Girard Perregaux

Friends, The firework from Girard-Perregaux is far from over yet. Next up is the Girard-Perregaux 1966, 50 th Anniversary! As we all know during the 1950s and 1960s, Girard-Perregaux was a very active and successful period! A numerus of patents were achie...  

The movement do keep within the Chronometer specs, but "Officially Certified" would have been a nice Cherry on this cake! As for the dial, I don't feel it is too centered, but maybe that is just me... Best Blomman

But luckily, there are many to choose from! Best Blomman

I would normally not opt for the pink gold hands combination with white gold case, but here it works very well giving it a superb vintage appeal. Complaints? Not really, but here without date would have been my preference and a sunburst silver dial would ... 

Normally not my favorite combo, but here it works very well! As for the date, the original came with date, so I don't mind it here... Best Blomman

an unassuming dress watch-nothing fancy and therefor very elegant in its plainness, for want of a better description. The big dial with a slimmish bezel sets it apart from many other dress watches. The problem, for me, with this one is the advertising on ... 

The "1791" is a re-entered detail that GP had on the dial on-and-off for many years... Not sure if they will keep it but I suspect we will see the "1791" for some time/years to come. Here is a ad from 1950 that shows this: And zoomed in, we see the number...  

Re-thinking this I would object to the "50th"...and having both anniversaries on the dial. But the 1791, by itself, is not objectionable at all. Good point, Blomman.

Let's hope GP hear us and rethink for the next anniversary! Best Blomman

This is a beauty!!