Hi Peter,
Thank you for your coverage of this simple yet exceptionnal watch appearance.
I'm typing these words with a 4946 carrying the same blued seconds hand and I must say that I really appreciate this new variant of the perfect 1966 family.
Girard-Perregaux is doing a great job in offering perhaps less models but certainly purer designs these days.
I'm sure this year again the GP booth at SIHH will be one of my favorite places as temeperature warms easily overthere! 
Is this new 1966 linked to this? I fell that you don't say it all!
I guess you can't!
Picture by our own PeterCDE
Cheers
Dje