Girard Perregaux

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Laureato Evo3 titanium/rose gold - and confessions of an absolute watch nut

Dear watch lovers,

Earlier this year, I sold my watch collection. Was bored. Wanted to start over. Needed some cash. Yikes! I felt so naked! But I had to go cold turkey for a little while, just to cool off and clear my head. For the past 15 years or so, I’ve been consuming watches like crazy! 10, 15 or even 20 flips and trades, sales and purchases each year has been my going rate. Sometimes earning a bit, other times losing. I am a true amateur, spending an unproportionate amount of my money on this hobby. Will slow down. Must slow down. Been through five GPs, seven Rolexes, five Breitlings, ten Glashütte Originals, a dozen Zeniths, two Breguets, two Cartier, a few JLCs, a Hublot, an AP, a handful of Panerais, two Blancpains, several Omegas, Grand Seiko, Seiko, Doxa, Maurice Lacroix, Tissot, Longines, Victorinox, more than one fine IWC, the list goes on and on.

In my collection at the point of sale, two solid gold Zeniths (New Vintage 1965 and Espada), a Zenith New Vintage 1969 (reverse panda dial) and a Glashütte Original Sixties were the finest pieces. A new orange Seiko Samurai, a vintage IWC Yacht Club, a 2006 Breitling SuperOcean 1500m (orange) and a couple of other playful pieces also left my box. Sold my box, too. Borrowed «the perfect watch», a Rolex GMT-Master II Ceramic, from a friend. I’ve never been a Rolex guy, but I totally understand the whole allure. Anyway, my friend generously let me use his GMT-Master for a good while, long enough to experience what I already know from previous attempts - I’d simply get bored owning something you can see on the wrists of so many others.

Eventually I purchased ONE watch (at ca 1/3 of original retail price), and I have worn it daily for more than a month now. Love it to bits! Not bored at all! In every situation, this is just so much fun and, to me, what wristwatches is about - a chance to show some individuality! Of course, I’ll need a proper dress watch down the line. And a diver. Oh, and a trio of the first automatic chronographs simply because that’s where my whole interest in watches started. I love them. The Seiko 6139 «Pogue», the Zenith El Primero A384, the Heuer Monaco. Totally unable to afford an early Monaco, I’ll have to settle for the newest re-issue «Caliber 11». But it’s cool in its own right, right? So there’s my plan for the next few years...

For now, though, this is my do-it-all. It’s my fifth GP since I got into watches in the late nineties. It certainy won’t be my last. But I do plan to hang on to this gem for a very long time!

Extremely wearable, wrist hugging, light, comfortable, three dimensional, cool, unusual, legible and tactile. And with just a tiny amount of, well, bling. The rose gold bezel is an absolute scratch magnet, but I don’t care. This is a watch almost impossible to describe via photos. The angles, the lines, the details, the finishing, there’s something new to enjoy from every angle. Of course, the movement’s a real performer, too.

Haven’t loved a watch this much in years!