Tourbillons. They seem to be everywhere these days, and whether you love them or not, they are here to stay. Let me start off by saying I am not generally a huge fan of tourbillons; usually I find them overdone and and a wee-bit flashy. That is not to say I don’t like any tourbillon wristwatches though (that Lange that Stephen wrote about the other day is pretty legit), just that I think some brands tend to pop a tourbillon into a watch when possible, raise the price, and ignore whether or not it’s actually improving the product at all. However, I’m always happy to see a ladies’ watch with something more complicated than a stock quartz ticker inside, and that brings us to the Girard-Perregaux Cat’s Eye Tourbillon with Gold Bridge.
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