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The historic roots of the Girard-Perregaux 1966
We all know that the Girard-Perregaux 1966 line has its roots in the 60s, hence the name 1966 of course.
There is the great achievement of introducing standard production movements with Chronometer certification in 1966 with the High-Beat Caliber 32A.
That historic model is for sure one of the ancestors of the 1966 line.
When it comes to the case however, it seems a bit more complex. The Chronometer HFs often came in a C-Shape case as it was popular at that time.
There has been other case shapes as well, but when I recently added Ref 8193 to my collection, I couldn’t help but seeing an ancestor of the 1966 when looking at the case.
What is in particular nice is the shape and position of the lugs. The modern 40mm 1966 like the Annual Calendar EoT has a Lug spacing of 20mm, so half of the case diameter.
On most vintage GPs from the 60s the case diameter is around 33mm with a lug size of 18mm. So a different ratio.
Ref 8193 however is different. Also 33mm in diameter but lug spacing of 16mm. That really gives it a very similar proportion like the modern 1966 case.
Best,
CC
The historic roots of the Girard-Perregaux 1966
Thanks for this interesting pictorial journey, CC!
Interesting write up of the Chronometers HF.. somehow..
Thanks HS. It is so important to know the history of a brand and how they keep the heritage
Interesting, but I am a bit confused...
