QUASAR AZURE TOURBILLON WITH THREE BRIDGES LIMITED EDITION MODEL, REF. 99295-43-002-UA2A, CASE NO. 1⁄8, CIRCA 2020s

Extremely attractive and sporty, the present Girard-Perregaux’s Quasar Azure Tourbillon with Three Bridges (ref. 99295-43-002-UA2A) is refined and impressive masterpiece from the traditional Maison. Housed in a transparent blue sapphire case numbered 1 of only 8 pieces, the Quasar Azure pairs a high-complication heart—a flying tourbillon—with an openworked dial that lets the movement’s geometry become the dial’s composition. The result is simultaneously jewel-like and mechanically expressive: light passes through the case, the bridges and movement take center stage, and the blue hue gives the whole piece a modern, almost otherworldly presence.

The visual and structural boldness is rooted in Girard-Perregaux’s historic Three Bridges architecture—one of the Maison’s signature innovations that began life in the era of high-precision pocket watches. What began as a purely functional solution (three parallel bridges to support key gear train components) evolved under the Maison into a defining aesthetic statement: the bridges were elevated from utility to design, a deliberate architectural motif that declares the movement on the wrist. In the Quasar Azure that tradition is respected but reinterpreted—bridges are refined, skeletonized and wonderfully finished so they function as both movement support and sculptural element, carrying the Maison’s legacy into a contemporary language.