1965: Girard-Perregaux designed the first mechanic movement at high frequency, at which the balance beats at 36,000 vibrations/hour: the Gyromatic HF.
1967: Girard-Perregaux receives the Centenary Award from the Astronomical Observatory de Neuchatel in recognition of the accomplishments of the Manufacture generally, and specifically for the Observatory Chronometer wristwatch that used the Gyromatic HF. In fact, Girard Perregaux reap 662 Observatory certificates with its regular production line High Frequency chronometers - 73% of all such certificates delivered for "mechanical wrist watches"; twice as many as all other brands combined.
Early
in the morning on May 20, 1927 Charles A. Lindbergh took
off in The Spirit of St. Louis from Roosevelt Field near
New York City. Flying northeast along the coast, he was
sighted later in the day flying over Nova Scotia and
Newfoundland. From St. Johns, Newfoundland, he headed
out over the Atlantic, using only a magnetic compass,
his airspeed indicator, and luck to navigate toward
Ireland. The flight had captured the imagination of the
American public like few events in history.
