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Girard-Perregaux Ferrari Chronograph 37mm Stainless Steel
Ref. 8020.0.11.9419
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Stepping up in Girard-Perregaux's range
The GP-Ferrari alliance, launched in 1994 by Luigi Macaluso and Luca di Montezemolo, was never a badge exercise. Girard-Perregaux supplied the chronograph engineering; Ferrari supplied the colour and the identity. The yellow dial here is precisely that arrangement made visible — the Prancing Horse at twelve, black ring subdials, white hands against the chrome yellow ground. It reads as a Maranello instrument rather than a watchmaker's exercise in restrained good taste. At 45mm lug-to-lug the watch sits closer to the wrist than the case diameter alone would suggest, helped by short curved lugs that follow the wrist's contour. The GP2280 running inside is an ETA 2892-A2 base married to a Dubois-Dépraz chronograph module — a movement architecture that prioritises mechanical reliability over in-house purity, and one that has proved its case over decades of daily use.
- Reference
- 8020.0.11.9419
- Brand
- Girard-Perregaux
- Collection
- FerrariCase Size: 37mmCase Thickness: 12
- Case size
- 37mm
- Case thickness
- 12.9mm
- Case material
- Stainless steel
- Case shape
- Round
- Dial
- Yellow
- Crystal
- Sapphire
- Movement
- Automatic
- Calibre
- ETA 2892
- Functions
- Chronograph, Date, Small seconds
- Water resistance
- 30m
- Bracelet / strap
- Stainless steel bracelet
- Strap colour
- Silver
- Clasp
- Folding clasp
- Lume
- Luminous
- Condition
- Pre-owned
- Retailer
- Goldsmiths
Additional specifications
- Lug-to-lug
- 45mm
Learn more about Girard-Perregaux
The company traces to Jean-François Bautte, who was making watches in Geneva by 1791, and takes its name from the 1854 marriage of Constant Girard and Marie Perregaux, which joined two watchmaking families.
Its signature is a bridge. Constant Girard's Tourbillon with Three Gold Bridges, developed from 1867 and patented in the United States in 1884, arranged the barrel, gear train, and tourbillon in a line beneath three parallel arrow-shaped bridges — turning the movement architecture itself into the design. Most decorative watchmaking hides its structure; this made structure the ornament. It remains the house's defining object.
Girard-Perregaux also has a serious claim on modern quartz: in 1971 it developed a quartz wristwatch calibre oscillating at 32,768 Hz, and that frequency became the industry standard used in essentially every quartz watch since.
The company supplied precision pocket watches to the German Imperial Navy in the 1880s, an early example of the wristwatch being taken seriously as a professional instrument.
Modern collections include the Laureato, an integrated-bracelet sports watch dating from 1975 that predates most of its rivals, and the Free Bridge and Neo lines, which rework the bridge architecture in contemporary materials. The house is owned by Kering.
- 1791
- Jean-François Bautte begins watchmaking in Geneva.
- 1854
- Constant Girard and Marie Perregaux marry, uniting the names.
- 1867
- The Three Gold Bridges tourbillon is developed.
- 1971
- Develops the 32,768 Hz quartz standard.
- 1975
- The Laureato launches.
Also in 4 collections
This watch appears in Stainless Steel Watches (2,953), Automatic Watches (1,324), Chronograph Watches (1,211) and Pre-Owned, Ex-Display & Vintage Watches (100).
2-year Goldsmiths warranty
What the specifications mean
A mechanical watch for everyday wear.
Strengths
- 37mm suits most wrists
- Sapphire crystal, which resists scratching
- Luminous hands and markers for low light
- Sits in the lower half of Girard-Perregaux's range as we list it
Worth knowing
- 30m means keeping it away from water
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| Specification | 8020.0.11.9419 | L16484782 | 01 403 7776 4065-07 5 19 11 |
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| Price | £3,450 | £3,500 | £3,050 |
| Case size | 37mm | 38mm | 38mm |
| Water resistance | 30m | 50m | 50m |
| Movement | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic |
| Strap | Stainless steel bracelet | Leather strap | Leather strap |
| Power reserve | — | 72 hours | 120 hours |
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Frequently asked questions, and things you should know about this watch
Can I swim with it?
No. At 30m it will survive rain and handwashing, but not submersion of any kind.
Will the glass scratch?
Unlikely. Sapphire is second only to diamond in hardness and shrugs off everyday marking.
Does it need a battery?
No. It is automatic — the motion of your wrist winds it, and there is no cell to replace.
Will it fit my wrist?
Lug-to-lug is 45mm, which suits wrists from roughly 16cm (6¼ inches) upward.
Lug-to-lug decides fit more than case diameter does.
Is it a men's or women's watch?
Listed as men's, though at 37mm it sits in the range that suits anyone.
Cheapest place to buy
Goldsmiths at £3,450, pre-owned. No UK retailer we track lists this reference new.
Is this available new?
Not from the UK retailers we track. This reference is listed as pre-owned only, at £3,450 from Goldsmiths. Goldsmiths test every pre-owned watch for authenticity, timekeeping and water resistance, and warrant it for 2 years — the same term they give on a new watch.
Who are Goldsmiths?
Goldsmiths has been selling watches in Britain since 1778 and is part of the Watches of Switzerland Group, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange. They are an authorised dealer, so a watch comes with the manufacturer’s own warranty.
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