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On the December 7th, Girard-Perregaux opened another brand boutique in Changsha, mainland China in the Changsha IFS Luxury Mall. This move is expanding Girard-Perregaux's global network of brand bouti

Warming up for SIHH, Girard-Perregaux has revealed three new additions to the Cat’s Eye Ladies watch family, all of which with an aventurine glass dial, providing a deep blue colour. The simple time o

Friends, Let’s have a closer look at the Sea Hawk family from GP. As the name gives it away, the “Sea Hawk” has some connection with water, but as the Sea Hawk as a model dates back all the way to the

Friends, It is time to conclude the little series of underappreciated Girard-Perregaux watches from the 1990s. In Part V we will go to the end of the decade, century and millennium all the way to 1999

Friends, There has been some recent discussions here in the forum on the Constant Escapement and claims on by whom it was developed as well as speculations that the CE is not going to be further devel

Friends, let's have a look at a Girard-Perregaux we do not see every day. The Richeville Perpetual Calendar from the 2000s. A bold case and a beautifully worked dial with the perfect perpetual calenda

A Rolex (crown) for Crown Comfort? Exactly the look on my face. But that Baron guy is dangerous. But he is damn right. It kinda suits me, no? But let’s go back to the beginning. When it comes to watc

Friends, I'm not considering myself a follower of Independents nor have I been a great fan. Last weekend though, we had the great opportunity to meet the horological brothers Groenefeld and admire som

Friends, It’s time to continue our little series of hidden GP gems from the 90s with Part III. I actually have shifted the order from what I had planned initially as for the watch I planned for Part I

Friends, Time for Part II of our little series of underappreciated Girard-Perregaux watches from the 1990s. In Part II we will look closer at the Girard-Perregaux Laureato 8010. You may argue that wit

Friends, When it comes to Quartz watches, I usually try to stay away as far as possible. However, we cannot ignore the Quartz development especially as it had such a huge impact on the Swiss watch ind

Friends, Some details and observations on the Girard-Perregaux 1966 Perpetual Calendar 49547 from the current collection: As I had a chance to play with it some time ago and try it on my wrist, so let

Friends, Time for a proper introduction of my latest addition, the Girard-Perregaux Laureato Evo3 Large Date Moonphase with white dial. First of all, let me thank a very kind member here who helped me

Friends, after SIHH 2018 we had a detailed look and reviews on the Novelties, among them the new Classic Bridges. You can refer back to the review here: I now had the opportunity to spend some (limit

Friends, many thanks for your votes on the other thread. It was a clear home-run for the White Gold version. I will share my views after having spent a little bit wrist time with each of them. First a

Friends, This is a somewhat special post, but rather than going on about some personal milestones, I’d rather look at historic milestones of Girard-Perregaux! The modern collection of Girard-Perregaux

Friends, A novelty from SIHH 2018 has been almost unnoticed with all the other highly visibly novelties from GP, like the Laureato Chronograph or the Neo Tourbillon Skeleton. However, we have also see

Finally, I have been able to take the Girard-Perregaux Laureato Chronograph hands-on and report on it with my personal impressions. Ever since it’s rebirth in 2016 with the Anniversary Laureato, the L

Friends, I recently found my childhood watches at my fathers house and I thought I start a thread. When I was young, a wristwatch was like THE thing to get. Today the world is a different one unfortun

Friends, I have one more Easter Egg in my bag I can show you. Lately, we had a lot of discussions on the Girard-Perregaux Chronometer HFs and especially on the 1966/67 achievement of certifying the en