GP Ref 4940 salmon dial

Sep 07, 2024,06:00 AM
 

I’m usually a little camera shy but perhaps we all have to move beyond our comfort zone sometimes.

I’m wearing my Girard-Perregaux ref 4940 here.

GP only made 150 pieces of the salmon dial and steel circa 2004 or so.

The NEO-vintage era is quite delightful.

I like this model because of the dial symmetry and layout. The double crown manages time, date, mechanical alarm and 2nd timezone. I also think that GP got the salmon pink just right here coupled with some playful splashes of red and the silver applied breguet numerals.

At a case diameter of 38 mm, it wears more like a 39/40 mm because of the dial size, box sapphire crystal and long curved lugs. I prefer the proportionality of this ref over it’s cousin which is 40 mm (ref 4935).

As always, thoughts and questions are welcome.

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Thats a nice one too . A bit more classical looking imo .

 
By: Watchonthewrists : September 8th, 2024-07:05
But that salmon dial is πŸ‘ŒπŸ»πŸ˜˜. But he i am a sucker for these salmon dials πŸ˜‰.

True dat. I contemplated putting the salmon dial

 
By: SingaporeMarc : September 8th, 2024-07:35
In the gold case πŸ˜ƒ but the indices and such would not work. FYI, I just saw that there is a salmon dial ref 4940 like mine on chrono24. 🀝

Ah yes, I understand.

 
By: SingaporeMarc : September 7th, 2024-17:51
I had the black military dial as well. Don’t get me wrong, I like it but I had 5 variants of the same reference. So I sold the black dial. There is a few nice ones on chrono 24. I have this other black dial one which I quite like. 🀝 ...  

Thank you Abu πŸ₯°

 
By: SingaporeMarc : September 7th, 2024-17:48
No issues at all. Neo vintage. If it was vintage then maybe more issues. My local watch guy serviced this one for me. Naturally, one could always send to back to GP to service. Even parts via 3rd party are readily available. This movement is reliable and ... 

Thank you Orahu

 
By: SingaporeMarc : September 7th, 2024-17:45
I try to share as much as I can. Many delights await those who look into GP neo vintage when the macaluso family were at the helm. 🀝

Thanks Jesse. Hope one day

 
By: SingaporeMarc : September 7th, 2024-17:43
You will start to look at GP neo-vintage as well to complement your laureato. 🀝
By: kjkt3 : September 7th, 2024-20:59
All excellent. I envy you. G-P have produced some outstanding pieces and deserve more recognition (or, to keep their prices reasonable, perhaps not).

Thanks πŸ‘πŸ»

 
By: SingaporeMarc : September 8th, 2024-04:30
The GP neo-vintage pieces seem to keep there value and are some models are evening rising. But I agree with you that they have not been a market darling for a long time. The current production models don’t hold value because ADs in asia are using them as ... 

Marc, very cool.

 
By: Jay (Eire) : September 15th, 2024-23:14
I actually came across the article elsewhere, kinda stumbled on it a few minutes ago. Only coming back here to see this thread. Long live the passion, as I had said before I appreciate all that you have shared here on GP. I hope you continue to do so.

A lovely piece.

 
By: patrick_y : September 19th, 2024-12:54
I'm going to see if I can pull off your style guru look! Will be hunting for khaki linen shirts next summer season!