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Girard - Perregaux Swiss Watches
Constant Girard & Marie Perregaux1791 Jean Francois Baute created his first timepieces and established a manufactory in Geneva. 1837 Jacques Bautte and Jean Samuel Rossel took over from J.F. Bautte, who left them an extremely valuable industrial and cultural inheritance. (They would later merge with Gerard Perregaux, around 1906.) 1854 Constant Girard married Marie Perregaux - from their union the Girard Perregaux was born in 1856. 1867 Constant Girard introduced his Tourbillon with Three Gold Bridges. 1880 Constant Girard designed and produced the very first production wristwatch. 1966 Girard-Perregaux produced the first high-frequency mechanical watch. 1969 Girard-Perregaux produced the first mass-produced quartz watch. Girard-Perregaux watch ranges include the Equation. The second oldest Swiss watch manufacturer based in La Chaux-de-Fonds. Official Girard-Perregaux websitewww.girard-perregaux.ch |
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