GIRARD-PERREGAUX Gyromatic Wristwatch Cal. 47 AE 17 Jewels Automatic Watch S.S.

"Girard-Perregaux is a high-end Swiss watch manufacture since Jean-Francois signed his first watch in 1791." Girard-Perregaux, a timeless tradition of innovation. – Girard-Perregaux is best known for constant innovation, exceedingly high design standards, and superior precision engineering.  GYROMATIC by Girard-Perregaux During the 1950s the watch industry saw a growing wave of consumers requesting self-winding wristwatches, as a response to this demand, in 1957, Girard-Perregaux introduced a revolutionary solution, its first self-winding (automatic) wristwatch: the Girard-Perregaux Gyromatic. The Gyromatic was the marketing term (employed for many years) for automatic movements used by Girard-Perregaux; these movements beat at the standard 18,000 bph (beats per hour). The introduction of this movement was very significant in the context of the Girard-Perregaux brand itself, and in the context of technological innovation for the era. “Indeed, horological historians view these early Gyr