Sunday, May 15, 2011

Girard-Perregaux Cat’s Eye Tourbillon Haute Joaillerie

REPOSTED - Due to an outage with BLOGGER on Thursday, a few posts were lost and now are being reposted.

Courtesy of Girard-Perregaux

As a kid, I loved to play with Legos. Taking all of the many pieces and trying to put them together. As I got older, I moved on to puzzles. I have a hard enough time trying to put together a 100 piece puzzle. So I try to imagine working with identical stones - let's say diamonds... I can't even imagine!

But that is just what the dream-weavers at Girard-Perregaux have done.  It takes more than 700 painstakingly-careful hours of work to create the gown that cloaks this horological confection.

But this is more than just another pretty girl.  Her heart beats through the Girard-Perregaux Tourbillon with gold bridge.  Brains and beauty!




Here are the specifics courtesy of Girard-Perregaux -

Case in white gold set with 155 baguette-cut diamonds (12.97 ct)

Dial: set with 106 baguette-cut diamonds (4.20 ct)

Crown: set with 12 baguette-cut diamonds and 1 rose-cut diamond (0.58 ct)

Dimensions : 32.90 mm x 38.40 mm

Crystal: non-reflective sapphire

Case-back: secured with four screws

Water resistance: 3 ATM



Girard-Perregaux GP09700-0006 movement

Mechanical with manual winding

Calibre: 12’’’

Frequency: 21,600 vibrations/hour (3 Hz)

Jewels: 20

Power reserve: minimum 72 hours



Grey satin strap

Pin buckle: white gold, set with 13 baguette-cut diamonds (0.56 ct)

or

Folding clasp: white gold, set with 14 baguette-cut diamonds (0.62 ct)



www.girard-perregaux.ch

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