Girard Perregaux 1966 manual winding chronograph: A missed opportunity.
Some 5 or 6 years ago, the Vintage 1966 manual winding chronograph, ref 49529 was a missed opportunity. The good thing? The manual winding movement, which is said to be in house, while I think it is born from the collaboration between Girard Perregaux and...
Yes. Didn’t the first versions in white gold with a white and blue dial come without a date?
mix that with a case reduced to 38mm so the subsidiary dials aren’t too close together and it would have been a hit. At the original price point. I remember thinking “ohhhhh, so close, but not for me.”
Unfortunately one of the worst examples of the "small movement-big case" syndrom.
The date positioning is just awful! Definitely could be a winner with a 38-39 mm case and without date.
GP seemed to have made a lot of missteps in past few years
I love my 1966 full calendar in palladium and scuderia foudroyante, but most of their new stuff doesn’t excite, excluding their high end stuff of course..