940, has its own design for a specific period.

A remarkable building in La Chaux-de-Fonds was restored by Macaluso. He created the brand's museum instead of the former 1918 Villa Marguerite. He made this reconstruction to show the 2 century history of genuine watchmaking.

The contemporary Girard-Perregaux, with its factory in the Swiss town, that is famous not only for creating the micro-mechanical parts of watches but also components for aerospace field, represents a cultural symbol of La Chaux-de-Fonds.

The large gamma of wristwatches designed by Girard-Perregaux Company is now beautifully copied and you can receive the Swiss replica watch paying less than for the genuine watch and yet enjoying its marvelous look on your wrist. Every Swiss replica watch is accurately designed so you can get the best copy of the famous brand.

The contemporary technology and the outstanding design is what the watches from Girard-Perregaux are famous for. The Swiss replica watch is thus a representative of a watchmaking art, which continues to have the same remarkable performance as its original.