New Girard-Perregaux Watch for Busy Businessmen

The Girard-Perregaux Company has introduced an innovative timepiece called ww.tc - Financial. The watch is aimed to be useful for traveling businessmen. It is the first chronograph featuring simultaneously the time in 24 different cities - one for every time zone. Besides that, it indicates the business hours of four leading stock markets of the world - in New York, London, Hong Kong and Tokyo. The ww.tc in the name of the watch stands for World Wide Time Control.

The brand decided to present its novelty watch at the vault of the former J.P. Morgan Bank located at 25 Broad street in Manhattan - that is in the neighborhood of the New York Stock Exchange.

To make a watch owner aware of the world time, the Girard-Perregaux watchmakers synchronized the 24-hour ring with the hour hand - so the adjusting is not necessary.

As for the 'financial' function - there are special time-slots opposite the appropriate city. You will notice a special red pointer marked on the hour ring that is moving anti-clockwise. When the pointer is seen opposite one of the time-slots, it indicates that the particular stock exchange is open to business at the moment.

The exterior look of the ww.tc - Financial chronograph is characterized by thorough attention to detail - it is both classic and powerful. The hour ring displays a day/night contrast, thus providing easier reading. It matches harmoniously silver or anthracite dial with big-sized numerals.

The case of the watch has been created in pink gold - it measures 43 mm in diameter. The heart of the watch is represented by the brand's manufactured GP033C0 automatic mechanical movement. Real watch connoisseurs will appreciate the view of the movement and its gold rotor through an anti-reflective sapphire crystal.

The Girard-Perregaux Company has planned to produce the novelty ww.tc - Financial timepiece in two limited series with individual numbers. There will be launched 500 watches with steel case featuring a silver dial, while the other pieces reveal an anthracite dial. Both versions of the timepiece will offer the advantage of 46-hour power reserve.

The line of the Girard-Perregaux ww.tc- Financial has joined the Classical Elegance collection of the brand. The line is based upon well-maintained horological tradition, meticulous designing and modern vision.

The story of the line is the following. Girard-Perregaux presented its automatic chronograph in 2000. Five years later, Girard-Perregaux developed a watch model that measured 41 mm in diameter and was provided with a power reserve. Later on, for the first time the brand's master watchmakers managed to blend a Tourbillon with Three Gold Bridges movement into the line.

The beginning of the year 2006 was marked by the launch of the Girard-Perregaux ww.tc Perpetual Calendar. It became the first timepiece that combined the display of the 24 hours of the world time zones and perpetual calendar function. The timepiece housed in a golden case indicates the days of the week, months and moon phases over four years, including the leap ones. Girard-Perregaux's ww.tc - Financial has marked a new step in the development of line based upon watchmaking heritage, tradition and innovation.