Girard Perregaux

PeterCDE
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That´s correct

G'day,

making cases is a pretty expensive thing to do; a manufacture-made case and particularly a bracelet can be as much as a movement on manufacturing level. That´s why almost all manufacturers use outsourced cases for entry-level models. For GP, manufacture-made cases are limited mostly to complicated units (the "1.000m" requires very tight tolerances due to the pressure resistance) and precious metals.
But i think GP isn´t alone and to find a watch in the likewise affordable price range of a Rolex Submariner with a manufacture-made movement certainly is very very rare. The more so given GP´s rarity; the few hundred Sea Hawks per year don´t allow for cost efficient production as some hundred thousand steel models by other brands do.

Cheers,

Peter