Girard Perregaux

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Thanks 😊 Well, first part is to know and then to find.

It's tricky because GP archives are not the best. And PETER CDE posts (who was probably the most prolific writer of GP watches from the neo-vintage period) often have broken links in WPS.
So it's a lot of piecing together information. Separating fact and conjecture. Looking at old publications physically or those that have been digitized . Looking at old GP catalogs. Speaking with seasoned collectors in their 60's or more. AD's that were active then and now. Old forum posts. Auctions.etc etc. I also have some good collectors friends in Europe and Japan.
Once it's be ascertained that a said reference exists and is collectible, I then set about trying to find it.
I run the GP Laureato Fanclub group on FB so that has helped me connectors with other collectors of GP. I post as often as I can in a variety of forums and social media and this sometimes triggers other GP collectors of past to also post.
Not easy. The main thing is to be able to recognize the more pedestrian pieces vs the rare birds just by sight.
Does that answer your question?
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