BaselWorld 2015: Chamber of Wonders – Review and Live Shots

blomman Mr Blue

Friends,

This year many of the major brands released very artistic watches with beautiful motifs on the dial and so did Girard-Perregaux as well!

What differentiate the trilogy from GP this year is most of all the material chosen for each dial.

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These watches are made in sets of three, limited edition of 18 sets.

The base is the GP1966, 40 mm case in Pink gold. Same case seen in several different iterations of the GP1966, among them one of my personal favorite: The Enamel Dial with sub-seconds and heated blued hands.

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Inside all three watches have the automatic GP03300 movement.

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Here the similarities with any existing GP1966 stop. Yes, the motifs are similar to last year’s Enamel dial World map… But if we talk in terms of material.

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At first glance it is easy to mistake the Chamber of Wonders dials for enamel… But if you look closer you will discover the approach is quite different here!

The choice of the three motifs – a vision of the World through the ages.

Three maps from three different eras, three different styles and materials!

Please see respective parts for more details and shots.

Best

Blomman

This message has been edited by blomman on 2015-07-01 14:23:26

Comments:

blomman Mr Blue March 31st, 2015-00:03

BaselWorld 2015: Chamber of Wonders – Part 1, the Pearl of Wonders The motif is based on a map drawn by the historian Ibn al-Wardi who lived in the first half of the fifteenth century. Inspired by the theories of Ptolemy, the Greco-Egyptian astronomer and astrologist who lived in Alexandria at the beginning of the 2nd ce...

amanico March 31st, 2015-00:07

That ( the use of Papyrus ) is an original idea. A quite challenging process. Thanks for all these précisions, Blomman. I didn't get all these informations when these watches wre unveiled. Best, Nicolas

blomman Mr Blue March 31st, 2015-10:50

Very challenging! And very original indeed! :) Love their approach here, to map style with material! Best Blomman

amanico March 31st, 2015-12:26

That makes me want to see it in the real!

blomman Mr Blue March 31st, 2015-00:06

BaselWorld 2015: Chamber of Wonders – Part 2, the Terrestrial map The motif for the Terrestrial map is inspired by the work of Italian Jesuit, Matteo Ricci. A theologian, philosopher, mathematician, cosmologist and astronomer, this priest took part in his congregation’s missions in Asia. Landing in Macao in 1582, he spe...

amanico March 31st, 2015-00:10

I guess this one is tough to take in picture. But your static shots are pretty convincing. What about the depth of the dial, in the real? Best, Nicolas

blomman Mr Blue March 31st, 2015-10:52

Yes, the most tricky of the three.... Good depth, even if painted on a almost flat surface, the depth is good! Not as good as the Pearl or the new world - there you have actual level differences. Best Blomman

amanico March 31st, 2015-14:14

Thanks for these precisions and feelings, Blomman.

blomman Mr Blue March 31st, 2015-00:08

BaselWorld 2015: Chamber of Wonders – Part 3, the New World From the beginnings of modern cartography, 142 drawings of maps are attributed to Sebastian Münster (1488-1552), a German scholar who moved to Basel following his conversion to Protestantism. His work, Novus Orbis, resembled an encouragement to explorator...

amanico March 31st, 2015-00:11

I love the work, I am a bit less fan of the chromatic combination.

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