Girard-Perregaux unveils the ultimate Casquette 2.0 in titanium and gold

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Girard-Perregaux unveils a new titanium-cased Casquette 2.0 with yellow gold sparkles and limited production.

Priced at £4,200, just 820 examples of the 1970s will be produced.

Calling all sci-fi fans: this is it clock For you. Girard-Perregaux says it’s the last version for the Casquette 2.0, a throwback to the 1970s with a vintage LED display.

This is the third version of the Casquette 2.0, which arrived in 2022 as a revival of the original Casquette, a watch that was launched in 1976 and was appreciated by an audience enamored of sci-fi blockbusters, space travel and the modernity of quartz. -powered digital clocks.

The latest iteration retains the great retro case design of the original Casquette, but this time uses grade 5 titanium instead of steel and features 18K yellow gold for the GP logo and pushers – a nod to its gold-plated forebears gold since the 1970s.

It is supplied on a matching titanium bracelet with a rubber lining for enhanced comfort. The titanium buckle is equipped with a micro-adjustment system that allows the wearer to adjust the size of the bracelet to create a perfect fit. Such systems are useful when the size of your wrist varies slightly as the ambient temperature rises or falls.

Limited to 820 pieces worldwide, the titanium Casquette 2.0 is powered by the Caliber GP03980 quartz movement, which offers additional functions not found on the 1976 original. Along with the hours, minutes and seconds, the new watch shows the day and date, plus month, year, chronograph, a second time zone and a secret date.

Unusually, Girard-Perregaux says how the movement can be adapted to the original watch from 1976. GP says the movement shows that it “avoids obsolescence and makes the Casquette one of the oldest working quartz watches today.”

With a retail price of CHF 4,750 (£4,215), the Casquette 2.0 Titanium and Gold has a case size of 42.4 x 33.6 mm and a height of 14.64 mm. It is water resistant to 50 meters and the red digital display is protected by a sapphire crystal.