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Friends, 2014 has come to an end and I would like to take the chance to thank you all for making this Girard-Perregaux forum such a fantastic place! It is all here, the warm atmosphere, the friendship

Friends, Earlier this year I promised you to talk about the Richeville family and the origin of the line... As you know, my autumn/winter was quite stressful and the time for deeper research was not a

Friends, I hope you have spent your Christmas in good company, eating good food and had a chance just to relax. If you been good this year, maybe Santa left something nice under the Christmas Tree for

Friends, I have not been very active here in the JLC forum this year and I think you all know why. But before the year ends I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! What c

Friends, Before Christmas I would like to share another piece from the Museum collection: this Pink Gold savonette, Tourbillon Chronometer pocket watch from circa 1860. If we start with looking at the

Aristocratic, unusual, the supreme elegance of blue dresses the timeless Girard-Perregaux 1966 41mm. A worthy heir of the understated and refined Girard-Perregaux style, the 1966 collection embodies t

Friends, I think many of us got captured by the Vintage 1945 with Sapphire dial! We already had a detailed look on the Steel version, now I thought we should have a closer look on the Pink Gold versio

Girard-Perregaux celebrates a decade of its iconic Cats Eye and announces the support of a new art book project by Markus & Koala This year, Girard-Perregaux celebrates a decade of its ladies timepie

Friends, If you thought SWATCH was the first Swiss watch brand making plastic watches, think again! The “modern plastic” came during the 1930’s and 1940’s. I do not know who or which brand that was th

I had the chance to try the Traditionelle in Platinum, Grey dial. Superb 38 mm case. Beautiful Caliber 4400 AS with the Geneva seal. Sorry for the plastic, I didnt want to rob the future owner of the

Friends, Christmas is just around the corner! Many of us will hang up our sock and wish for something nice, hoping that our beloved family and friends think that we have been good this year And of co

Friends, Not long ago I had the chance to see this beauty! A rectangular watch in stainless steel, 27 mm x 29 mm, 39 mm including lugs. The case is just fantastic! Beautifully curved, integrating the

Friends, One interesting museum piece got to see was this one: a Pocket Watch from circa 1830. On the dial side it has a jumping hour window and a wheel minute display. The dial itself has a very nice

Friends, I wished for it, Damjan predicted it and now it has come true! Some time ago I showed you a shot of the GP Sea Hawk 500 m / 1650 ft, reference 7100. Now I have been able to Blommonize the wat

Not long ago I had the chance to see this one very briefly, the Saltarello white gold! Such a beauty! One out of 200 in white gold I really enjoy this one; love the combination of jumping hour and re

The highly coveted Cat's Eye Tourbillon with Gold Bridge is a perfect fusion of its expertise in both watchmaking and jewellery. Its feminine curves sparkle with 308 beautifully set diamonds from the

Friends, At the Salon Belles Montres I had the chance to handle the GP 1966 Minute Repeater, Annual Calendar and Equation of Time. Reference: 99651-52-131-BKBA, Limited Edition of 15 pieces . You all

Novelty of this year is the Radomir 1940 Chronograph. The watch is released in three versions Platinum PAM00518, Red gold PAM00519 and White gold PAM00520. Platinum PAM00518 Red gold PAM00519 White go

As I mentioned earlier, me and Bim had the opportunity to see some fine Omegas not long ago. One of my objectives by entering the Omega store was to finally have a chance to see the Seamaster Aqua Ter

Friends, We have seen a lot of different shots of the Sapphire dial version lately. I thought we would be interesting to have a look on another grey dial version of the Vintage 1945 Large Date with Mo