Girard Perregaux Ref. 2599 Vintage 1945 Chronograph

White gold bracelet chronograph. Curvex rectangle case. Black dial guilloche with 2 counters. Index ears, Arabic figures applied gold. Gold needles. Automatic movement. Croco bracelet with ardillon loop in signed white gold.

In 1791, the Geneva watchmaker Jean-François Bautte signed his first pocket watches. Very quickly, he became the partner of his trainer JD Moulinier who sees the refined, creative and wise man in business.

Following Bautte her son and then grandson take the reindeer of the firm. But in 1897, she changed hands for that of Felipe Hecht, then those of her son Juan Hecht and finally Constant Girard Gallet, a parent and friend. It was during her marriage to Marie Perregaux daughter of a large chronometer manufacturer, that the firm will take its final name: Girard Perregaux.

The proposed model is a very beautiful city watch reference 2599 Vintage 1945 Chronograph of 2000.

Rectangle housing in white gold 30x46 mm of dimension.

Black dial guilloche with two meters, index ears and Arabic figures applied gold, Golden Dauphine needles.

Mechanical movement with automatic reassembly.

This model takes up the style of a 1945 chronograph, a beautiful tribute to the watchmakers of the firm of the time which cultivated the art of the beautiful invoice, a timepiece with the exemplary finish worthy of the greatest watchmaking houses.