Girard-Perregaux dresses its casual chic Laureato Skeleton watch in black ceramic. model to the world of ceramics. The Laureato has a personality all its own, which is defined by a polished octagonal bezel fitted on an integrated case, meaning with no lugs or loops. The use of ceramics further accentuates its ergonomic qualities. As it's a material extremely hard to shape, the brand had to carve out the octagonal bezel and the shape of the bracelet links from a solid block of material, as well as to give them the required textures.
An architectural watch right the way through to the curves of its visible movement, the Laureato plays with contemporary codes and adopts this new material like an extension of its inherent nature. It absorbs the structural and ergonomic benefits of ceramic and applies them to the service of wearer comfort. The absolute fashion colour and a must-have for professional watches, black suits the Laureato as if were born that way…
The all-black surfaces of the solid Laureato Skeleton Ceramic are alternately polished and satin-brushed. This play on textures begins on the case and extends to the likewise ceramic bracelet. The new Laureato Skeleton Ceramic is thus not uniformly dark. It continues to play with light thanks to its surface effects, including that of its Clou de Paris hobnail-patterned dial. This mastery of lighting is also a key feature of the movement.
Its entirely skeletonised self-winding calibre is airy yet robust. It draws its strength from its transparency, which is reinforced by the rotor of the Laureato Skeleton Ceramic. Carved from a block of 18K pink gold, it has been openworked like the rest of the movement. This component that normally covers what lies beneath it thus allows light to pour through the watch, like a stained glass window, punctuated by the warm detailing provided by the rotor and the balance wheel.
The curves of this skeleton movement are adorned with chamfering that accentuates their edges, hand-crafted by the qualified artisans of the Manufacture Girard-Perregaux. The remaining surface of the movement is given a black PVD treatment matching the colour of the case and bracelet. It sets the finishing touch to the play on contrasts that enlivens the Laureato Skeleton Ceramic.
In its black livery, the Laureato Skeleton Ceramic explores whole new fields of expression. More understated and more technical, it draws upon the infinite possibilities afforded by ceramics. Girard-Perregaux thus provides a reminder that sporting chic is not merely an expression or an empty phrase.
