By DCB Editorial, February 26, 2025
In the grand and inexorable march of time, where machinery and craftsmanship entwine in a dance of precision, Aston Martin and Girard-Perregaux unveil their latest creation—a chronograph of singular distinction, the new Laureato Chronograph Aston Martin Edition.
This timepiece, the sixth in a lineage of coveted instruments wrought from the union of two esteemed houses of luxury since the year 2021, is not merely a watch but a testament to a shared ambition—to stir the senses, to conjure forth an experience that transcends mere ownership and becomes something altogether more profound.
Aston Martin, that storied manufacturer of speed and elegance, has long sought to orchestrate human emotion, to craft machines that do not merely transport but instead ignite the very soul. It is this singular pursuit of intensity that has inspired the new Laureato Chronograph Aston Martin Edition. Every facet of its being, from its gleaming surfaces to the intricate workings within, exists to command attention, much like the powerful machines from which it draws inspiration.
The history of Aston Martin is inextricably bound to the hue of verdant defiance—green, the color of nations upon the racing circuits of old, a shade later anointed British Racing Green. Through the ages, this color has evolved, with Aston Martin now offering an array of nine exclusive shades within its core palette and boundless possibilities through its bespoke service, Q by Aston Martin. It is this deep-rooted association that breathes life into the very dial of this extraordinary chronograph, rendered in an iridescent green, painstakingly wrought through fourteen intricate steps—an alchemy of time and toil.
Yet, the watch does not merely borrow its hue from the marque; it is an embodiment of Aston Martin’s relentless pursuit of the extraordinary. The case, hewn from Grade Five titanium—an alloy of remarkable strength, first employed in the making of the marque’s Valkyrie hypercar—grants this timepiece not only resilience but a lightness befitting those who navigate the corridors of speed and precision.
And so, with brushed and polished surfaces playing upon the wrist like light upon the prow of a great machine, the Laureato Chronograph Aston Martin Edition stands not as a mere accessory, but as a declaration—an homage to the passage of time, to the pursuit of excellence, and to the ceaseless ambition that propels man ever onward.
