The Girard-Perregaux Laureato Fifty Celebrates an Important Model’s 50th Birthday

The Girard-Perregaux Laureato Fifty Celebrates an Important Model’s 50th Birthday

Seminal watch designer Gérald Genta’s Royal Oak and Nautilus designs tend to hog most of the “luxury sports watch” limelight, and with good reason — two of the most important timepieces of the 20th century, they continue to take up significant real estate within Audemars Piguet and Patek Philippe’s catalogs, respectively, and to drive enormous revenues. However, there are other models of similar design, dating back to the same era, that boast un…

Girard-Perregaux Celebrates 50 Years With Special Edition Laureato Watch

It can be difficult at the best of times for a watch to properly capture two different moods: Sporty and elegant, however, has been done to great effect for five decades by Girard-Perregaux, now captured in a special-edition anniversary timepiece. (Girard-Perregaux) The watchmaker has dabbled in the fantastical (namely, a meteorite-dial watch) as well as the high-octane (collaborative watches made with Aston Martin) but the new Girard-Perregaux …