Basketball player Yao Ming was awarded the Girard-Perregaux Timepiece

Chinese basketball player Yao Ming, the completion of a professional career at the Asia Society party was awarded by the Yao Ming Chrono Hawk watch from the company Girard-Perregaux.

Basketball player Yao Ming was awarded the Girard-Perregaux Timepiece
Basketball player Yao Ming was awarded the Girard-Perregaux Timepiece

The basketball player played for the "Houston Rockets" (NBA). At the time of performances in NBA Ming is the tallest player in the league, his height - 2.29 meters.

Yao Ming Chrono Hawk watch
Yao Ming Chrono Hawk watch

The new chronograph from the Swiss watchmaker Girard-Perregaux is presented in a 44 mm steel case. The black dial has applied hour markers and hands with luminescent coating. The second’s hand, the numbers of the pointers and the scale with Arabic numerals on the dial’s flange are painted in red. The rubber strap and the back cover are decorated with the athlete’s red logo. The watch is equipped with an automatic caliber.

Basketball player Yao Ming was awarded the Girard-Perregaux Timepiece
Basketball player Yao Ming was awarded the Girard-Perregaux Timepiece

The company Girard-Perregaux has released two items of Yao Ming Chrono Hawk. The basketball player got the one copy, and the second was sold at auction for 16,000 dollars.

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Swiss watchmaker company Girard-Perregaux was founded in 1791. The founder of the company is Jean-François Botte. In 1854, the watchmaker Constant Girard-Oaten married Mary Perregaux, her family was engaged in manufacturing of watches. In 1966 - Girard-Perregaux creates the first high-frequency (36 000 vph), with manual winding movement based on the caliber of 1957. In 1967, 73% of the movements that have received certification from the Newchatel Observatory Chronometer, were models Gyromatic HF. In 1969 the Swiss watch industry was shocked with quartz movement. Many well-known companies wary…

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