There’s a music box inside this watch, and that sets it apart from the rest of the pack of expensive luxury wristwatches. While other watchmakers provide gongs, chimes, or beeps, this one offers tunes. Tchaikovsky anyone? Or maybe a Mozart tune? These are the built-in musical pieces that signal the hour, quarter hour, and minutes, thanks to its minute repeater feature.

For moments when you can’t afford to have this watch playing the classics, there’s a lever to keep it quiet and skip the music altogether. When you’re feeling a bit boastful however; or during those times when you want to draw attention to yourself, let it go and watch as all eyes fall to your beautiful Girard-Perregaux Opera Three wristwatch.

Not that it needs this feature to be considered an excellent time piece. The design itself is quite catchy. It’s a picture of elegance given strength, of royalty with a bit of brusqueness. The 43mm case is platinum and the strap is crocodile skin. A very beautiful watch indeed, and quite unique too.

 In 1975, Girard-Perragaux launched Il Laureato, a sport-elegant watch featuring an octagonal bezel. It featured an integrated head and bracelet and was set in steel and 18kt gold. The name was suggested by the Italian GP brand manager, and was the translated title of the famous Mike Nichols film “The Graduate” (Il Laureato).  In 1984, the first evolution of the Laureato was unveiled, which featured an “H” shaped link which was polished to match the polished octagonal bezel. These featured new complications with astronomic indications, and they paved the way for GP’s rise back into the mechanical forefront. In 1995, the second evolution of the Laureato debuted. It was made with a head which was a little wider and flatter to showcase the new GP3000 in-house movement, a platform the Manufacture would build on in the new millennium (as well as supplying to other brands, like EBEL). 2003 brought to light the Evo3, the third evolution of the Laureato. It was instantly recognizable as a member of the Laureato family by its very pronounced octagonal bezel, but now it featured GP’s new chronograph movement. The case had been enlarged, and the lines had been softened somewhat. New complications came along, and the Evo3 morphed from a dress watch to a sport watch as straps - particularly rubber straps - began to be the dominant presentation.
 For 2007, the Laureato has been expanded to include a limited edition (150 pieces) in titanium with a DLC (diamond-like carbon) coating. This process coats the underlying material with an extremely hard and almost scratch-proof finish. The case itself is 46 millimeters across, which seems to be the recently accepted breadth for “super sport” watches being offered by other “Manufactures.” The upper portion of the bezel, pushers and strap are made of vulcanized rubber.
 Finally, GP has placed within this housing the GP033C0 Flyback chronograph with automatic winding, a useful complication for any man on the go.