9/08/2010

Story behind Girard Perregaux



Since the mid-19th century, Girard Perregaux watch list and advanced technology will be the ultimate - Tourbillon fates got tied. Watch founder Constant Girard to extraordinary professional accomplishments, make the brand even today still respected throughout the world. In Constant Girard has created a masterpiece, Three Gold Bridges Series has a remarkable, highly personalized style of the watch for today Girard Perregaux understandable given the legitimacy of the brand .

In fact, his third Golden Bridge Tourbillon in terms of aesthetic, technical and symbolic significance of both of them called Extreme. Designer watches with his contemporaries different Constant Girard focus on those who can watch him more shocking unique element: the movement of the structure and components of shape.

Lipine invention is basically determined the mechanical movement of the structure: consists of a motherboard, a winding drum lath (or Slab), an upper and an escapement fork Itabashi, Itabashi it is a movement in three quite common. But Constant Girard unique masterpiece of reason is above the structure and arrangement of components, which contains a unique symbol of meaning.

Time is passing, Constant Girard of the Golden Bridge ends into the opposite direction-pointing arrow, a symbol of past and future. Of course, we calculate the time system, from 3000 BC Mesopotamian culture time of 3 and its multiples as a basis for calculation. Last three also can represent the three stages of a solar orbit: sunrise, Japan top, sunset, or under the "trinity" of three religious meaning of class launched an integral natural elements: water, earth and fire. With the lapse of time, Constant Girard in the three Arrow Golden Bridge also become a symbolic sign.

In 1986, Girard Perregaux R & D began to design a watch three Golden Bridge Tourbillon watch flywheel. In 1991, a time when Girard Perregaux Watch 200 anniversary, three Golden Bridge Tourbillon watch also available, as the Swiss watchmaking history, an important high-level masterpiece. Production run for the watch is indeed a great challenge. In technical terms, the movement must be reduced to 12 to accommodate the area of law within the Diameter; In addition, the movement of the structure type must be preserved so that the three Golden Bridge into a dial. In addition to Itabashi shape Tourbillon form the framework of simplification, while anchor escapements replacement brake type escapement.

Chicago Park since 1991 has produced more than 20 models, including the combination of super-sophisticated functions such as the three repeater or timing functions. Watch the creation of one of the most important is the configuration of three Golden Bridge Tourbillon automatic chain system, which uses the concept of a smaller, but high density and weight of platinum put Tuo, the structure can accommodate the three remaining smaller Jinqiao of space. Whether installed in Vintage or Laureato case, the transparent sheet through the dial or back can clearly revealing the structure of the three Golden Bridge, which implies the full performance of the leading technology and unique watch artistic and cultural traditions.

Lists common sense: Tourbillon is the master of Breguet watches invented a speed regulating device. French Tourbillon the "spiral" meaning, Tourbillon is a combination of transliteration and free translation. Breguet Tourbillon invention is to correct mechanical errors caused by gravity.

Mechanical Clock is able to behave in a certain rhythm of walking, thanks to the precise control of escapement. If escapement to adjust to its own action is not accurate when the meter starts to yield inaccurate. Escapement action caused the culprit is not accurate gravity. Speed control device of balance is to use the flexibility to complete the hairspring balance wheel movement. As always in a certain direction hairspring scroll, so when the vertical and horizontal position changes, this part of the gravitational effect by friction in the bearings will also change. So we have a kind known as "position poor" accuracy error. For example, watch placed in the plane, and worn on the wrist is different from the regular swing, resulting in slow or fast, or the difference.

17th century, people watch significantly improve the accuracy requirements, no longer able to tolerate such a "bad position." So, Breguet will think hard to find the trick. He thought: why escapement devices affected by gravity, because its parts are fixed in the motion state, if Shi Zhe Yi portions in changing constantly, bearing Bu Tong Dao Zhi vast majority of cases will be offset by gravity. According to this idea, Breguet came up with a nature's intricate approach. He put the speed regulation system escapement mounted on a Carriage of. This framework must keep pace round and round. When the balance wheel in a certain direction of gravity position under the influence, to another location would be another direction of gravity, the framework of constant rotation, balance also changed the location to accept all directions impact; In other words, the macro level, in all directions of impact will be offset, equal to no effect. Even in today's watch, Tourbillon also complicated mechanical timepieces are luxury equipped. It represents the highest level of technology, therefore, can produce thousands of factories that time not many.

Founder: Constant Girard

Age: mid-19th century

Country: Switzerland

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