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Watches Sinze 1.791 - The history of this prestigious Swiss manufacturer can be traced back to Jean-Francois Bautte, the famous Geneva watchmaker. Though orphaned at a very young age, the young man confronted life with determination. In 1791, by the time he was nineteen, Jean-Francois Bautte had learnt several trades, acquired the education which his modest background had denied him, and begun making his first watches. It would not be long before his name became familiar to the royal courts of Europe. A master watchmaker of rare talent, Jean-Francois Bautte was also an astute "industrialist" and businessman with a brilliant, imaginative and generous character. He is credited with creating the first genuine ultra-thin watches and the truly visionary concept of the Manufactory as a producer of high-quality timepieces. 

1791 Jean Francois Baute created his first timepieces and established a manufactory in Geneva.

1837 Jacques Bautte and Jean Samuel Rossel took over from J.F. Bautte, who left them an extremely valuable industrial and cultural inheritance. (They would later merge with Gerard Perregaux, around 1906.)

1854 Constant Girard married Marie Perregaux - from their union the Girard Perregaux was born in 1856.

1867 Constant Girard introduced his Tourbillon with Three Gold Bridges.

1880 Constant Girard designed and produced the very first production wristwatch.

1966 Girard-Perregaux produced the first high-frequency mechanical watch.

1969 Girard-Perregaux produced the first mass-produced quartz watch.

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