This remarkable achievement is the Girard Perregaux watch for the la chaux de fonds watchmaker Constant Girard-Perregaux in the 1860s to create a new interpretation of the immortal tradition. After lapping of the long-term after the tourbillon, 1884, he has a neatly arranged with three arrow-shaped bridge plate parallel movement to obtain a patent. The structure of the radical subversive in 1889, won the world finally recognized the real, this year, this pocket watch at the Expo in Paris, was awarded the gold medal. This masterpiece has become a GP Girard Perregaux watch brands, marks, and for many years thereafter, in a variety of international exhibitions continue to win awards and accolades; in 1900 is to reach its peak level, then, Girard Perregaux watch because there is no competitors can match, and was declared not suiwatch for participation awards. The pocket in the tabulation in the history of the event in a, not only because of its beauty of form, but also because it's movement aesthetic and functional design in the inventive.
Before the beginning of the 20th century, Girard Perregaux watch produced a total of more than sixty tourbillon. However, until the late 1970s, the company decided to begin production of a number of the original 1889 design with the same watch. This ambitious project, which means watchmaker antique to re-learn the production of components and technology to restore the long-sealed. When the brand was first published in 1982, a pocket watch engraved version of the time, it naturally received a warm response.
Girard Perregaux tourbillon pocket watch made the last one is already ten years ago. Ten years later in 2010, the brand brings a new look for the this masterpiece. Three Golden Bridge Tourbillon is a talented watchmaker to the results of more than one year, the creation of this amazing old opened the door to the window, showing a real unique craft.
As Girard Perregaux Watches Swiss watch brands, and even the sign of the movement of this watch not only because of exquisite design, but also because of its unique manufacturing process and Zoran outstanding.
Tourbillon frame with lyre shape, this style from the 1880s, has been in the watchmaking industry is recognized as the exclusive brand Perregaux watch tags. All 92 of its components with the highest precision and uncompromising attention to cutting-edge technology to carry out the production, modification, assembly and adjustment. According to the 19th century the general practice of high-quality watches, this watch is equipped with a bimetallic Guillaume balance wheel to balance the temperature changes, thereby ensuring a higher accuracy of travel time. The balance of this highly complex process requires meticulous and exquisite operation in order that the positioning of the balance wheel of any changes in temperature conditions can achieve the ideal state.
Constant Girard-Perregaux tourbillon equipped with a pivot for its Astronomical Clock Escapement. This mechanical device to be re-used for this course, pocket watch, although its production and regulation have great difficulty: the total length of not more than 8.5 mm, the thickness of gold pawl spring is only 0.04 mm. Highly sophisticated, and does not require lubrication, this structure adds to the complexity of this process when the account level. In addition, it has a very rare safety devices: an anti-torsion in the springs on the pins to prevent vibration occurs when the escapement is released. When walking through a very small precision parts to achieve, because of its size is very small, so highly complex manufacturing and positioning process: length 1.85 mm, 0.07 mm in diameter.
This exquisite watch the technology also reflected in the barrel, it integrates the Maltese cross stopper, so as to ensure the watch is the most balanced stage using only the main winding power. This also ensures that the entire life of pocket watch accuracy.
Movement constituted by a total of 249 parts, before the final assembly, one by one after a pre-assembly, disassembly, adjustment, inspection, disassembly and modification. This amazing structure is meticulous adjustment and test results repeated countless times. In accordance with normal practice in the 19th century, and finally by an independent external testing agencies to test the operation of the movement, the results of 15 consecutive days While this movement to the average difference is less than 0.1 seconds (per day) to obtain the excellent performance of chronometer the title.
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