Girard-Perregaux Laureato Perpetual Calendar Watch
Established in 1791, Girard-Perregaux is one of the world's oldest watch brands. In 2016, to celebrate its 225th anniversary, Girard-Perregaux gave its Laureato collection a thorough refresh, beginning with the Laureato of 2016, a stainless steel sports watch with an integrated bracelet meant to go up against the likes of the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak and Patek Philippe Nautilus. It was a bold move but it paid off. In the time following, Girard-Perregaux expanded the collection with numerous models including skeletonized versions, tourbillons, and chronographs. Now, they are adding a new model with the very useful perpetual calendar complication. Meet the new Girard-Perregaux Laureato Perpetual Calendar, which will be officially unveiled at SIHH 2019 next month.The new Laureato Perpetual Calendar only comes in one version for now and that's in stainless steel with a 42mm case and a blue dial. The case features the strong lines that the new Laureato collection has become known for, with
Richard Mille RM27-02 Rafael Nadal Watch Has Novel Quartz TPT Case For $775,000
Here it is, the first Richard Mille watch in quartz. No, not a quartz crystal-based movement, but rather, a quartz case material. This is the Richard Mille RM27-02 (RM 27-02) Tourbillon Rafael Nadal in a case that combines carbon and quartz material as once again produced for the high-end watch maker Richard Mille by North Thin Ply Technology. Why produce an extremely high-luxury watch in a complicated quartz filament laminate material? If you have to ask, clearly you haven’t been paying attention to the types of materials Richard Mille has been featuring in their watches over the last few years. So let’s discuss why a lot of luxury watches look like toys, what QTPT is, and Richard Mille’s ongoing relationship with tennis and Mr. Nadal.You may have also noticed that the new Richard Mille RM27-02 watch is part of the Rafael Nadal watch collection-part of a relationship with the star Spanish tennis player that began back in 2010. When the first Richard Mille RM 027 watc