Girard-Perregaux traces its beginning to 1791, when watchmaker and goldsmith Jean-François Bautte signed his first watches, creating a manufacturer in Geneva to handle all facets of watchmaking, from the
engineering to the hand assembly and polishing of each timepiece.  In 1852, Constant Girard founded Girard & Cie, and upon marrying Marie Perregaux in 1856, they founded Girard-Perregaux Manufacture.  When Girard’s son took control in 1906, he took control of the company and acquired Bautte House from the heirs of Jean-François Bautte.  The company has manufactured its own movements and handles every step of production, from engineering and design to polishing, assembly, and final encasement of each timepiece.

The Girard-Perregaux Richeville Ref 2730 features a tonneau-shaped 35mm stainless steel case with a sapphire crystal.  The cream-colored dial
features a guilloché pattern, with a brushed steel ring with an outer minute track, a center track with Roman numeral hour markers, and an inner calendar track with red accents.  A brushed steel sub-dial at the 6
o’clock position displays the running seconds.  The hands of the Breguet-style hour, minute, and running seconds are blued, while the date indicator hand is gold-colored with a blued crescent shape tip.  The Ref 2730 is powered by an automatic GP 2200 movement.

This Girard-Perregaux Richeville Ref 2730 includes the box, the original black alligator Girard-Perregaux strap, and the original stainless steel signed tang-style buckle.