Friends,

Enjoy the Girard-Perregaux Vintage 1945 Anniversary Small Seconds Review and Live Shots.  I hope you had a good rest during the Easter and now ready for more novelties reviews!

Since the Girard-Perregaux  Vintage 1945 Anniversary Small Seconds, reference 25880-56-111-BBBA is very different from the other two Anniversary models; I will only cover the Small Seconds version here.

The most eye-catching about this watch is the dial. In the press photos, the dial looks almost white. In the press release it is described as beige…

In real the dial looks neither white nor beige. I would say more vanilla maybe with a hint of yellow. Not too much, just to make the dial warmer in tone. I was explained that the varnish on the dial has some pigment in it to make the tone.

A tone that is enhanced by the Pink Gold bezel, hands and applied numbers. That in contrast to the cold steel makes the whole watch look smaller to me.

The Art Deco style, the warmth of the gold and the tone of the dial makes this watch look very “Vintage”! Love it!

The steel case is of the XXL size: 36.20 x 35.25 mm. Yes, I know some are eager to see a somewhat smaller sized Vintage 1945… But not this time.

Here I find the size good, since the watch looks much smaller on the wrist due to the Pink Gold bezel.

The Vintage 1945 case is curved in both directions, that we all already learned. But did you know that the hands are cured as well? To follow the profile of the dial in the best way possible!

The cut-out for the small seconds really reveals how curved the dial really is.

The minute track and the seconds scale is not really black, very dark grey, which helps soften the feel of the watch.

Inside is the GP03300-0051 automatic movement, but here you can’t see the rotor through the case back. Instead GP opted for a solid case back with the Limited 70 th anniversary edition engraving.

I like it a lot. To me it is not that exciting to see a rotor go round and round. Yes, very nicely finished, but if see through case back I would prefer a nice manual movement or a complication.

To complete the watch Girard-Perregaux choose a tan alligator strap with steel folding buckle.

The tan strap with white stiches looks perfect on the watch!

Yes, you guessed it already – I love this watch!

I was a bit hesitant when I first saw the press photos, but in real…. No doubt about it. This will be another hit from La Chaux-de-Fonds!

Do you agree?

Best

Blomman