Women's Girard Perragaux Watches

Though Girard-Perregaux dates back to 1791, Constant Girard founded Girard & Cie in 1852. In 1854, he married Marie Perregaux, and in 1856 the combination of their surnames gave rise to the Girard-Perregaux Manufacture in La Chaux-de-Fonds. The company’s first major sale was for two thousand wristwatches ordered by Kaiser Wilhelm I for German naval officers in 1880.

The Girard-Perregaux 1966 Collection pays tribute to the company’s launch of the first high frequency movement, which was exceptionally accurate. The watches feature a GP3200 automatic winding movement in an extra-thin case.

Girard-Perregaux created its Cat’s Eye line of ladies’ watches back in 2004, when it won several awards including “Watch of the Year.” The watches have combinations of brilliant-cut diamond encrusted dials with rose and leaf motifs, plus day and night sundial designs in white and pink gold and stainless steel.

Quick Facts

• Girard-Perregaux Manufacture has over 80 patents to its name, and is the originator of numerous innovations
• In 1970, the company launched the first ever wristwatch with a quartz movement
• The Vintage 1945 Lady from Girard-Perregaux is inspired by Art Deco designs from the early 20th century, with rectangular dials, straight lines, diamond-encrusted bezels and silvered or anthracite dials