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Friends, I had promised this a while ago to make a post of all Laureato generations. Especially, when we post the current collection Laureato, we often get the response that this is a "bad copy" of a

Friends, I think it has been said before but a certain Blomman has severely poisoned me with his Mimo Centric silkver dial about a year ago. I have been desperate finding one for me and a few weeks ba

Friends, On my recent visit to the manufacture, I was able to see a very special historic piece that deeply impressed me. We all know the story of the three-bridge-tourbillon as it started in the 19 t

Friends, A little bit over 2 years ago GP launched a Limited Edition of the Vintage 45 dedicated to Le Corbusier with a concrete dial. Yes, you read correctly, a dial made from concrete. Why concrete,

Friends, I really love vintage watches and exploring the vintage world of GP has been a fantastic journey over the last few years as my growing vintage collection can testify. However, I started off w

Friends, It is time to take out one of my favourites in my collection and have a closer look at it. We are going back to the year 1999, when the Vintage 1999 Chronograph 4946 was conceived. Although i

So, the perfect day for a watch with Equation of Time display. The difference today is a full minus 16min and 25sec! For more details on the Equation of Time complication, you can read here again: www

Friends, After a quick photo last week, it is now time to give you a more detailed introduction of my latest modern GP catch. In fact, not just a catch, a watch I have been wanting for years and had b

Friends, Let’s have a closer look at one watch from my collection that holds a special place, the Chronograph Carré Cambré 2499. It came into my collection in October 2014, so it’s coming up for its 3

Friends, this year, GP slightly updated the amazing Constant Escapement. Now all versions are 46mm and almost wearable for a smallish wrist. Slight updates had been made on the dials and for the all b

Our summer was wet and then that's how my summer harvest looks like Nothing like our friend Mr. D who seemed to have a super-fertile crop this summer. But one little one I did manage to find An early

Friends, I have always been a huge fan of the modern Richeville line, in fact, the Richeville is the watch that infected me with the GP bug, hence it is such an important piece for me. Back in 1997 wh

Friends, let's stay for one more day with the rectangular theme and with a fresh look at the Vintage 94, Ref 2550. Starting with a look at its profile. Such a lovely shape. While we love the Vintage 4

Friends, It was a pleasure to meet up with another Purist this weekend and play with some of his watches. One that surprised me a lot was this 70ies manual Chronograph, Ref 4210. I have seen a few of

Friends, I have sneaked in a major acquisition of one of my absolute grail GP watches last week in my historic feature of the GP In case you have missed it, here is the link: www.watchprosite.

Friends, A quick dive into my collection, let’s have a side-by-side look at two very interesting and quite special Girard-Perregaux gold dress watches. Both have a pioneering spirit and were at the fo

The fascination of World Timers World Time clocks and watches are something fascinating to me. I like the way they show us the time zones around the globe and I find it very practical to just check th

This watch never fails to impress me when I have it on the wrist. The curves and all those details that come to life when wearing it, makes this one amazing watch from GP. Happy Friday everyone! CC

Friends, I was eagerly waiting to try on the new 2017 Laureato in both 42 and 38mm to judge for myself what would be the best size for me. My wrist is not very large and I do have the 36mm Laureato 80

Friends, Last week I had the opportunity to take a side-by-side shot of my 42mm 1966 Chronograph and of the 40mm Chronograph. Something I had planned for a long time and finally was able to. However,