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Discover Girard-Perregaux, a watchmaking leader with 80+ patents, blending tradition and innovation since 1791.
1791
Jean-François Bautte, engraver, goldsmith and watch-maker, launches his first watches. This is the beginning of the Girard-Perregaux story before it adopts the brand name.
1889
Le Tourbillon sous trois pont d’or is awarded the gold medal at the Universal Exhibition in Paris.
1965
Girard-Perregaux designs the first high-frequency mechanical movement with a balance wheel that oscillates at 36,000 vibrations per hour: the Gyromatic HF.
2008
After five years of research, the brand launches a new escapement with constant force. Its main component is a buckled blade made from silicon that is finer than a hairs-width.