Geneva Watch Days is unfolding and we are bringing you some of our early favourites, starting with the fabulously named Girard-Perregaux Laureato Absolute Chronograph 8Tech.
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Girard-Perregaux Laureato Absolute Chronograph 8Tech.

We will simply call this watch the 8Tech because there is nothing else named quite like that. It might also make you wonder ? what exactly is an 8Tech anyway" Watchmaking nerds that we are, we certainly wondered. Thankfully, the answer is not that Girard-Perregaux is collaborating with the next 4Chan or something like that. 8Tech refers to “a groundbreaking technique (where) the case is formed of octagonal carbon parts, creating a random structural pattern,” according to the press release that dropped in our inbox. So many questions, but to settle the matter via the specifications alone, the 44 mm case is made of a carbon and titanium composite.
Photo: Girard-Perregaux

The 8Tech literally appeared just as we closed our giant chronograph story ? well, part one anyway ? in the coming Autumn issue of World of Watches (WOW), but we simply had to write it up. Isn?t the Internet awesome" Whatever your thoughts might be on the subject, the 8Tech warrants a closer look due to the material science behind it and the attendant mind-blowing engineering techniques. Girard-Perregaux explains:

Photo: Girard-Perr...