Girard-Perregaux
Also known as Girard Perregaux, GP Watches
Girard-Perregaux SA () is a luxury Swiss watch manufacture with its origins dating back to 1791. In 2022, then-owner French luxury group Kering sold its stake in Sowind Group SA, the parent company of Girard-Perregaux, via management buyout. Headquartered in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, the company opened the Girard-Perregaux Museum near its headquarters in Villa Marguerite in 1999. It is best known for the historic Tourbillon with three gold bridges, which was awarded a gold medal at the 1889 International Exposition in Paris soon after the launch of the watch. Other notable models from t
Key facts
- Company.name
- Girard-Perregaux SA
- Company.logo
- frameless|class=skin-invert
- Company.type
- Subsidiary
- Company.foundation
- 1791 1852 (Girard & Cie)
- Company.founder
- Jean-François Bautte Constant Girard
- Company.location
- La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
- Company.key_people
- Patrick Pruniaux
- Company.area_served
- Worldwide
- Company.industry
- Luxury watchmaking
- Company.products
- Watches
- Company.parent
- Sowind Group
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15 sectionsContents
- History
- Early history
- Recent developments
- Watch manufacturing
- Notable patents
- Notable models
- Tourbillon with three gold bridges
- Vintage 1945
- Girard-Perregaux 1966
- Laureato
- Olimpico
- Notable patrons and owners
- See also
- References
- External links
Girard-Perregaux SA () is a luxury Swiss watch manufacture with its origins dating back to 1791. In 2022, then-owner French luxury group Kering sold its stake in Sowind Group SA, the parent company of Girard-Perregaux, via management buyout. Headquartered in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, the company opened the Girard-Perregaux Museum near its headquarters in Villa Marguerite in 1999. It is best known for the historic Tourbillon with three gold bridges, which was awarded a gold medal at the 1889 International Exposition in Paris soon after the launch of the watch. Other notable models from the company include the collection 1966, Vintage 1945, and models such as Tri-Axial Tourbillon and Laureato, an icon inspired from the 1970s.
== History ==
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