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Yes, my friend, you are right. They came in 40 mm without date, and if my memory serves me well, 42 mm with date. 38 mm would be the perfect size for the manual winding version! [nt]
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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..