Friends, We all knew this day would come... Girard-Perregaux Laureato 81000 in the snow! Feels like yesterday I tormented you with summer time wrist shots... This is the first time for my Girard-Perregaux Laureato 81000 to see snow... And from the look of...
The dial is very beautiful. A pity the case is on the large side, at 41mm. And a pity the movement is so small: 25,6mm. Another movement lost in a big case. But we can't blame a manufacture for making use its own good and thin base movement. And given the...
But not the wide... I agree that it would been OK to see this new Laureato in 39 or 40 mm, but even at 41 you don't get a too wide feeling. Best Blomman
PS : All I can do right now is to send you some warming South Africa greetings from Cape Town with Table Mountain !! The downside is, I cannot join you guys at the 2 November GTGs.. Have fun !! Far away.. Not bad, indeed ! ...
But it was just too big. The whole case and shape just couldn't wrap comfortably. The 1957 wore slightly smaller, but was still too big, unfortunately, else, one of them would have followed me home.