Girard-Perregaux is Off to the Galaxy (and Hong Kong) with the Unique Quasar Infrared Written by March 7, 2021 Girard-Perregaux this past month began unveiling its 2021 novelties, and leading what will likely be larger group is the Swiss watchmaker’s latest addition to its sapphire-cased Quasar collection. The collection, which originally debuted in 2019 at Watches & Wonders Miami and already includes the original, the Quasar Light, and the Quasar Azure, will now add the Quasar Infrared, a red-accented model paying homage to the Chinese New Year and working to evoke “energy, vitality and prosperity.” Like its predecessors in the cosmically named series, the new watch’s 46-mm case is crafted from a single block of sapphire, from a painstaking process that required more than 200 hours of dedicated work. Box-shaped sapphire crystals cover both the dial and caseback of the watch, combining with the transparent case middle to allow a 360º view of the complex tourbillon mechanism inside, itself anchored via three other sapphire-cut elements, specifically the stylized bridges visible from the dial side.