Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève: Girard-Perregaux awarded with the Ladies' High-Mech Watch Prize

Mechanical wonders never go unnoticed. Girard-Perregaux’s Cat’s Eye Tourbillon with Gold Bridge has been awarded with the Ladies’ High-Mech Watch Prize at the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG).

Girard-Perregaux’s Cat’s Eye Tourbillon with Gold Bridge is a very nice example of the fusion between jewellery savoir-faire and high watchmaking expertise.

The heartbeat of the timepiece is a tourbillon made of 80 components weighting only 0.250 g and making a revolution in 60 seconds, surmounted by a Gold Bridge delicately carved with a floral motif that echoes the dial. A variable inertia balance wheel with gold adjustment screws is there to secure a better precision.

gphg2016_girard-perregaud_cats-eye-tourbillon-sous-pont-dor_01 — Girard-Perregaux Cat’s Eye Tourbillon with Gold Bridge. White gold and diamonds. 37,30×32,30mm. Anti-reflective sapphire glass. Natural mother-of-pearl raised motif and hand polished on the dial. Case and bezel set with 50 brilliant-cut diamonds, buckle set with 14 brilliant-cut diamonds for a total of 1,37 carats. Mechanical manual winding movement and power reserve of min. 70 hours. Tourbillon bridge in white gold, hand polished and engraved, edges and top polished, hand-draw stroke finishing for the sides and underside. Blue or red leather strap with white gold folding buckle set with diamonds.

The Cat’s Eye Tourbillon with Gold Bridge is also a very nice example of jewellery savoir-faire, with its iconic oval case set with brilliant-cut diamonds (only VVS to flawless), and its mother-of-pearl dial that is hand-polished before being hand-engraved in a delicate floral decor.

By taking a closer look, you will appreciate how each line has been rounded-off to soften the lines, and how the precise carving in the lower part of the dial leaves the Tourbillon’s mouvement and Bridge in perfect viewing.

Containing 174 parts decorated, adjusted and assembled by hand, its perfect finishing is another sign of the exacting standards of Girard-Perregaux, a pioneer in producing beautiful mechanical watches for women.

Material courtesy of Girard-Perregaux.