Girard-Perragaux ww.tc chronograph

Girard-Perragaux is a Swiss luxury watch manufacturing company with a rich history of high-end watch manufacturing dating back to 1791 when Jean-Francois Bautte, a talented watchmaker and goldsmith signed his first watches in 1791. He became famous for his extra-thin watches and founded a manufacturing company in Geneva, the center of premium watch manufacturing at that time. The Girard-Perragaux Manufacture was founded in La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1856 after Constant Girard - the founder of the Girard & Cie Firm married Marie Perregaux. His son Constant Girard-Gallet took over the Bautte company which was founded by Jean-Francois Bautte and merged it with Girard-Perragaux in 1906. Over the next century Girard-Perragaux emerged as one of the world's leading luxury watch manufacturing companies registering nearly 80 patents and introducing several innovative concepts.


A luxury watch is much more than just a status symbol or fashion accessory. It reveals a person's way of life and taste for beauty and sophistication. Thus everyone who search for perfection of design and technology when it comes to watches know very well that Swiss watches are the best there is on the world's market. Girard-Perregaux is definitely a good choice if searching for prestigious watch because it is one of the few authentic Swiss watch manufacturers which develops, designs and produces all watch components from the watch's "heart" to the final enhancement.


Girard-Perregaux's collection of premium watches for both men and women is renowned for modern and fashionable designs and application of the newest technologies. The best known and the most popular Girard-Perregaux collections are Haute Horlogerie (for men and women), Cat's Eye (for women), Girard-Perregaux 1966 (for men), Vinatage 1945 (for men) and WW.TC (for men). The ww.tc (world-wide time control) collection was introduced to the market in 2000 and became one of the most recognizable Girard-Perregaux men's watches. The ww.tc model comes in four different materials (steel, pink gold, titanium and ceramic/titanium) with sapphire crystal secured by 6 screws case-back. All ww.tc models are water resistant to 165 feet with exception of WW.TC Shadow (Fly-Back Chronograph) which is water resistant to 330 feet. Most of tc.wc models simultaneously display all time zones in its dial and features a power reserve indicator, calendar and the "Financial" function displaying opening and closing time of the world's main stock markets.