Until the middle of the XVIII century the sailors did not have precise methods for its location in the ocean. Therefore, they often strayed a long time, and sometimes lost in the depths of the sea. To remedy the situation the British Parliament in 1714, announced a reward of 20 thousand pounds to anyone who would be able to find a way to determine longitude to within half a degree. Among other scientists engaged in this problem the British watchmaker John Harrison. After many successes and failures, he created a marine chronometer H-4, which won the award.

Girard Perregaux manufactory released in honor of engineer hours ww.tc John Harrison. U chronometer round body of 18-karat white gold. On an enamel dial depicts travel route from Portsmouth to the English at Port Royal (Jamaica) and back, which made ​​the son of John Harrison to test the reliability of H-4 hours. Circulation of the series – 50 copies.

New from Boucheron – Reflet XL Château Latour Millésime 2005 – has its own flavor. The dial of this model is made of two centuries of oak, previously used in barrels for aging wine Château Latour’s Grand Millésime 2005 harvest.

Case a rectangular stainless steel, size 31.5 mm x 45.0 mm, thickness 9.8 mm. On the bezel are the band-like hoops on a barrel. The dial of the bicentenary of oak wood, with a barrel decor.

The model has an automatic movement for Girard-Perregaux (caliber GP4000) with a power reserve of 40 hours.

The culmination of jewelry-watches union Boucheron and Girard-Perregaux, which started in 2007, was the creation of a unique creation – Ladyhawke watch with tourbillon.

The model name is associated with the medieval Italian legend, filmed in 1985, the same name. This is a story of love and mystery, the heroine is transformed into a hawk by day and by night becomes a beautiful woman.

In this exclusive watch combines high jewelry and watchmaking. It is made of white gold and adorned with 833 multi-colored diamonds and rubies totaling over 25 carats. Watch is equipped with a unique mechanism for Girard-Perregaux Tourbillon with three gold bridges, and consists of 72 parts 1 centimeter in diameter and weighing 0.3 grams. Cruising about 72 hours. This movement – a modern interpretation of the caliber of Constant Girard-Perregaux, introduced in 1889 in Paris and won a gold medal. In the same year, Frédéric Boucheron won first place in the category “Jewellery”.

The famous Swiss brand Girard Perregaux presented a pocket watch tourbillon with three gold and bridges – the reincarnation of watches, which won a gold medal at the Paris World Exhibition in 1889. The product of watchmaking in the body of 18-carat gold, size 60mm x 20mm has a unique mechanism.