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Girard-Perregaux and the Quest For Precision

  Girard-Perregaux THE QUEST FOR PRECISION What makes a watch tick? And watchmakers spend days and nights on plans and developments?It´s not always the flashy aspects of horology. A watch is first and foremost an instrument to tell time. And this primary function brought sleepless nights for generations of watchmakers, engineers and scientists. The simple things can be the most challenging ones and in this, to make a watch tick, for years and years, is not the smallest. Among all ...

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Some more views of GP´s new free-sprung escapement MICROVAR

It´s with pleasure to share some more impressions; the pictured unit is one of the prototypes, therefore it´s not representing the final stage and execution. Some cosmetic details are subject of change and we´ll have a closer look at the production version very shortly - it still may give an idea of how much work went into these. And while we´re on it, i´d like to grab the chance to introduce (again) the genius behind.Nicolas Dehon is a very talented watchmaker and engineer, who was...

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