Robb Report Malaysia: Bridging Swiss Horology and Gentlemen Motoring

On a bright and early Friday morning, the streamlined profile of Aston Martins – the quintessential British motoring icon – came into view at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club. The owners would emerge, clad in dark Girard-Perregaux polo t-shirts, the official timepiece partner of Aston Martin – a friendship which began in 2021. The drivers were raring to go, on a drive which promised the freedom of the open road, a journey which combined automotive luxury and precision mechanics from a watchmaker which traces its origins to 1791, making it one of the oldest fine watchmaking manufactures still in operation today. In the present day, Girard-Perregaux’s savoir-faire in watchmaking is allied with the space-age technology in Formula 1, as in the case of the thrilling Laureato Absolute Chronograph AMF1 Edition in a titanium powder and carbon alloyed case, resulting in a much higher resistance to that of steel. The convoy of 10 Aston Martins – as well as a support SUV in the form of the thrilling DBX707 – would soon push off for the island of Penang. Arriving at The Hour Glass – the sole and official retailer of Girard-Perregaux in Malaysia – the drivers had a chance to detune their senses following 300-plus kilometres of highways and thoroughfares. Here at The Hour Glass boutique located at Gurney Plaza, the guests enjoyed delicious drinks and sampled a selection of Mortlach single-malt whisky. Welcoming the guests was The Hour Glass Malaysia’s general manager SK Teh who