Girard Perregaux 25882 (Pre-owned - Good) — USD 8,557 on eBay

Friends, one of my latest additions is the Vintage 45 XXL with small seconds, Ref 25880. I have always been averse to the XXL case assuming it is really too big. And some versions like the XXL Chronograph are indeed too big for me. However, Ref 2588 I had the pleasure to try on a few times, first wi

11 GIRARD-PERREGAUX Vintage 1945 XXL, LARGE DATE AND MOON PHASES, ONLY WATCH, 25882-21-1544BH4A, Titanium DLC, sapphire case-back with ONLY WATCH logo, 36.10 mm. Height / 35.25 mm. Width / 11.74 mm. Thickness Calibre: Mechanical self-winding, GP03300-0105 movement, 282 parts, 32 jewels, 28,800 Vib/h

Press Release: Girard-Perregaux Only Watch 2015: Vintage 1945 XXL, Large Date, Moon-Phases, Only Watch For the first time ever, the mechanical heart of the Girard-Perregaux Vintage 1945 XXL Large Date and Moon Phases is revealed in a titanium DLC case with a blue polycrystalline transparent dial The

Friends, As you could read in the press release; This is the first time ever that Girard-Perregaux releases a Vintage 1945 with sapphire dial! Reference: 25882-11-223-BB6B I had the pleasure to be able to handle this watch and to see the watchmakers while they were working on this watch! The sapphir

There is something irresistible to me about a blue dial on a watch. Most blue dials are to be found on sport watches: the ubiquitous Rolex Submariner in 18K/SS with blue bezel; the Omega Seamaster 300M; or in high end watches the Vacheron Constantin Overseas Chronograph or Breguet Marine. It is rare