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Baselworld 2015: Review and Live photos of the GP 1966 Guilloché dial

Friends,

Last week we saw the press release of the GP 1966 Guilloché dial. The press release included both his and her watch; I like to offer you a closer look on both of them!

Historically, Girard-Perregaux has been trying several different ways to divide a dial into different sectors.

Everything from the classic cross hair dial:

To more complicated patterns like this one:

Or the more square one like the Damier line:

This Guilloché dial reminds me a lot of this Gyromatic from 1964:

But the resemblance of the dial stops there, on the vintage it is thin lines to mark the different sectors…

On the Guilloché dial, the reflection in the pattern is what makes it look like different sectors!

If we start to have a look at “his” watch, reference 49525-52-133-BB60:

The Pink Gold case is 38 mm in diameter, with the characteristic short curved 1966 lugs. Leaf hands and applied indexes at 12, 3, 6 and 9 in Pink Gold.

For me, this watch is all about the dial! If we zoom in and have a closer look at the delicate Guilloché pattern it is just stunning!

The Guilloché pattern gives the dial a lot of life. For each difference in angle and light the dial changes in infinity!

Inside is the automatic caliber GP03300-00030-OM5A, 25.60 mm in diameter and only 3.20 mm thick. Here I wonder if the data in the press release is correct, since 1 ligne=2.2558291 mm and the movement is 11 1/2 ’’’ which is approximate 25.94 mm. Either way, it is a quite small movement for a watch of this size. Which explains why the date window being located very far into the dial.

Now let’s have a look at “hers” watch, reference: 49528D52A131-CB6A

The Pink Gold case is 30 mm in diameter which is the smallest of all GP 1966 cases. On the bezel is 60 brilliant-cut diamonds ~0.55 carat, adding a female touch to the watch.

It might look a bit “blingy”, but in real it is very sober and discrete. A perfect balance between “anonymous” and “in your face”.

Two key elements separating the “hers” from “his” is the lack of central second hand and date window. Would have loved to see a “his” version without the date…

Inside is the caliber GP03200-0005, 25.30 mm (10 1/2 ’’’ approximate 23.69 mm?) in diameter and 3.20 mm thick.

This is not the first time GP made a Guilloché dial for her. On this new watch the pattern arc is with the arc in towards the center of the dial…

But earlier we have seen Guilloché dial on a ladies GP 1966 but the arc out from the center of the dial.

Here you see the two side-by-side:

The effect is very different! Of course the diamonds on the dial and the applied XII and VI helps separating these two as well!

Here are the two new “his” and “hers” Guilloché dial:

Remember a couple of weeks ago I showed you a document from the 1950’s where GP promoted “His and Hers” watches?

gp.watchprosite.com

Girard-Perregaux still does it – in a stunning way!

What do you think, is time to get a watch for you and for your wife/girlfriend/mistress…?!

Best

Blomman

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