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GP and AP had the same owners
From the Archives ...
What if I told you that the owners of Girard-Perregaux in the 1980s also owned part of Audemars Piguet?
Yep, Desco von Schulthess or DESCO for short owned 100 % of GP in the 1980s.
DESCO bought over GP from the daughter and son-in-law of Otto Graef in 1979.
DESCO held a significant percentage of AP in the 1980s at the same time as when they owned GP
DESCO also owned Maurice Lacroix.
DESCO still owns part of AP today.
Small world, yeah?
Now you know. 💗
I’ll post more details in the comments.
And as always, I look forward to your questions and comments.
GP and AP had the same owners
From the Archives ... What if I told you that the owners of Girard-Perregaux in the 1980s also owned part of Audemars Piguet? Yep, Desco von Schulthess or DESCO for short owned 100 % of GP in the 1980s. DESCO bought over GP from the daughter and son-in-la...
Cool trivia....
But I've got to say, I'm way more impressed that you were somehow able to travel to the 19080s to corroborate this historical fact 😄.... Cheers, Filip
Filip almost as naughty as you 😄
But thanks for that Filip … Nicolas, can I post it to the GP forum as well or can not repost twice? Maybe I change it a bit?
Welcome 👍🏻
Desco is quite powerful. They held the distribution rights for AP for China, HK, Japan in the early 2000s. Not sure about now. I also read that they wantrd the AP CEO changed … Meylan.
Could be. I got the pic from
The internet. I’m not so familiar with ML. I googled ML 1980s models. More for visual impact than anything else. The Laureato and the RO are both actually from the 80s
Agree KMII. More to come.
GP website and such does not mention anything about Desco. Zero. They mention Otto Graef and Macaluso but it’s implied that there was nothing in-between AP chronicles website mentions Desco.
A lot of horological history
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