Girard Perregaux

Used Girard Perregaux Watches – Raymond Lee Jewelers of Boca Raton, FL offers a wide variety of luxury timepieces from brands such as Girard Perregaux. Founded in 1983, the business continues to offer only the best service and values for its watches. Girard Perregaux was founded in 1791 in Switzerland. The Swiss manufacturer has approximately 80 patents and is notable for having created some special watch concepts. For instance,

In 1965, Girard Perregaux designed the first mechanic movement at high frequency. Its balancer beats at 36,000 vibrations/hour. In 1967, the company received an award from the Astronomical Observatory de Neuchatel specifically for the Observatory Chronometer wristwatch that contained the Gyromatic HF movement. In 1970, the company introduced its first wristwatch that contained a quartz movement. Not long after, Girard Perregaux introduced a watch which vibrated at 32,768 hertz – now the universal standard for quartz watches.