Girard Perregaux Silver

Watches and cars – lots of folks know their way around at least one of these topics, while others have a passion for both. Now, let me be the first to tell you that I’m someone who uses their car to get from point A to B, and that’s it. Any further questions? Well, the owner’s manual is somewhere there in the glove box. What I’m trying to say here is that my car knowledge is more on a need-to-know basis. But when finding out more about the watch we’re looking at today, I discovered that cars and watches are more similar to one another than you might think.

The Neo Constant Escapement’s name doesn’t only hint to its unique mechanism, but also remembers Constant Girard who put an effort into further developing the chronometry throughout his life. During this year’s Geneva Watch Days my collegues and I were lucky enough to get a glimpse of the Swiss Maison’s new timepiece and to learn about its background.