Introducing: Girard-Perregaux Minute Repeater Flying Bridges, Its First In-House Chiming Watch

From the back, you’ll also see that this is an automatic caliber, powered by a micro-rotor, and has a very solid 60-hour power reserve. The movement has also been designed with symmetry in mind, so it seems no portion of the design has been skipped (which is important on a watch of this price). The dial side offers a better view of the striking works, with the wire gongs wrapping the case and two hammers at the top center of the dial, on either side of the brand nameplate.

While I haven’t seen the watch in person (and with only about 8 pieces made per year and 440 hours of work for finishing and assembly alone, I don’t expect I ever will), from the pictures, the watch looks incredibly well-finished. This is hard to tell without checking it out myself, of course, and sometimes even harder when the watch looks incredibly modern and complex. Again, I’m loath to count the number of interior angles, but someone at the brand took the time to do so. From the press release, there are “1,340 hand-polished chamfers (including 295 interior angles).”