The Slot Machine That Came With a GP Casquette 2.0
In 1976, Girard-Perregaux introduced a watch so strange it didn't even have an official name. Collectors called it the Casquette (French for peaked cap), after the case shape that angled the LED display toward the driver rather than the sky. Only 8,200 were made before it was discontinued in 1978. In 2022, GP brought it back as the Casquette 2.0, limited to exactly 820 pieces — one for every hundred of the original — in black ceramic and grade 5 titanium. The new in-house quartz caliber adds a chronograph, second time zone, and a "secret date" function that lights up a personally chosen date, a birthday or anniversary, for 20 seconds at the same time every day. As part of the launch celebrations, Girard-Perregaux built a working slot machine to raffle watches. This example includes that rare slot machine, complete with coins so you can pull the lever and try your luck. The Casquette is already hard to explain. The slot machine makes it impossible.
