This is also watch that I have for over 20 years. It is a Ferrari split second Foudroyante. This Girard Perregaux is a 18k white gold case and is made for limited numbers of 150 pieces to celebrate the establish of Ferrari 70th years. The movement was off...
this is the plate for Foudroyante. It was attached on the box of the watch but the skin of the box was peel off because the use of environmental materials. I think a lot of each boxes use this kind of materials. I don't understand why watch company uses t...
If you do not wind the watch at the crown, will the power reserve for the foudroyante run down? Or does the crown and the hand movement power both barrels?
It is certainly not as robust as some other chronos but then it is not like other chronos! Mine is on its way to the spa in Switzerland for a service and it had stopped working properly. Old photo.
Hi, The foudroyante hand is running out of sync..... it doesn’t “spin” at a consistent rate of 1/8 of a second. And sometime the chrono stops on its own after a while. These symptoms developed over time and it is high time for a service. I spoke with the ...
Okay. I spoke to UK GP and this model is so complicated it is Geneva for service. Sounds like one has to live with the watch being alive and fragile, until there is a point at which a service becomes essential. I bought the watch with a few problems, but ...
The foudroyante hand should not move when the main chrono Hand stops. Also, it does not have its own escapement. (Such as the El Primero Defy 21) Seems like yours need to be serviced too! BW, Chi Kai
With your foudroyante, does it reset along with the chronograph second and minute counter hands? Is this movement a vertical clutch or a horizontal clutch? I would suspect horizontal, because 7750 base?