Covered by 2 publications
Monochrome and Watch Collecting Lifestyle both wrote about this. Their stories are below, earliest first, each linking to the full article. More on Girard-Perregaux.
Girard-Perregaux released the Laureato collection in 1975 to meet the growing demand for integrated-style sports watches. Debuting just three years after the 1972 blueprint for the genre, it remains one of the earliest examples of a luxury…
Few watchmaking signatures are as recognizable as Girard-Perregaux’s Three Bridges, and few cases are as distinctive as the Laureato’s octagon. The Laureato Fifty Three Gold Bridges unites them: a skeletonized tourbillon with 18K rose gold…