Girard Perregaux

1. “Reimagined” is what GP says in their marketing but it looks hardly reimagined from the original. (If I’m missing some key design elements that have changed, please let me know). 2. 20 ATM but it’s positioned as pool watch. So which target audience is ...  

it does have a kiddy look about it with the pool theme. I think think it’s totally the wrong direction and a confused release. Almost like one person started work on this project and another person completed it. Disjointed narrative and positioning. 🤝 ... 

At $5,000 they lost their minds. At $10,000, no bracelet and rubber strap... with typical Panerai obscured display back... insanity!!! But that's ok, high prices are the best cure for high prices. They should make a Swatch version, and in various colors (... 

I see your point. From I was told by some insiders, the cost of production in Switzerland has reached such epic heights that it is almost no longer tenable. As for test groups, either they used an echo chamber or they just didn’t bother. If this was a col... 

...but the USA really needs to step it up. For being such a creative country, the USA has been virtually dead for horology production for quite some time. They did so back during pocketwatch days, and if timepieces do become popular the marketplace surely... 

I have been saying for the last 3 years that no see a second crisis coming for them. It is happening now. Even the initial “quartz crisis” was not actually a crisis about quartz vs mechanical. It was a crisis of Swiss archaic manufacturing practices. They... 

I may be wrong, but I think the new release is bigger. The indices are painted in orange, on the new release and the crowns are much bigger on the new one. I agree on the date, it was not mandatory, as well as Bamford. The strap is good, but the bracelet ... 

So the new one is smaller by 2 mm. I don’t really consider that a design change per se. 😊 Noted on the crown size thanks. 🤝

why they used the cal 03300 instead of the cal 1800 38 mm I know but seems like the 1800 would have been a better fit for the cushion case case shape. 🤝

I share many of your other critical points but could definitely see myself wearing the watch for something clearly under 10k 🤔

Girard Perregaux having decided to release an updated version of a famous dive watch of theirs really could have and should have done a much better job of it and I feel this really was a missed opportunity on their part. I won't just repeat all that I hav... 

to say exactly what makes this watch special. So we are left to our own conclusions. GP CEO and GM silent. No video interviews. Really not much traction and leverage of momentum. Imagine if this was MB & F. Max like be ALL over social media and doing pres... 

An opportunity not taken, or at least not made the most of 🤦🏻‍♂️

GP does not belong to thr SWATCH group so I don’t quite understand. If you mean GP themselves should come out with a SIMILAR prices and look plastic watch as the swatch recent Omega and Blancpain variants, the you may need to understand the massive differ... 

Maybe it's the Tag Heuer F1 thing recently, which brings me romantically back to the 1970s. i get that retro (streamliner, etc) is now back in style, and so.... Tag Heuer 1970s is probably where my multiple color schemes idea is coming from. Really fun ti...  

But they make it tough sometimes 🤝

They had red, blue, etc before. This is just orange … no biggie. 🤝

So onto the next! Looking forward to Laureato 50th end of this year! As you know all too well, people love to discuss GP pricing. As I’ve stated in other threads. This is a non issue for me. Just wait a year or two, this watch will be available in the sec... 

Biggest mistakes are the price and the orange-filled hands that ruin the legibility. Make it 2 mm thinner, legible hands, no date, steel bracelet and under 10K price, and i will be tempted. As for now, i would rather spend 14K on Rolex land dweller althou... 

I really wonder if GP bothered to ask the more experienced GP collectors for their feedback on prototypes and such. Seems like this one they just went off and did it without a lot of thought given to the details. 🤝

I was invited to a launch event two weeks ago and had the chance to try this diver/swimming pool watch on my wrist. Aside from the fact that the design didn't particularly appeal to me (colours, date window, strap etc.) , I have to say that the watch felt... 

they are making it difficult to stay silent when watching this train wreck happening. I don’t get it … they have so much heritage material to work with and yet this is the best they can come up with. 😳