Swiss high-end watch manufacturer Girard-Perregaux is showcasing its exceptional timepiece, ‘Quasar’, at the 17th edition of Doha Jewellery & Watches Exhibition. Named after the most brilliant of astronomical entities, quasar, this tourbillon embodies a natural application of the four principles governing the Girard-Perregaux universe.
The intricate inner workings the new Neo-Tourbillon with Three bridges movement are fully revealed through a case entirely made of sapphire crystal – a first for Girard-Perregaux. The architecture is literally bursting with brightness. Like its well-chosen name, a quasar is an ultra-luminous region at the centre of a galaxy accreting around a blackhole. A strange pairing of light and darkness that ‘Quasar’ expresses through the Girard-Perregauxart of watchmaking 
Girard-Perregaux, aesthete of the invisible, explores the Cosmos, the essence of time. The Swiss watch Manufacture is introducing a new universe, innovative materials and unexpected complications within its fundamental collections united under a single theme: ‘Earth to Sky’. Just a year ago, Girard-Perregaux introduced the Neo-Tourbillon with Three Bridges Skeleton.
Based on the ‘Earth to Sky’ theme, this complication model is named after the most brilliant of astronomical entities, the quasar. Thus illuminated, this tourbillon with its contemporary spirit enters the light spectrum with a case entirely made of transparent sapphire crystal.
Through these crystalline walls, CalibreGP9400-1035 reveals its open worked construction much like a star viewed with a telescope. This Haute Horlogerie movement draws the eye like a black hole and explodes with light, illuminating the gap between its components. 
Devoid of any opacity, ‘Quasar’ allows photons to play freely across its matt surfaces and taut curves. 
The first is the 1884 patent for three gold bridges visible on the dial side, the unique signature of the Maison. The second is the skeleton work hand-finished in the workshops of La Chaux-de-Fonds. The third is the 2015 birthof the Neo-Tourbillon with Three Bridges. 
The latter were neither straight nor made of gold, but instead arched, skeletonised and black. The fourth is the use of sapphire serving a function that is more technical than that of mere watch glasses. Girard-Perregaux traces its origins back to 1791. The history of the brand is marked by legendary watches that combine sharp design with innovative technology.
Aesthete of the invisible, in 2019 the Maison is exploring the Cosmos, the essence of time, by introducing a new universe of innovative materials and unexpected complications within the fundamental collections, united by a single theme: ‘Earth to Sky’.
Girard-Perregaux is part of the Kering Group, a world leader in apparel and accessories, which develops an ensemble of powerful Luxury and Sport & Lifestyle brands.