Girard-Perregaux, ref. 99500
This intriguing 39 mm platinum Minute Repeater , which could be a prototype as it is numbered 0 , and which is powered by cal. 9890 , was sold as lot 60 last March, during Phillips' Watches Online Auction: The Geneva Sessions Spring 2025. A truly good-loo...
W O W! I have never seen this one before
My kind of GP! Thanks for posting it, Emmanuel!
That is gorgeous!
A rare bird! Have never seen it until this post. Thanks for sharing 👍🏻
No doubt indeed.
But I certainly won't pretend it's a brand I know well. Best, Emmanuel
There are so many obscure GP from that period
Often fantastic watches for a little price… Dirk
My knowledge concerning GP is unfortunately
limited, but there's no doubt that this brand has done very beautiful timepieces (like this one). Best, Emmanuel
Love this piece❣️🤩
There were several ones of that style - also with sword hands. From the 1990-ties…
Such a stunning looking watch.
I have said it before but Girard Perregaux really is such an underrated brand with such a rich history of watch and movement making they really deserve more recognition IMHO. Especially when you see them create pieces like this watch. Marc
In fact I don’t know that much about
the rich history of GP. Still a lot to learn for me. Best, Emmanuel
GP really has quite a history with Minute Repeaters...
Not a lot of companies have produced minute repeaters with more than two gongs. Audemars Piguet and Girard Perregaux probably have the most references and calibers in recent years for carillons. I wonder how it sounds in person!
I wonder too,
and I’ll have to dig deeper as I don’t know that much about GP. Best, Emmanuel
Thanks for reminding us all
how great GP could be if it tries hard. And in very late 90s it was delivering non stop!
My pleasure. In fact,
I don’t know a lot about GP and still have a lot to learn! Best, Emmanuel
Big
Dear Emmanuel, 39mm is big. with my 7,5 inch, 39mm is stylish, for other 39mm is big or small. As i go smaller and smaller, 36mm looks amazing on my wrist, will i go to 32mm as i find a break pedal? Have a nice weekend.
As I have a smallish wrist
but wear 40mm watches without finding them too big, I’m not sure I would say 39mm is that big. 36mm is a very nice size indeed, though. Have a nice weekend too. Best, Emmanuel
The seconds hand in the wrong spot would bug me so much lol
Patek used to avoid this by just not putting a seconds hand on at all which I think is a lot better www.christies.com
I personally like the asymmetry
of this seconds hand. But Patek’s ref. 2524-1 is quite nice too! Have a nice weekend. Best, Emmanuel
Lovely. Shows what GP can do in the high Horology space
39 mm, I believe this was a piece unique. Hence the “0”. Made circa 1995 under the Macaluso era of ownership of GP. Neo-vintage … the golden age. The video in the orginal post from Emmanuel shows how this minute repeater sounds. 🫶🏼
In fact, I found
other examples and will post them soon. Enjoy your weekend, Marc. Best, Emmanuel
Great 👍🏻 thanks for sharing more in the future
I think this piece is the piece unique as we see the number 0 Let’s see the other example. Can take it from there. 🫶🏼
It seems that most of the variants are more or less unique pieces...
The online data isn't very precise most of the time. But the pieces are very enjoyable nonetheless!
The video at the end of the post gives some idea.
It doesn't seem bad, but of course it's just a very short video. Best, Emmanuel
It's mentioned as a GP caliber,
but with no further information. Enjoy your Sunday. Best, Emmanuel