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Friends, On the last day of this year, let’s make a recap of some of the fireworks we saw from Girard-Perregaux during 2015! A small reflection from personal view and as a moderator - it has been a fa

Friends, Earlier this year I showed you the Girard-Perregaux Deep Diver 9108 Blue dial. I was hoping for a white Christmas, but it doesn’t look like it going to be any snow this year… So I will have t

Friends, Any wishes for Xmas? The rule is that you get three wishes, right? I would put all three in into one! The Girard-Perregaux with Three Golden Bridges Or was that the genie…? Santa…? Genie? I a

Friends, In Paris I had the chance to get my hands on the new Girard-Perregaux Vintage 1945 Le Corbusier with Concrete dial. [Watch #1] In fact I got to see two of the fifty in this limited edition, a

Friends, I saw a second Girard-Perregaux Damier reference 7427 in the metal. They are quite common but often in less good condition… Here is the second one I saw and I noticed an interesting detail… N

Friends, I entered the Girard-Perregaux forum at my #10.000 post. Now 10.000 posts later we have covered a lot of grounds, discovered a lot of both new and vintage marvels from the Manufacture. Thank

Friends, The “poster boy” of this year’s Salon Belles Motres in the Girard-Perregaux booth was the GP 1966 in Steel. We already discussed this new steel version of the GP 1966 but I like to bring it o

Friends, This weekend at Salon Belles Montres I had a quick stop at the JeanRichard booth. As always a great pleasure to meet the JeanRichard team! Time was short but one of the models presented were

Friends, One year has passed since I got the Girard-Perregaux 1966 Enamel dial. A wonderful watch that got much more wrist time this year than any of my watches normally get! To celebrate this I Chang

Friends, Let’s continue the Girard-Perregaux 1976 Olimpico Chronographs journey with the part #2: reference 9245 FA! 1976 the year of the Montreal Olympic Games: The Wings topped the Billboard list wi

Friends, As you know I am really into the Funky Seventies… One of the Omega watches from that period I have been looking at but never come to own is the Omega Dynamic. The oval case shape and the typi

Friends, As mentioned, for the last year I have been working the Girard-Perregaux Olimpico Chronograph theme and I am now finally ready to put the first post dedicated to the 1976 Olimpico online! Thi

Friends, It is with a sad heart I return from my vacation. Not due to my vacation, it was wonderful and well needed. But due to the recent events in a city I love and since I joined this forum has bec

Friends, Today I like to show something for the ladies. The Girard-Perregaux 1966 Lady Moon Phases in white gold. This elegant and classic looking ladies watch does have a bling factor… White Gold cas

Girard-Perregaux Minute Repeater Tourbillon With Gold Bridges rewarded by the Striking Watch Prize at Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 2015. Excellence, innovation and watchmaking expertise were duly

Hi, I just wanted to share three shots of the Ulysse-Nardin Hourstriker I saw at the Watchout event here in Stockholm. The black onyx dial is just stunning! And even if the open case back displays a v

Friends, We all know that Lemania is most known for their chronograph movements. But what might be lesser known to the broad public are the Super Compressor cased time only watches Lemania made for di

Friends, We have been discussing this a lot here in the forum and now it is finally here: a Girard-Perregaux 1966 in Steel! I know we are many here that prefer white metal cases. Yes, the GP 1966 is a

THE ICONIC GIRARD-PERREGAUX 1966 COLLECTION AVAILABLE IN STEEL FOR THE FIRST TIME GP 1966 - 40 MM STEEL The Chaux-de-Fonds-based Manufacture presents unveils the Girard-Perregaux 1966, 40 mm steel, pr

Hi, I just wanted to share two shots of the A. Lange & Söhne Richard Lange Perpetual Terraluna – Winner of the European 0024 Watch of the Year 2015, Category 4: Men’s watches from EUR 100.000 and abov