Let’s all wish Girard-Perregaux a happy 225th birthday and share a virtual cake, right along with a closer look at this beautiful tribute to the brand’s Gyromatic watches from the 1960s. The Girard-Perregaux 1957 Gyromatic watch pays stylistic tribute to early models that used a technical solution by Girard-Perregaux to improve automatic winding efficiency from around the time when “self-winding” was the hot thing in watches. If you are a fan of simple, classically styled watches as I am, then you too will likely find the Girard-Perregaux 1957 Gyromatic an exciting visual treat.

Girard-Perregaux’s Gyromatic system substituted roller-equipped unidirectional clutches for ratchet wheels, the brand explains. The point was to reduce idle travel of the oscillating weight and thereby increase efficiency. The 2016 model is called the “1957” because that was the year that the technology was first used in a movement, even though the design is based on a stylistic cues from 1960s Gyromatic watches – talk about a confusing choice of product names. Add to that the lack of self-restraint, testified to by the logo that prominently features 1791, the year to which the company traces its roots and you start to feel bad for the 19th century not getting a mention.
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