PeterCDE
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A little fun - find the gold chaton...
G'day,
just a bit of fun; this is one of few current models by Girard-Perregaux with a movement featuring a gold chaton. Chatons holding the jewels are a little obsolete these days, as both movement plates/bridges and rubies can be made to fit much smaller tolerances today. In the old days of natural rubies being used for movement bearing, both represented a challenge and the more flexible fit of a gold setting made for a solution.
Nonetheless, there´s one in the Lady Chronograph with GP30C0 caliber:
Enjoy 
Cheers,
Peter
A little fun - find the gold chaton...
G'day, just a bit of fun; this is one of few current models by Girard-Perregaux with a movement featuring a gold chaton. Chatons holding the jewels are a little obsolete these days, as both movement plates/bridges and rubies can be made to fit much smalle...
And here it is...
There you go The "sceleton dial" proofs to allow for some interesting views, doesn´t it? It´s a bit like a sexy bikini; showing a lot of the great body, but it doesn´t reveal everything. And there´s quite something underneath the hood, as the GP 30C0 is t...
Is it usually humbly sited
under the dial of a solid dial model? i.e. it's there for whose pleasure.......? MTF