GIRARD-PERREGAUX GIVES THE LAUREATO A WILLIAMS RACING LINE
Underlying news date: 17 September 2026. Primary source publication date: 17 September 2026. Two Laureato Williams Editions translate the Formula One team’s blue-and-red identity into time-only and chronograph references.
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Girard-Perregaux and the Williams F1 Team have turned a racing partnership into two restrained sports watches. Girard-Perregaux and Atlassian Williams F1 Team launched the Laureato 42mm Williams Edition and Laureato Chronograph Williams Edition on 17 September 2026, when T3 also published its report.
Both pieces feature the Laureato’s familiar octagonal bezel, integrated steel bracelet, and Clous de Paris dial. The collaboration works because it does not force literal motorsport graphics onto the watch. Instead, Williams blue becomes the dominant field, while fine red details carry the energy of the 2026 racing car.
Two interpretations of the same livery
The time-only Laureato uses a 42mm case in 904L steel and the self-winding GP01800 calibre, with a power reserve of 54 hours. Its dial is clean enough for the colour and texture to remain the main event. A discreet W appears at 12 o’clock, while the Williams mark is metallised onto the sapphire case back.
The chronograph keeps the 42mm diameter but adds the pushers, crown protection and three-register layout expected of the complication. Inside is the automatic GP03300, assembled from 361 components and offering 46 hours of power reserve. Both watches are water-resistant to 100 metres.
Racing cues without costume
The challenge in an automotive watch is proportion. Too little connection makes the partnership feel arbitrary; too much turns the watch into merchandise. Girard-Perregaux’s choice to focus on colour, a hidden letter and the case-back signature keeps the pieces recognisably Laureato.
That restraint also suits Williams. The Formula One team’s identity is established enough that a precise blue and a controlled red accent can do the work of a larger logo. The result should remain intelligible after the current season has passed.
A Laureato for two kinds of collectors
The pair gives clients a clear decision. The time-only model is the quieter daily watch, priced at US$16,200 on the official site at launch. The chronograph, listed at US$20,900, makes the sporting connection more explicit through its function and dial architecture.
For Girard-Perregaux, the collaboration brings contemporary racing visibility to a watch whose design dates to 1975. For Williams, it places the team’s colours inside one of Swiss watchmaking’s established integrated-bracelet families. The strongest partnerships let both identities survive intact; these two watches manage exactly that.
