====== Girard-Perregaux Vintage 1945 XXL Tourbillon with 3 Gold Bridges ======
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Luxury watch by [[Girard-Perregaux]]

With the model //Vintage 1945 XXL Tourbillon with 3 Gold Bridges//, whose design is essentially inspired by a model of the 1860s years, the Swiss watch manufacturer [[Girard-Perregaux]] presented another model of this legendary lineage at the [[Geneva]] [[SIHH]] [[2009]].

Simultaneously it celebrated the 125th birthday of its most famous "child" On 25 March [[1884]], the watchmaker [[Girard, Constantin Othenin|Constantin Girard]] had applied for a patent at the "United States Patent Office" a drawing with the figure of a watch with three bridges the famous "Tourbillon with three Gold Bridges". This movement with its three parallel arrow-shaped bridges was regarded as innovative at this time, because it not only convinced with technical and functional components, but also formed an integral part of the design. So the [[tourbillon]] under three gold bridges won a gold medal at the Paris World Exhibition of [[1889]].

Even today, the [[manufacture]] Girard-Perregaux continues the tradition of the tourbillon with three gold bridges parallel to the legendary 3 Gold Bridges [[tourbillon]] with [[automatic]] movement [[Girard-Perregaux Tourbillon with 3 Gold Bridges|in the circular case]] there is also a [[Girard-Perregaux Vintage 1945 Tourbillon with 3 Gold Bridges|version of the Vintage 1945 with rectangular case]] and now this new edition in XXL size, which is limited to 50 pieces.


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**Movement: **
  * [[Self-winding]] [[manufacture]] movement Girard-Perregaux GP 9600C, (base [[GP 9600]]), 21,600 A/h
  * [[Minute tourbillon]]
  * [[Microrotor]] in [[platinum]]
  * 12¾ [[ligne]]s
  * 30 [[jewels]]
  * Power reserve 48 h

**Case:**
  * [[Rose gold]]
  * Dimensions 36,10 x 35,25 mm, H ? mm
  * [[Sapphire crystal]], [[antireflective]]
  * Screwed down caseback with four screws and with [[sapphire crystal]]
  * [[Waterproof]] to 30 m

**Functions:**
  * Hours, minutes, [[small seconds]] on the tourbillon

**Bracelet: **
  * Alligator leather strap with [[folding clasp]]

**Limited edition:**
  * 50 pieces
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