Girard-Perregaux 99193 Triple Bridge Tourbillon 18K Rose Gold Skeleton Dial LIMITED

This Girard-Perregaux reference 99193 carries one of watchmaking's most recognisable signatures, its Three Gold Bridges architecture tracing to the tourbillon pocket chronometers Constant Girard patented in 1884 and honoured with the gold medal at the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris. Offered in rose gold as a run of just fifty, it is a rare chance to own a design few houses can claim as their own. The tourbillon is the centrepiece, and Girard-Perregaux presents it as few others would: its cage sits low on the vertical axis, held in place by the three gold bridges that also carry the barrel and going train, so the regulator and its surrounding mechanism become the face of the watch rather than something hidden behind one. Driven by the self-winding calibre GP09600-0022, its bridges are finished entirely by hand and left in full view. The 18k rose gold case measures 41mm in height and width with a thickness of 11.8mm, warm on the wrist and openworked front to back, so the movement reads as the watch's whole identity.