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Girard-Perregaux Classic Bridges Rose Gold 40mm
Ref. 86005-52-001-BB6A
Sits in Girard-Perregaux’s upper tier here — more premium than three quarters of the Girard-Perregaux watches we list, which start at £7,900.
Price range £7,900 to £146,000 across 25 Girard-Perregaux watches in stock.The Bridges collection traces its logic back to 1860, when Girard-Perregaux began treating the structural bridges that hold a movement together not as hidden engineering but as the face of the watch itself. What had been purely functional became deliberately architectural, and that principle has run through the collection ever since. This rose gold version extends it into a contemporary idiom: two arrow-shaped gold bridges cross the open dial in a way that is legible as design before it registers as mechanics, yet the movement beneath them — 207 components, a steel micro-rotor, Geneva stripes and bevelled edges finished to the standard of something meant to be seen — is the whole point of the openwork. At 40mm in 18ct rose gold and 11.7mm deep, it wears closer to a dress watch than the skeletonised category might suggest: flat enough to sit under a cuff, the warm metal softening what could otherwise read as an aggressively industrial object. The Dauphine hands and suspended baton indices give the dial a classical reference that keeps it from tipping into pure mechanism. On the wrist, the black alligator strap and matching rose gold triple-fold buckle pull the proportions together without competing with the case, and the sapphire caseback means the micro-rotor and its finishing remain visible from either side.
- Reference
- 86005-52-001-BB6A
- Brand
- Girard-Perregaux
- Case size
- 40mm
- Case thickness
- 11.70mm
- Case material
- Stainless steel
- Case shape
- Round
- Dial
- Silver
- Crystal
- Sapphire
- Movement
- Automatic
- Calibre
- GP08600-0001
- Functions
- Skeleton dial
- Water resistance
- 30m
- Bracelet / strap
- Leather strap
- Strap colour
- Black
- Clasp
- Buckle
- Retailer
- Mappin & Webb
Additional specifications
- Power reserve
- 48 hours
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 6 collections
This watch appears in Back in Stock (4,908), Stainless Steel Watches (3,241), Automatic Watches (1,645), Leather Strap Watches (1,065), Silver Dial Watches (730) and Dress Watches (541).
Temporarily out of stock
Mappin & Webb is not currently taking orders for this reference. Last listed as available on 2 October 2026. Stock is checked nightly and this page updates when it returns.
What the specifications mean
A mechanical watch for everyday wear.
Strengths
- 40mm suits most wrists
- Sapphire crystal, which resists scratching
- One of Girard-Perregaux's more premium watches
Worth knowing
- 30m means keeping it away from water
Girard-Perregaux Classic Bridges Rose Gold alternatives
Watches from other brands at a similar price, style and size, so you can see what else your budget can buy.
| Specification | 86005-52-001-BB6A | 624015050 | G0A39138 |
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| Price | £39,300 | £38,861 | £34,200 |
| Case size | 40mm | 40.5mm | 40mm |
| Water resistance | 30m | 50m | 30m |
| Movement | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic |
| Strap | Leather strap | Leather strap | Leather strap |
| Power reserve | 48 hours | 52 hours | 44 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.
Water resistance explainedWill the glass scratch?
Unlikely. Sapphire is second only to diamond in hardness and shrugs off everyday marking.
Sapphire, mineral and acrylic comparedDoes it need a battery?
No. It is automatic — the motion of your wrist winds it, and there is no cell to replace.
Quartz, automatic and solar comparedHow long does it run for when it's not worn?
About 48 hours fully wound — enough to survive a night off the wrist, but not a full weekend.
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