Girard-Perregaux - Vintage 1945 - Automatic - Limited Edition - Ref. No: 25805 - Herre - 2000-2010

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Girard-Perregaux: Swiss Haute Horlogerie since 1791; more than two centuries of craftsmanship and perpetual commitment to perfection.
In 1791, watchmaker and goldsmith Jean-François Bautte signed his first watches. He created a manufacturing company in Geneva, grouping for the first time ever all the watchmaking facets of that time. This included the engineering of the watch all the way to the final hand-assembly and hand-polishing of each piece. In 1832, Jacques Bautte and Jean-Samuel Rossel succeeded Jean Bautte, becoming the head of the company.
In 1852, the watchmaker Constant Girard founded Girard & Cie in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. He then married Marie Perregaux in 1854, and the Girard-Perregaux Manufacture was founded in 1856. In 1906, Constant Girard-Gallet, who took over control of the Manufacture from his father, acquired the Bautte House and merged it with Girard-Perregaux & Cie.
Since 1999, the Villa Marguerite, a building in La Chaux-de-Fonds from the beginning of the 20th century, has housed the Girard-Perregaux Museum.
A selection of old watches and documents illustrating the history of the brand is presented there.
Girard-Perregaux relies on being a manufacturer of movements and watches, and a manufacturer of cases and bands. They bring together some tens of different components: watchmakers, engineers, movement decorators, polishers, etc. This global approach, founded on the traditional know-how of the watchmaking craftsmanship, allows them to create and direct high quality watches and movements from the assembly stages all the way to the final encasement.

Girard-Perregaux designs, manufactures and develops its own movements:
- a large collection of high-end watch making movements, of which the Tourbillon with three gold bridges is the emblematic piece;
- a complete range of mechanical movements at automatic reassembly (GP2700, GP3200, GP3300, GP4500), that can fit all the types of watches, all by serving as the base for the module constructions of mechanisms with complications;
The Manufacture has approximately 80 patents in the watchmaking domain and is the originator of many innovative concepts:
- 1965: Girard-Perregaux designed the first mechanical movement at high frequency, with the balance beating at 36,000 vibrations/hour: the Gyromatic HF.[9]
- 1967: Girard-Perregaux received the Centenary Award from the Astronomical Observatory de Neuchatel in recognition of the accomplishments of the Manufacture generally, and specifically for the Observatory Chronometer wristwatch that used the Gyromatic HF movement.
- 1970: Girard-Perregaux presented its first wristwatch to the world to be equipped with a quartz movement and the following year a second one which vibrates at 32,768 hertz, the frequency remaining the universal standard for quartz watches today.
- 2008: Girard-Perregaux presented prototypes of a constant-force escapement, distinguishing itself from all the other known escapements to this day. The first watch housing the constant escapement was presented in 2013.
- 2016: Girard-Perregaux re-launched its model Laureato, born in the 1970s, in the form of a limited edition of 225 timepieces. In 2017, the Laureato became a full collection

Offered very chic "Vintage 1945" has a rectangular case and a design inspired by an Art Deco style watch dating back to 1945.

Movement:
- self-winding in-house GP03300 calibre
- 32 jewels
- frequency: 28.800vph
- power-reserve: 46 hours
- big date
Case:
- polished stainless steel
- 32mm excl. crown, 35mm incl.
- 11,3mm thick
- length: 47mm from lug to lug
- unique limited N° ***/999 (for buyer only), best prove of authenticity
Case-back: see.through, sapphire crystal
Bezel:
- fixed
- polished
- multilayer
Dial:
- light beige with applied golden Arabic numerals
- golden hands of beautiful shape
- sub-dial: small seconds at 06:00 o'clock
- big date aperture at 12:00 o'clock
- minute markers along the outer perimeter
Scratch-resistant, anti-reflective domed sapphire crystal
Crown:
- pull/push with GP logo
- polished stainless steel
Strap:
- brand-new black leather, alligator grain on cow
- length: 21cm
- width 22mm by lugs, 20mm by clasp
Double-folding "butterfly" clasp:
- polished stainless-steel
- two security pushers
Weight: 81 grams
Chic lacquered wooden box.
Excellent condition, never worn: the wristwatch comes from luxury watch-shop showcase; that's why the strap is replaced with brand new one: leather straps often suffer from temperature in shop windows due to powerful spotlights.
General professional pre-sale service was made in October 2024: the watch is keeping good time and working perfectly.
My personal authenticity and quality warranty: you will get warranty card (as pictured), fully completed and signed on the back.
Insured, registered shipping worldwide.

The production is limited by 999 pieces. Every Limited Edition Swiss wristwatch made by renown manufacturer is more than just a beautiful piece of watch art, it is also a smart and far-sighted investment!

What you see in my pics is what you get.

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Personal note: Christmas is approaching, and with it the postal congestion. As a result, very long and less successful parcel deliveries in December. My advice: hurry up to buy and - most importantly - receive your watch on time.