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Cr\u00e8s, 1923<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0<\/div><div><br \/><\/div><div>High in the Jura Mountains of Switzerland, a few kilometers east of France, is perched the small town of La Chaux-de-Fonds \u2014 for centuries the wellspring of an almost divine congruence of genius.\u00a0<\/div><div><br \/><\/div><div>Among those born here: Le Corbusier (n\u00e9 Charles-Edouard Jeanneret), one of the greatest names in modern architecture and design; pioneering automaker Louis\u00a0 Chevrolet; and poet\/novelist Blaise Cendrars. The aesthetic movement L\u2019Art nouveau was refined in La Chaux-de-Fonds \u2014 as the old\u00a0 village gave way to a modern city beginning of the 20th century, a regional Art nouveau\u00a0 variant, the \u201cStyle Sapin\u201d, emerged here, exclusive to the burgeoning industrial\u00a0 watchmaking centre. And the grace of its architecture and ingenuity of its urban plan have led to its designation as a UNESCO World Heritage site.\u00a0\u00a0<\/div><div><br \/><\/div><div>The genius inherent to La Chaux-de-Fonds is today best exemplified by the watchmakers of Girard-Perregaux, who - in cooperation with Foundation Le Corbusier - are employing\u00a0 gold, sapphire crystal, steel and even concrete to reinterpret the work of the great\u00a0 Modernist in a series of exceptional new timepieces.\u00a0\u00a0<\/div><div><br \/><\/div><div>This sublime project is the apotheosis of more than a century of communal history between the Jeanneret and Girard-Perregaux families. Mere happenstance '' Hardly. It is, rather, serendipity at its most poignant \u2014 the seemingly inevitable result when genius\u00a0 takes up residence in close proximity to genius. The very essence, in other words, of La Chaux-de-Fonds.\u00a0\u00a0<\/div><div><br \/><\/div><div>Le Corbusier\u2019s life took him well beyond the shadow of the Jura, of course; he traveled the world designing buildings \u2014 and, in some cases, entire cities. Fittingly, he was part of the multinational team of architects that designed the headquarters of the United\u00a0 Nations Secretariat Building in Manhattan \u2014 a metaphor, in glass, reinforced concrete and steel, for his own global citizenship.\u00a0<div><br \/><\/div><div>The Girard-Perregaux <strong>Le Corbusier Trilogy<\/strong>, however, reflects the three places that most embodied the concept of home to the man himself, who once observed that \u201cthe home should be the treasure chest of living\u201d: La Chaux-de-Fonds, Paris and Marseille.\u00a0\u00a0<\/div><div><br \/><\/div><div>The model selected by Girard-Perregaux for the basis of the <strong>Le Corbusier Trilogy<\/strong> is the Vintage 1945, the year Le Corbusier published one of his most famous works, <em>Les Trois\u00a0<\/em><em>Etablissements Humains<\/em> (The Three Human Establishments) and devised his anthropometric scale of proportions the <em>Modulor<\/em>.\u00a0<\/div><div><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/div><div><strong>Vintage 1945 Le Corbusier \u2014\u00a0<\/strong><strong>La Chaux-de-Fonds<\/strong>\u00a0 <strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/div><div><br \/><\/div><div>In a marvelous coincidence, Charles-Edouard Jeanneret\u2019s hometown, La Chaux-de-Fonds, happens to be the world capital of watchmaking. Before the world knew him by his pseudonym, Le Corbusier, the young Charles-Edouard spent his formative years in the town\u2019s School of Art, training as a sculptor and engraver.\u00a0\u00a0<\/div><div><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/div><div><strong>Inlaid Mother-of-Pearl Dial\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/div><div><br \/><\/div><div>Girard-Perregaux\u2019s craftsmen pay tribute to an early Le Corbusier work by faithfully reproducing it in a bas-relief of mother-of-pearl \u2014 a nod to both the piece itself and to Le Corbusier\u2019s beginnings as a sculptor and engraver. Seven exacting days are required to produce each dial, requiring mastery of multiple\u00a0 skills: design, sculpture, polishing and varnishing. The foremost challenge was to preserve\u00a0 the integrity of the original work\u2019s five colors \u2014 necessitating considerable patience and meticulous attention to detail.\u00a0<\/div><div><br \/><\/div><div><br \/><div>The rights for the reproduction of works by Le Corbusier are granted to Girard-Perregaux in exchange for a charitable donation to the Fondation Le Corbusier, to help restore Villa \"Le Lac\" in Corseaux, Switzerland; and to the Association Maison Blanche, for the ongoing preservation and maintenance of the Maison Jeanneret-Perret in La-Chaux-de-\u00a0 Fonds,Switzerland.\u00a0\u00a0<\/div><div><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/div><div><strong>About Girard-Perregaux<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/div><div>Girard-Perregaux is a Swiss high-end watch manufacturer tracing its origins back to 1791. The history of the brand is marked by legendary watches that combine sharp design with innovative technology, such as the renowned Tourbillon with three gold bridges. Devoted to the creation of state-of-the-art Haute Horlogerie, Girard-Perregaux is one of the very few watchmakers to unite all the skills of design and manufacture under the same roof including the forging of the \u201cheart\u201d of the watch \u2014 the movement. Girard-Perregaux is majority owned by PPR, a worldwide leading Luxury and Sport & Lifestyle group. \u00a0\u00a0<\/div><div><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/div><div><strong>About the Le Corbusier Foundation<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/div><div>The Foundation, in accordance with its statutes and its missions, has devoted all of its resources to the conservation, knowledge and dissemination of Le Corbusier\u2019s work. 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Vintage 1945 Le Corbusier - La Chaux-de-Fonds
25880-52-103-HKBA
| Brand : | Girard-Perregaux |
| Collection : | Vintage 1945 |
| Model : | Vintage 1945 Le Corbusier - La Chaux-de-Fonds |
| Reference : | 25880-52-103-HKBA |
| Nber of pieces : | 5 |
| On sale : | 2012 |
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Brand : Girard-Perregaux Collection : Vintage 1945 Model : Vintage 1945 Le Corbusier - La Chaux-de-Fonds Reference : 25880-52-103-HKBA Nber of pieces : 5 On sale : 2012 List Price : 45 100 € Height : 36.20 mm Width : 35.25 mm Styles : Atypical Vintage Other Types : Self-winding Calibre : GP03300-0078 Case material : Pink gold Case peculiarity : Sapphire caseback Screwed-down caseback Shape : Rectangular Water-resistance : 30 meters Dial : Mother-of-pearl marquetry Display : Hands Glass : Sapphire Antireflective coating Strap material : Alligator leather Strap color : Black + More characteristics : Movement Calibre: 11½ ”’Frequency: 28.800 alt/hour (4 Hz)Jewels: 26Power Reserve: Min. 46 hours
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- The Le Corbusier Trilogy “You employ stone, wood and concrete, and with these materials you build houses and palaces: That is construction. Ingenuity is at work. But suddenly you touch my heart, you do me good. I am happy and I say: ‘This is beautiful.’ That is architecture. Art enters in.” Vers une architecture, Le Corbusier, ed. G. Crès, 1923High in the Jura Mountains of Switzerland, a few kilometers east of France, is perched the small town of La Chaux-de-Fonds — for centuries the wellspring of an almost divine congruence of genius.Among those born here: Le Corbusier (né Charles-Edouard Jeanneret), one of the greatest names in modern architecture and design; pioneering automaker Louis Chevrolet; and poet/novelist Blaise Cendrars. The aesthetic movement L’Art nouveau was refined in La Chaux-de-Fonds — as the old village gave way to a modern city beginning of the 20th century, a regional Art nouveau variant, the “Style Sapin”, emerged here, exclusive to the burgeoning industrial watchmaking centre. And the grace of its architecture and ingenuity of its urban plan have led to its designation as a UNESCO World Heritage site.The genius inherent to La Chaux-de-Fonds is today best exemplified by the watchmakers of Girard-Perregaux, who - in cooperation with Foundation Le Corbusier - are employing gold, sapphire crystal, steel and even concrete to reinterpret the work of the great Modernist in a series of exceptional new timepieces.This sublime project is the apotheosis of more than a century of communal history between the Jeanneret and Girard-Perregaux families. Mere happenstance '' Hardly. It is, rather, serendipity at its most poignant — the seemingly inevitable result when genius takes up residence in close proximity to genius. The very essence, in other words, of La Chaux-de-Fonds.Le Corbusier’s life took him well beyond the shadow of the Jura, of course; he traveled the world designing buildings — and, in some cases, entire cities. Fittingly, he was part of the multinational team of architects that designed the headquarters of the United Nations Secretariat Building in Manhattan — a metaphor, in glass, reinforced concrete and steel, for his own global citizenship.The Girard-Perregaux Le Corbusier Trilogy, however, reflects the three places that most embodied the concept of home to the man himself, who once observed that “the home should be the treasure chest of living”: La Chaux-de-Fonds, Paris and Marseille.The model selected by Girard-Perregaux for the basis of the Le Corbusier Trilogy is the Vintage 1945, the year Le Corbusier published one of his most famous works, Les Trois Etablissements Humains (The Three Human Establishments) and devised his anthropometric scale of proportions the Modulor.Vintage 1945 Le Corbusier — La Chaux-de-FondsIn a marvelous coincidence, Charles-Edouard Jeanneret’s hometown, La Chaux-de-Fonds, happens to be the world capital of watchmaking. Before the world knew him by his pseudonym, Le Corbusier, the young Charles-Edouard spent his formative years in the town’s School of Art, training as a sculptor and engraver.Inlaid Mother-of-Pearl DialGirard-Perregaux’s craftsmen pay tribute to an early Le Corbusier work by faithfully reproducing it in a bas-relief of mother-of-pearl — a nod to both the piece itself and to Le Corbusier’s beginnings as a sculptor and engraver. Seven exacting days are required to produce each dial, requiring mastery of multiple skills: design, sculpture, polishing and varnishing. The foremost challenge was to preserve the integrity of the original work’s five colors — necessitating considerable patience and meticulous attention to detail.The rights for the reproduction of works by Le Corbusier are granted to Girard-Perregaux in exchange for a charitable donation to the Fondation Le Corbusier, to help restore Villa "Le Lac" in Corseaux, Switzerland; and to the Association Maison Blanche, for the ongoing preservation and maintenance of the Maison Jeanneret-Perret in La-Chaux-de- Fonds,Switzerland.About Girard-PerregauxGirard-Perregaux is a Swiss high-end watch manufacturer tracing its origins back to 1791. The history of the brand is marked by legendary watches that combine sharp design with innovative technology, such as the renowned Tourbillon with three gold bridges. Devoted to the creation of state-of-the-art Haute Horlogerie, Girard-Perregaux is one of the very few watchmakers to unite all the skills of design and manufacture under the same roof including the forging of the “heart” of the watch — the movement. Girard-Perregaux is majority owned by PPR, a worldwide leading Luxury and Sport & Lifestyle group.About the Le Corbusier FoundationThe Foundation, in accordance with its statutes and its missions, has devoted all of its resources to the conservation, knowledge and dissemination of Le Corbusier’s work. It is based in Paris.About the Maison Blanche AssociationThe Association owns the house which Charles-Edouard Jeanneret Le Corbusier built for his parents in 1912 and works to guarantee its structural integrity and conservation, to ensure it fulfils a cultural role in the general public interest and to highlight Le Corbusier’s legacy in La Chaux-de-Fonds.
- The Le Corbusier Trilogy “You employ stone, wood and concrete, and with these materials you build houses and palaces: That is construction. Ingenuity is at work. But suddenly you touch my heart, you do me good. I am happy and I say: ‘This is beautiful.’ That is architecture. Art enters in.” Vers une architecture, Le Corbusier, ed. G. Crès, 1923High in the Jura Mountains of Switzerland, a few kilometers east of France, is perched the small town of La Chaux-de-Fonds — for centuries the wellspring of an almost divine congruence of genius.Among those born here: Le Corbusier (né Charles-Edouard Jeanneret), one of the greatest names in modern architecture and design; pioneering automaker Louis Chevrolet; and poet/novelist Blaise Cendrars. The aesthetic movement L’Art nouveau was refined in La Chaux-de-Fonds — as the old village gave way to a modern city beginning of the 20th century, a regional Art nouveau variant, the “Style Sapin”, emerged here, exclusive to the burgeoning industrial watchmaking centre. And the grace of its architecture and ingenuity of its urban plan have led to its designation as a UNESCO World Heritage site.The genius inherent to La Chaux-de-Fonds is today best exemplified by the watchmakers of Girard-Perregaux, who - in cooperation with Foundation Le Corbusier - are employing gold, sapphire crystal, steel and even concrete to reinterpret the work of the great Modernist in a series of exceptional new timepieces.This sublime project is the apotheosis of more than a century of communal history between the Jeanneret and Girard-Perregaux families. Mere happenstance '' Hardly. It is, rather, serendipity at its most poignant — the seemingly inevitable result when genius takes up residence in close proximity to genius. The very essence, in other words, of La Chaux-de-Fonds.Le Corbusier’s life took him well beyond the shadow of the Jura, of course; he traveled the world designing buildings — and, in some cases, entire cities. Fittingly, he was part of the multinational team of architects that designed the headquarters of the United Nations Secretariat Building in Manhattan — a metaphor, in glass, reinforced concrete and steel, for his own global citizenship.The Girard-Perregaux Le Corbusier Trilogy, however, reflects the three places that most embodied the concept of home to the man himself, who once observed that “the home should be the treasure chest of living”: La Chaux-de-Fonds, Paris and Marseille.The model selected by Girard-Perregaux for the basis of the Le Corbusier Trilogy is the Vintage 1945, the year Le Corbusier published one of his most famous works, Les Trois Etablissements Humains (The Three Human Establishments) and devised his anthropometric scale of proportions the Modulor.Vintage 1945 Le Corbusier — La Chaux-de-FondsIn a marvelous coincidence, Charles-Edouard Jeanneret’s hometown, La Chaux-de-Fonds, happens to be the world capital of watchmaking. Before the world knew him by his pseudonym, Le Corbusier, the young Charles-Edouard spent his formative years in the town’s School of Art, training as a sculptor and engraver.Inlaid Mother-of-Pearl DialGirard-Perregaux’s craftsmen pay tribute to an early Le Corbusier work by faithfully reproducing it in a bas-relief of mother-of-pearl — a nod to both the piece itself and to Le Corbusier’s beginnings as a sculptor and engraver. Seven exacting days are required to produce each dial, requiring mastery of multiple skills: design, sculpture, polishing and varnishing. The foremost challenge was to preserve the integrity of the original work’s five colors — necessitating considerable patience and meticulous attention to detail.The rights for the reproduction of works by Le Corbusier are granted to Girard-Perregaux in exchange for a charitable donation to the Fondation Le Corbusier, to help restore Villa "Le Lac" in Corseaux, Switzerland; and to the Association Maison Blanche, for the ongoing preservation and maintenance of the Maison Jeanneret-Perret in La-Chaux-de- Fonds,Switzerland.About Girard-PerregauxGirard-Perregaux is a Swiss high-end watch manufacturer tracing its origins back to 1791. The history of the brand is marked by legendary watches that combine sharp design with innovative technology, such as the renowned Tourbillon with three gold bridges. Devoted to the creation of state-of-the-art Haute Horlogerie, Girard-Perregaux is one of the very few watchmakers to unite all the skills of design and manufacture under the same roof including the forging of the “heart” of the watch — the movement. Girard-Perregaux is majority owned by PPR, a worldwide leading Luxury and Sport & Lifestyle group.About the Le Corbusier FoundationThe Foundation, in accordance with its statutes and its missions, has devoted all of its resources to the conservation, knowledge and dissemination of Le Corbusier’s work. It is based in Paris.About the Maison Blanche AssociationThe Association owns the house which Charles-Edouard Jeanneret Le Corbusier built for his parents in 1912 and works to guarantee its structural integrity and conservation, to ensure it fulfils a cultural role in the general public interest and to highlight Le Corbusier’s legacy in La Chaux-de-Fonds.
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Brand : Girard-Perregaux Collection : Vintage 1945 Model : Vintage 1945 Le Corbusier - La Chaux-de-Fonds Reference : 25880-52-103-HKBA Nber of pieces : 5 On sale : 2012 List Price : 45 100 € Height : 36.20 mm Width : 35.25 mm Styles : Atypical Vintage Other Types : Self-winding Calibre : GP03300-0078 Case material : Pink gold Case peculiarity : Sapphire caseback Screwed-down caseback Shape : Rectangular Water-resistance : 30 meters Dial : Mother-of-pearl marquetry Display : Hands Glass : Sapphire Antireflective coating Strap material : Alligator leather Strap color : Black More characteristics : Movement Calibre: 11½ ”’Frequency: 28.800 alt/hour (4 Hz)Jewels: 26Power Reserve: Min. 46 hours