After the success of the Laureato collection's relaunch at SIHH 2017,audemars piguet royal oak replica watches Girard-Perregaux is now focusing on the Three Bridges tourbillon, another of its renowned bellwethers for SIHH 2018.
In 1860, GP produced the initial Three Bridges in the form a pocket watch movement. It featured a trio of parallel bridges that held the barrel, centre wheel, and tourbillon respectively. The Three Bridges received early praises from the Neuchatel Observatory in 1867 for its 'first-class' chronometry award. Also, the Three Bridges was awarded a gold medal at Paris Universal Exhibition 1889.Richard Mille RM 35-01 Replica The United States Patent Office received the first patent application for the design on 25 March 1884.
Girard-Perregaux stuck to the original configuration of the calibre and its bridges and produced many iterations over the years. In 1991, the manufacturer's bicentenary year, Girard Perregaux released its first wrist-worn Three Bridges. Four years ago, GP updated the Three Bridges with its first Neo Tourbillon,Breitling Avenger Replica which uses milled titanium arched bridges in place of the usual flat, gold bridges.
The 2018 SIHH Girard-Perregaux version has been named the Neo Tourbillon With Three Bridges Skeleton. This 45mm titanium-cased wristwatch displays its movement through convex sapphire glass. Although it's not the first Three Bridges skeletonized, it is the first Neo Tourbillon skeletonized. The Three Bridges movement's architecture lends itself to skeletisation. It's a beautiful movement that draws attention to the Three Bridges bridges more than ever. This is due in large part to the black-PVD protection against raw-metal.
The Neo Tourbillon with Three Bridges Skeleton is a watch that has five bridges, despite its moniker of "Three Bridges".
The GP 9400-0011 self-winding movement has a 60-hour reserve and uses a micro-rotor white-gold coaxial with the barrel. The 80-piece tourbillon carriage is made of titanium and weighs 0.25 grams.audemars piguet royal oak watches replica The tourbillon performs one complete rotation every 60 seconds and also acts as a charming, but basic, small seconds indicator.
