I also dropped by to meetup with my old friend Marc Michel-Amadry, who is now Managing Director at Girard-Perregaux and he presented their latest release – the Laureato Fifty Tourbillon Micro-Rotor. Here is my hands-on impressions almost immediately after I left the GP Boutique in Geneva.

Hands-on Impressions with the Girard-Perregaux Laureato Fifty Tourbillon Micro-Rotor 39mm | Live from GWD26

The Laureato Fifty Tourbillon Micro-Rotor 39 MM Gold, Reference 99116-11-3615-1CM retails at SGD 137,200 / CHF 85,000 and the Laureato Fifty Tourbillon Micro-Rotor 39 MM Blue Enamel, Reference 99116-11-3528-1CM retails at SGD 143,600 / CHF 89,000.

Hands-on Impressions

The watch looks like what it says in the can. The very beautiful Laureato case, this time executed in stainless steel, measuring a nominal 39mm, with the signature H-link Laureato bracelet. The dial is now in a grand feu enamel of a rather nice blue over a Clous de Paris guilloché. Both the guilloché and the enamel over it is made in-house. The tourbillon is visible from a cutout on the dial at 6 o’clock, and the cage carries the classical and GP signature lyre design. The cage is held in place by a single bridge.

The movement is an all new in-house development: the calibre GP8410. This is the fourth caliber introduced by GP this year alone. The movement has a micro-rotor, and is decorated with the same Clous de Paris guilloché. However, Marc told us that this is a two plate construction. Where the guilloche is performed on a separate plate which is then bolted to the regular plate. This makes it easy for GP to change the movement decoration to match the one in the dial.

The watch is called the Fifty as it celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Laureato. And is available in two variants – the one with the blue enamel dial which we present here, and another with a solid rose gold dial, also decorated the same guilloché pattern.

On the wrist, the 39mm case with a flattish 10mm thickness feels nice on my 180mm flat wrist. The watch head sits nicely and firmly. The bracelet not only looks good, but secures the position of the watch head well.

Pricing notes

The CHF 85k for the watch that I handled seems to be particularly fair to me, and when compared to other similar steel tourbillon watches with integrated bracelet. For example, the VC Overseas Tourbillon was SGD 159k (approx CHF 102k) at launch in 2019. The Chopard Flying Eagle Tourbillon retails at USD 115k (about CHF 93k) in Lucent Steel.