Girard Perregaux

Friends, Last night, I was looking through a special Girard-Perregaux hardcover catalog released in 2010. The legendary Gino Macaluso (see picture) was the owner and CEO of GP (1990-2010). Such vivid pictures in the catalog, captured so well. I just had t...  

Of course, GP watchmaking skills go way beyond the Laureato. But, among the photos you show us, to be perfectly honest the only one that really appeals to me and that I would be glad to own is the third one: the Vintage 1945 with offset hours and minutes....  

I tool like the more simple watches. The 3 bridges models are exquisite to admire for the artisanal skills employed but not really my taste. A bit OTT for my lifestyle. Thanks for sharing your thoughts Emmanuel. 🤝

I still have the first one but not the second. ...  

GP is really two companies in one today. Separate departments and teams. High horology=3 bridges and such. Tons of Hand fishing etc. Normal=Laureato 42 mm etc. Some hand finishing and usually human machine operated. And sometimes they combined both... Hig... 

And I owned the openwork skeleton Laureato in ceramic and blued watch. Cool watch. But some of the other creations interest me much more. For example, TracieC's GP... a perfect ladies watch. ...  

Not much has been written about it. The first picture in my post shows the open work version. From what little I could gather, this was a in-house chronograph with vertical clutch. No module. I’ve always liked it and wished that GP had made another versio... 

Might need a few days, but I'll add it to the list. Thanks for your reply, Marc.