Girard-Perregaux and Williams F1 debut two blue Laureato watches

Girard-Perregaux has revealed its first watches made with the Atlassian Williams F1 Team, a 42mm automatic and a chronograph, marking the start of a new Formula 1 sponsorship for the 2026 season. Both are variants of the Laureato, the brand's integrated-bracelet sports watch, and both are finished in Williams blue rather than the green used under the maison's previous partner.

Why the color changed

Girard-Perregaux sponsored the Aston Martin F1 Team from 2021 to 2025, a partnership that colored earlier Laureato editions in Aston Martin green. That deal has ended, and the switch to the Atlassian Williams F1 Team brings a change to blue across dials, casebacks and the packaging of the new pieces, which take design cues from the team's 2026 car, the Williams FW48.

Both dials carry a Clous de Paris pattern executed in Williams blue, with red details echoing the keyline used on the FW48 itself. Rhodium-plated accents appear on the hands, applied markers and, on the chronograph, the subdial rings. A discreet Williams W marks 12 o'clock on both dials, and a metallized Williams emblem is applied to each caseback.

What is in the Laureato 42mm Williams Edition

The Laureato Williams Edition 42mm is a time-and-date model in a steel case measuring 42mm across and 10.68mm thick, water-resistant to 100m. It keeps the Laureato's signature octagonal bezel and integrated bracelet, and runs on the caliber GP1800, an automatic movement Girard-Perregaux gives a 54-hour power reserve at a 4Hz beat rate.

Girard-Perregaux lists the reference as 81010-11-3680-1GM and prices the piece at EUR 15,900, or USD 16,200, while the chronograph carries reference 81020-11-3681-1GM at EUR 20,500, or USD 20,900. Both are special editions rather than numbered limited runs, meaning the brand has not capped production at a fixed count the way it has done with some past anniversary models.

What is in the Laureato Chronograph

The Laureato Chronograph Williams Edition uses a case made of 904L steel rather than standard steel, still at 42mm across but 12.16mm thick, with screwed pushers and a crown guard added for a sportier profile. It remains water-resistant to 100m despite the added chronograph architecture, and shares the blue Clous de Paris dial of its stablemate.

Inside is the caliber GP03300-2451, a modular automatic chronograph movement built from 419 components across 63 jewels, running at 4Hz with a 46-hour power reserve. The bracelet on both watches is finished with a triple folding clasp, and the chronograph's steel links are made from the same 904L alloy as its case.

A racing history that predates Formula 1 sponsorship

Girard-Perregaux's motorsport ties go back to the 1990s, when the La Chaux-de-Fonds maison built multiple watches in partnership with Ferrari, a marque we track for its own record-setting road cars and its Formula 1 history within our coverage of garage.

The Williams tie-up is the brand's first collaboration with that team specifically, following the five-year run with Aston Martin, whose own performance ambitions extend well beyond racing liveries, as with the Valhalla Spider it is targeting for a November debut with 1,064 horsepower.

The Laureato itself dates to 1975, two years before Williams began competing in Formula 1, and has become one of Girard-Perregaux's defining models. It marked its 50th anniversary last year with the Laureato Fifty, followed by more classic steel models in 39mm and 36mm sizes and the debut of a new automatic movement, the caliber GP4800.

We track Girard-Perregaux references alongside recommended retail pricing as part of our ongoing coverage of the maison, noting how its Laureato lineup has expanded since the 50th-anniversary pieces. The new Williams editions extend that lineup into motorsport branding for the first time under the current sponsorship, rather than reissuing an older colorway from the Aston Martin years.

Formula 1 tie-ins remain a busy corner of Swiss watchmaking. Chronograph launches tied to athletes and teams, such as the Royal Oak Serena Williams unveiled with Audemars Piguet at $85,600 and limited to 500 pieces, continue to draw attention from collectors watching the category, alongside limited runs like H. Moser's Off-Grid, capped at 1,000 pieces.

Neither watch is numbered as a limited edition, so Girard-Perregaux has not stated how many of each it plans to produce or sell through its boutiques and retail partners. The brand has not indicated whether further Williams-branded pieces, in other case sizes or complications, will follow later in the 2026 season.