The Girard-Perregaux Casquette is Again, in Titanium and Gold

After 20 lengthy years, I believe it’s time I lastly come out of the closet. You see, mother and pop (and Worn & Wound readers), I’m, in reality, a nerd. I do know! I do know! I’ve tried to cover it over time. Secretly studying science-fiction at night time. Becoming a member of the Mathletes in sixth grade underneath the guise of doing it mockingly. All of the indicators have been there, it simply wasn’t till this very second I felt like I might let you know all this.

What has precipitated me to publicly deal with my interior nerd comes from the discharge of the brand new Girard-Perregaux Casquette 2.0 Titanium and Gold. With its harkening again to an earlier 1970’s reference and that dreamily retro pink LED show, it’s simply the type of watch I might see on the wrists of these queuing for the primary Star Wars trilogy.

Having the ability to cohesively mix two seemingly incongruent design references isn’t any small feat, so it’s particularly attention-grabbing to see the brand new launch of the Casquette. As a rule, Girard Perregaux leans into conventional timepieces, with maybe a number of upgrades right here or there to stay thrilling to the market. Nearly in distinction, the Casquette collection of watches is a retro-futuristic dream, a departure that also someway works for the model.

A part of the rationale for understanding this mannequin’s return is to know the rationale behind its creation. Within the 1970’s, two technological advances passed off that started to combine expertise extra into the design aesthetics of watchmaking: the manufacturing of quartz watches and the LED show. Girard-Perregaux was an early adopter of each, permitting for a time wherein the Swiss maison was in a position to not solely enhance their modern line-up, but additionally construct one thing completely distinctive to have fun these rising applied sciences. Couple that with the final zeitgeist of the 1970’s for sci-fi blockbusters, and you’ve got your self the primary iteration of the Casquette in 1976.

Forty-six years later, the Casquette 2.0 was launched in 2022 after a neighborhood effort to re-release this beloved design.  And now, in 2024, the Casquette 2.0 has been improved with a Grade 5 titanium case and bracelet (with a rubber lining for added consolation) and 18K yellow gold GP brand and pushers as a brand new limited-edition launch.

The pink LED show of the Casquette 2.0 retains its retro attraction with a number of functionalities that aren’t going to compete along with your Apple Watch, however are nonetheless an enormous leap ahead from what the unique reference was in a position to do. Along with preserving time, the Calibre GP03980-powered watch additionally permits for month, yr, chronograph, second time zone, and a secret date performance (I might, after all, set mine to October 26, 1985 if I might).

What’s most attention-grabbing about this specific Calibre is that it might really be retrofitted into the primary era of Casquette fashions from the 1970’s, bypassing technological obsolescence that plagues us immediately. I believe it is a nice solution to bridge not simply the 48-year hole between fashions and one which, I hope, different manufacturers take discover of.

The latest Casquette reference is out there to Girard-Perregaux house owners and self-proclaimed “GP Lovers” from October 31 – November 14. Thereafter, the watch can be accessible on-line and in Girard-Perregaux boutiques with a price ticket of $4,960 with a limited-production run of simply 820 items. Girard-Perregaux