Building on their official partnership, Aston Martin and Girard-Perregaux have collectively created a spectacular new timepiece, reimagining ‘the bridge’, one of many oldest mechanical signatures in watchmaking. A brand new addition to the well-known Bridges assortment, the Neo Bridges Aston Martin Edition showcases useful elements typically hidden from view and brings them to the fore. Inspired by Aston Martin’s subsequent era of sportscars, designers took affect from the world’s first Super Tourer, DB12, with the brand new watch reflecting the automotive’s sculpted contours and sharp strains.
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Blending magnificence and engineering
In 2021, Girard-Perregaux was introduced because the Official Watch Partner of the ultra-luxury British model Aston Martin. Both corporations have a wealthy heritage, with over 300 years of mixed historical past, working within the rarefied world of luxurious. Moreover, the long-lasting British marque and Swiss Manufacture are synonymous with design excellence and no-compromise engineering, making them an ideal match. The collaboration between the 2 leaders has seen the creation of some really distinctive timepieces, every proudly bearing the title of each marques.
Aston Martin and Girard-Perregaux unveil their fifth co-branded timepiece of their long-standing collaboration. The Neo Bridges Aston Martin Edition is pushed by each events’ ardour for pushing the efficiency envelope concerning design and watchmaking experience. It is modern and seamlessly blends magnificence and engineering to ship breathtaking efficiency.
Marek Reichmann, Executive Vice President and Chief Creative Officer, Aston Martin Lagonda, remarks:
From the beginning of our relationship with Girard-Perregaux as our Official Watch Partner, it was clear that we had a shared ardour for precision and efficiency design. Our alternate of concepts about design particulars and specs flowed overtly and naturally, and the watches bearing our names have been authentically co-built by a shared spirit of true collaboration.
In this newest mannequin, the Neo Bridges Aston Martin Edition, the joint inventive group – comprising designers from each corporations – determined to problem some generally held horological conventions across the design of the motion. With due consideration given to structural rigidity, efficiency and wonder, I’m delighted with the consequence.
Patrick Pruniaux, CEO of Girard-Perregaux, provides:
This was not merely a case of placing Aston Martin’s title on one in all our watches. They performed an lively position within the conception of this watch, wanting on the supplies employed and, curiously, the design of the motion. The Neo Bridges Aston Martin Edition is the spectacular end result of two corporations synergistically working collectively.
Embracing the longer term
The Neo Bridges Aston Martin Edition is the newest addition to the Swiss watchmaker’s Bridges assortment, a variety of fashions which have lengthy been entwined with the corporate’s DNA. In 1867, Constant Girard sketched a pocket watch endowed with three parallel bridges. Unusually, these outstanding bridges, important elements that kind a part of a motion’s construction, have been refined and famously turned design parts. However, whereas Girard-Perregaux is justly pleased with its heritage, it doesn’t languish previously however wholeheartedly embraces the longer term, typically uniting thought-provoking styling, cutting-edge supplies and creative mechanisms, one thing that’s manifest with the brand new Neo Bridges Aston Martin Edition.
A shared language
Aston Martin and Girard-Perregaux each converse the identical language in relation to luxurious. They every perceive the significance of constant design whereas concurrently searching for development. Underpinning this shared philosophy is the assumption that mechanical elements ought to arouse intense feelings.
The Neo Bridges Aston Martin Edition, a watch that perpetuates among the design concepts discovered on former collaborative watches, additionally delivers a recent, fresh-faced look with thought-about particulars. It eschews a traditional dial to disclose its inverted motion, the Calibre GP0840000-2164, a configuration that brings elements normally discovered to the rear of the watch, relocating them to the entrance. Upholding the spirit of the Bridges assortment, the useful elements of this mannequin contribute to its total visible attract. The Neo-shaped bridges assist the gear prepare and stability, and the wearer is invited to witness a number of components in dialog, working collectively to impart time. Upholding Girard-Perregaux custom, the association of motion elements confers symmetry, thereby delivering a harmonious look.
Consistent design
Skeletonized baton-type indexes proclaim the hours and minutes. Inspired by the automotive world, the place extraneous materials is eliminated to avoid wasting weight, this watch dispenses with a traditional dial. The arms incorporate luminescent materials, which bestows a inexperienced emission in restricted gentle, a color that may eternally be related to Aston Martin. The suspended indexes on a hoop encircling the dial mission outwards are lined with luminescent materials, which seems inexperienced once more in dim circumstances. Both the design of the arms and indexes uphold the styling of earlier dual-branded watches. In between every index, crisp inexperienced markings positioned on the ring above denote every minute in lucid kind. Endowed with two Neo bridges, executed in Aston Martin Green, the design pays tribute to Constant’s Nineteenth-century creation, albeit realized in a recent kind. In distinction, the color of the bridges honours Aston Martin and its wealthy historical past of crafting high-performance automobiles.
Power is crucial
Power is a prerequisite for efficiency, evident inside any creation bearing Aston Martin and Girard-Perregaux. A barrel, successfully the gasoline tank of the watch, is positioned at 1.30. A black openworked bridge helps it and bears the title of the Swiss Manufacture. This watch is automated, harvesting vitality from the pure movement of the wearer’s wrist, utilizing a small oscillating weight, termed a micro-rotor. The dimensions of the micro-rotor contribute to the motion’s slender profile, which is simply 5.45mm in top.
Furthermore, it additionally affords unhindered views of the motion. In this occasion, the micro-rotor is engraved with the title of the British luxurious marque, sharing equal standing with the producer’s title gracing the barrel. When designing the barrel and micro-rotor, the joint inventive group took inspiration from the brakes, that are revealed behind Aston Martin DB12’s spoked wheels, showcasing sharper strains and additional openings.
A play with color
Colour is useful for accentuating shapes, imbuing sculptural types with gentle and shade, emotion and keenness. Appraising the Neo Bridges Aston Martin Edition, brushed greys, vibrant rubies, brooding blacks, and silver-coloured wheels unite to impart time whereas concurrently stirring the soul. Most notably, the Aston Martin Green Neo Bridges reveal totally different tones as they interact with gentle. Endowing the bridges with color whereas sustaining their alluring three-dimensional look was technically difficult.
A DB12 for the wrist
Peruse the curved contours of the Aston Martin DB12, the world’s first tremendous tourer, and its intent is evident: to cowl nice distances in consolation whereas making every mile an exciting and memorable expertise. The Neo Bridges Aston Martin Edition shares the identical philosophy. Each contour and aspect consequence from protracted thought supposed to ship efficiency and a chic wearer expertise. The numerous supplies have been mixed to ignite the soul and seduce the wearer with their tactile really feel. For instance, the strap is black rubber with a cloth impact and is animated with inexperienced stitches. Fitted with a titanium DLC triple folding buckle, the strap cossets the wrist splendidly and appears gorgeous.
Exclusivity assured
Matching the shortage and exclusivity of an Aston Martin mannequin, the Neo Bridges Aston Martin Edition shall be a uncommon sight, restricted to simply 250 items. The mannequin goes on sale in December 2023 and shall be accessible worldwide in all licensed Girard-Perregaux retailers.
The Neo Bridges Aston Martin Edition Technical Specification
Case
Material: titanium DLC
Dimensions: 45.00 mm
Height: 12.18 mm
Glass: anti-reflective sapphire crystal ‘box’
Case-back: sapphire crystal with white Aston Martin emblem decal
Dial: ring displaying suspended indexes with luminescent materials (inexperienced emission)
Hands: skeletonized, ‘baton’ sort with luminescent materials
(inexperienced emission)
Water resistance: 30 meters (3 ATM)
Movement
Reference: GP084000-2164
Self-winding mechanical motion
Diameter: 32.00 mm (141/4’’’)
Height: 5.45 mm
Frequency: 21,600 Vib/h – (3 Hz)
Number of elements: 208
Number of jewels: 29
Power reserve: min. 48 hours
Functions: hours, minutes
Bracelet
Material: black rubber strap with cloth impact and inexperienced stitches
Buckle: titanium DLC triple folding buckle
Suggested retail value:
CHF 36’000 / USD 37’700 / GBP 32’100 /
EUR 39’800
Limited edition of 250 items, not numbered (One of 250)
Good Things
- That’s a collaboration performed properly.
- The Aston Martin branding will not be too in-your-face.
Bad Things
- An enormous mark up on the usual model.
- The finish result’s decidedly underwhelming.
The Breakdown
