Girard Perregaux

Michele Sofisti was appointed as CEO of Sowind Group (Girard-Perregaux and JeanRichard) in August 2011, which followed PPR's acquisition of a majority (50.1%) shareholding in the Sowind Group in July 20 11. The Macaluso family own the remainder of the com...  

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Looking forward to see the new collection. Kind regards. Cheers, Francois

Andrew, Good topics and you touched the his personal side. Let's see what GP brings to us in 2013. Cheers, Nilo

Thanks for the interesting interview, Andrew. Ken

Thanks Andrew and Mr Sofisti for a little illumination into the new leadership at Sowind. There is a difference between just 'twittering' about the brand news or ambassadors and deep appreciation of the products that leads to paying real money as buyers o... 

that Michele is a really good guy. If you have the chance to meet him, you will like him for sure.

I'll keep an eye out to see if new vigor and organization can be breathed into GP which I think has been undervalued.

Thanks Ed, I agree that there is so much history with the company and potential to tap into. And I think they have been going about things the right way. They have a wonderful museum, watchmaking school to educate and nurture tomorrows talent and some exc... 

There will be some exciting things, I am ready to bet on that. December is close. But sadly, GP is not attending the SIHH anymore, which will make us suffer two more months... Best, Nicolas

obviously aware this is a GP forum but am interested to know if there was any mention of jeanrichard. I had heard the new owners wnted to bring prices down to put more clear daylight between GP and jeanrichard. I have a soft spot for JR but fear the worst... 

I like JR designs as well. I think the current approach is to differentiate JR more from GP, much the same as is done with Tudor and Rolex. So rather than devaluing JR, both brands will thrive. And from what I have seen, there are some exciting things to ... 

...thank you.