Girard Perregaux

Wearing my GP 2598, 38 mm cushion case with the Yves Klein blue dial. This NEO-vintage LE (50 pieces) was made in 2002. Gosh, it’s about 22 years old now. Still looks in decent shape, yes? It’s a central chronograph so four centrally stacked hands. Bi-com...  

Nice photos and short but quite accurate description, very convincing ! Enjoy it and wear it in the best of health !

Appreciate that. Not the easiest watch to photograph due to reflections. Are you a GP fan as well?

It’s a comfortable strap. Oil Rubbed so I think it will age well.

And that’s also why I share about it. Karma. Need to share the knowledge. The regular 2598’s are nice too. Not too difficult to find on c24 and such.

Nice dimensions, too. How thick does this run?

Largely because of the raised bezel and domed sapphire for the stocked 4 hands to clear. Then it steps down to the case dramatically which I’m guess is about 10 -11 mm or so. Thanks for your question. ☀️

Beautiful case shape

The details of the case is what makes this a winner. The regular 2598 won watch of the year in japan 1999.

but I can see it, Seiko also has angular cases which many people including me like a lot, so these type of cases are not foreign to the Japanese audience, it makes sense that the 2598 would win watch of the year award in Japan, it’s really beautiful

There is a certain beauty and subtly of complexity for these type of cases. Proportions must be precise and the machining exacting to achieve the desired outcome. I’ve seen them attempted by other brands and they have come out looking “wonky”. ☺️ ... 

Let me know if you do please.

Pretty much same reason why I hated all the girls on Baywatch 🧐

My wrist is 18 cm. So you tried the 2598 on? Have a wrist shot pls?

I’ve heard rumours of GP coming out with a cushion case reissue in near future … Let’s see ☀️

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However, I am more into wider „screens“ like this EBEL… 🚀 ...  

Mires de Télévision

when I was a kid, the programs only started at like 6 pm. So in the afternoon after school, I would just look at the test pattern … for hours 😄 Ah I see, you are into wide screen TVs ☺️

I liked it while I owned it. But it had an issue which would not be corrected, so off it went. But this color of blue, it was the best, for my tastes. ...  

If you don’t mind me asking, what was the issue ? Did it have anything to do with the rotor and the ceramic bearings?

I really enjoyed it, for a while. I will respectfully pass on sharing the details, and have no interest to disparage the brand. I will answer that it had nothing to do with the rotor / bearings / winding. Mine ran fairly well.

Alas, mine has a date, but everything else is perfect on this watch, so here we are 😉 ...  

At least GP has executed the date window well for the 42 mm. Date wheel fonts as well. Yours even matches the BMW logo ☺️ nice detail.

If date wheel was white, that would have been a deal breaker for me. At least it matches the dial color nicely

It’s a mark of significance for special pieces. ☺️ Royal Oak 5402 Laureato 81000 ...  

I don’t quite know how GP has done it here with the 2598 but this wears well on both smaller as well as larger wrists. It’s “only” 38 mm but the case shape seems to conform where needed and also shouts out “I’m different” at just the right inflection poin... 

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We both know the hidden gems in neo-vintage pieces.

Skiing with my Seiko ...  

This is a nice shot of your Seiko. Is this the Sumo?

After a while, “standard” case shapes have become a bit boring for me. So a little “spice” in the collection is nice. ☺️

You still gathering courage to find your GP neo-vintage? 😊