blomman Mr Blue

Dear Girard-Perregaux forum, I like to thank you all here for another fantastic year here, with a lot of great GP watches, both new and old, a lot of great members, also new and old… Most of all I lik

Friends, Over at the Girard-Perregaux forum I have been posting a series of “Throwback Thursday” posts. Now I would like to include Jaeger-LeCoultre in this series. Let’s start with 1964. Why 1964? Wh

Friends, Since I started as moderator here in the Girard-Perregaux forum, the brand has delivered a string of great watches for us to dream about (or be happy owners of)! Now one month to SIHH, what d

Friends, Let’s go back to March 1972 and have a look at one commercial pamphlet that Girard-Perregaux used then. A FX Calculator! As you saw on the front, the Gyromatic Chronometer HF was used which i

Friends, Time to start thinking about Christmas gifts... Something for your lady friend... How about the Girard-Perregaux Cat's eye Tourbillon with Gold Bridge?! Pink Gold case, 37.3mm x 32.30mm. Sing

Friends, Not long ago we got news about the Laureato Ceramic and now Girard-Perregaux released the Laureato Skeleton Ceramic! These are still watches I am waiting to see in real but from the look of t

Friends, Girard-Perregaux is really pushing the rebirth of the Laureato, new versions of this year are not over yet… This time it is one for the ladies, the Laureato 34 mm Royalty Limited Edition! Or

Friends, “I saw the light” … Often when we approach watches, we zoom in on details or objects that are possible to take on, to touch. But when it comes to the Girard-Perregaux Three Golden Bridges ref

Friends, As mentioned over at the VC forum, I have been in a Sport Chic mode lately… And while in that mode, naturally I need to visit the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak! This time the Audemars Piguet Roya

Friends, This year’s surprises are not over from the Blue House on the Hill in La Chaux de Fonds! Earlier this year we saw the birth of the Laureato Skeleton… Now, here is the Laureato Flying Tourbill

Friends, Two shots of the Vacheron Constantin Quai de L'ile with blue dial. The structure of the case I find absolutely fantastic! The "multi-level" lugs and case sides makes the watch look quite spor

Friends, The Lange 1 Moon Phase I posted the other day, I find stunning and very romantic due to the Moon Phase. Especially like the fact that the Moon Phase is located on the right-hand side, the par

Friends, I know we seen this one many times before… But I can never get tired of looking at this Ulysse-Nardin Freak Cruiser in Pink Gold! So different, so cool, so out there – so Freak! As said, neve

Friends, Last week Girard-Perregaux launched a new member in the Laureato family, the Laureato 42mm Ceramic! From the press shots it looks big and bold. Dark and dangerous. My feelings very similar to

Friends, A watch I had the pleasure to see in the metal, or should I say in the “silver”?! The A. Lange & Shöne, Lange 1 Moon Phase in Pink Gold. The hue from the (solid) silver dial is something I fi

Friends, Another watch I had the pleasure to see at the Nyman’s Ur Watchout event, the Vacheron Constantin Historiques Cornes De Vache 1955 in Pink Gold. Classic, elegant, clean, beautiful, superb, …

Friends, Not long ago I visited the Robot and Missile Museum here in Sweden. On my wrist I brought my Lemania Viggen just to let her get a chance to visit old environments! The Lemania Viggen was use

Friends, We have seen the Sine logo in several examples. Like this Girard-Perregaux Chronometer HF, reference 8795 with Sine Logo, inside is the famous 32A automatic movement: Or like this Girard-Perr

Friends, Often when we talk about the modern versions of the Sea Hawk, it’s in terms of “beast” or “big”… Like the Girard-Perregaux Sea Hawk II Ref 4990. But did you ever take the time to look closely

Friends, Inspired by Baron's travel post, here is a greeting from my 5110P! Autumn colours... More autumn colours.... Cheers! Can you guess where I was...?! Such a beautiful landscape. Best Blomman