Girard Perregaux

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😄 actually … no

The “secret” is that GP won’t reveal the name. That’s why you have to say “probably” this and “probably” that.

We know the names of many other designers from that era but not the Laureato. It’s been withheld even though many folks would like to know.
It many not interest you, but it does interest me and perhaps some other laureato fans. Janitor, in-house designer or someone from the Graef family … it’s all good. Would just be great to get a name.

Not sure what you mean by “luxurious” but GP was indeed successful during that period where others were floundering from the quartz crisis. GP took the more difficult route and developed its own cutting edge quartz movement and that became the standard. GP was the one who had the first production Swiss Quartz watch. They also set the standard with the 32768 Hz frequency which is still in use today. The Japanese even had to license technology from GP as they could not develop it themselves. Those are certainly some things to be proud of, wouldn’t you say?

The Laureato 4266 was a commercial success in an era where quartz technical accuracy and Swiss heritage (GP had both) was the only answer to the likes of Seiko. GP had won multiple awards from the observatory and received chronometer certification.

It’s your opinion that the design of the Laureato was “not great”. The market at the time liked it just fine.

Thanks for your comments and I wish you a pleasant day ahead. ☀️