The original design of Girard-Perregaux Vintage 1945 Jackpot Tourbillon is Inspired By Games of Chance

The timepiece seems to be created in a bold attempt to revolutionize traditional approach to watchmaking. The creators of the Girard-Perregaux watch managed to successfully unite the precision of the greatest horological complications with the vagueness of games of chance. As a result, there appeared an exclusive Haute Horlogerie watch of amazing complexity.
The Vintage 1945 Jackpot Tourbillon became the first watch that united a Tourbillon and a slot machine provided with an amazing mechanism that perfectly fitted the watch’s rose gold rectangular-shaped case (with dimensions 43 x 43.95 mm).
On the black dial of the Girard-Perregaux Vintage 1945 completed with Arabic ‘3′ and ‘9′ numerals, at 12 o’clock you will notice a window revealing a row of three symbols. If you are interested in the inside beauties of the timepiece, a cut-out positioned at 6 o’clock opens the view to the gold Bridge and the Tourbillon cage.
To set the game magic in motion, it is necessary to pull the handle found on the right side of the case. The game starts and the three reels rotate and then stop randomly on one of the five symbols. Meanwhile a hammer strikes a gong to produce the cheerful chime reminding the gaming machines you will usually see in a casino. Altogether, there are 125 combinations, and only one stands for the jackpot – you have to get the three bells in a row.