From 1976 to 1978, Girard-Perregaux promoted the Casquette as the new face of time.
Dating back to 1791, Girard-Perregaux is one of the oldest Swiss watchmakers still in operation. Its sole authorised retailer in Thailand, PMT The Hour Glass, marked the maison’s 230th anniversary with a virtual exhibition last September.
The long history is enriched with myriad timepieces, from the Lépine quarter repeater pendant watch from 1820 and Tourbillon With Three Gold Bridges from the 1860s to the sporty Laureato born in 1975 and Cat’s Eye women’s model launched in 2004.
One chapter, though, departs from haute horlogerie, when in the 1970s Girard-Perregaux launched the cutting-edge Casquette during the “Quartz Crisis”.
The advent of quartz watches, particularly those made in Japan, threatened the…
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