Girard Perregaux

But when was it designed? Was it truly designed before the Royal oak ?

Where did you hear that the laureato was designed before the Royal Oak?

I can categorically tell you that a Adolfo Natalini did NOT design the laureato. It was an in-house GP designer that did. His name has never been released by GP.

Did he ever do some contract work for GP? Not that I know of.

The story of the architect
Etc got mixed by marketing folks and press and it stuck. GP never made it a point to “un-stick” it. It’s the same myth that the laureato was named after the movie. Again, myth became fact.

The Laureato was designed by an in-house GP designer. I don’t know who it was.

...and could find nothing about the original design process. I'm sure that GP has the original sketches somewhere, but other than that it may be hard to find out...

Story of ship portholes and sketches being on napkins the 24 hours before SIHH etc.

This is part of the problem with GP and especially the laureato. No creation stories.

Ironic…. when GP wants to be Iconic.





We don’t even know who designed the laureato.

tell GP that.

We know Adolfo Natalini did NOT design the original laureato in 1975. So who did?

I posted the question to GP on IG. Like and follow and maybe they may tell us.

I’m sure many would be curious to know …

https://www.instagram.com/p/CxJVIUQhyZc/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Literally everywhere I searched yesterday mentions his name. So Natalini had no known association with GP?
Regards,
Baruch

This crazy story they Aolfo Natalini designed the laureato in 1975 has been allowed to perpetuate itself.

Notice on the GP website, they say nothing about him. All the attributes given to him
Are from 3rd party websites and reviews etc.

And GP further says that the laureato was designed by an “in-house designer”. No name.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolfo_Natalini

Now you know … I would like GP to disclose the designer’s name. Doesn’t matter if he is famous or not. I would just like to know. And for all GP collectors to know.

I can't think of any logical reason why the designer's identity can't be disclosed. 

Me too, Alolfo passed away a few years ago. He was 78.

I have a feeling that he didn’t know. Or if he did, then just couldn’t be bothered to decline the “honor”.

As you may know, I run the laureato fan club on Facebook and I’ve requested for GP to disclose the actual designer’s name.

Management are all in the group too.

Let’s see.