Watchmaker Girard-Perregaux expands its Laureato Absolute collection with a new version of the automatic hour, minute, and central seconds with date watch in grade 5 Titanium, the Absolute Ti 230. The 44mm watch is being offered with two dial color options: blue and grey. Both dials feature a sandwich construction with the colored upper layer featuring apertures serving as hour markers. The lower layer is loaded with a luminescent material so that when the two layers are combined you have the apertures on the upper layer serving as luminescent hour markers. The self-winding movement chosen to power the Laureato Absolute Ti 230 is the caliber GP03300-1060 offering time indications and a date aperture at 6 o’clock. The movement contains 218 components and features 46 hours of power reserve.
The new Girard-Perregaux watches are finished with a blue rubber strap injected with titanium, with a fabric effect and grey stitching for the blue dial version; the grey dial version’s strap is grey rubber injected with titanium, with a fabric effect and grey stitching. Both are fitted with a titanium folding clasp with Girard-Perregaux’s micro-adjustment system. For the first month of its launch, the blue dial version will be sold exclusively through watch retailer, Wempe’s network of boutiques in Germany, as well as their flagship stores in New York and London. Thereafter, the watch will be made available through all of Girard-Perregaux’s retail partners and e-commerce website. The grey version, however, will be available immediately through all of the brand’s retail network and e-commerce website. Both varieties are limited to 230 pieces each.
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