Girard Perregaux

Friends, Sharing some pictures I took today of my first pocket watch. In 1998, under the leadership of Gino Macaluso, Girard-Perregaux acquired the Villa Marguerite to be the museum to house priceless heritage pieces for the brand. Many priceless pocket w...  

I feel like Sherlock Holmes 🧐

Best, Emmanuel

The dial lovely too. There were some vintage GP pieces that has a similar alternate number and dot index.

Huge congratulations on securing this intriguing piece 👏🏻🎉🎊🎈

Best of both worlds. Reliable and accurate with some nice vintage looks.

Assuming we survive the long holiday lunch today, maybe I’ll have enough energy to get my P/Ws together for a photo or three. Any others here with vest & chain, leather tether or freely pocketed pocket watches? Cheers ...  

And speaking of Devine, your UG Pocket watch is lovely. Porcelain dial? I like the simple ones with nice hands like ours.

Compared to Seiko alarm wristwatch Open Universal Geneve Compared to my thin Omega Closer A few others The fleet ...  

How nice these are. Congratulations 👏 What's the thickness of the UG?

Including slightly domed crystal ...  

And what movement calibre does it use?

Does one use a magic 8 ball type to grip and turn anti-clockwise?

Usually a snap-back is thinner (no need for the depth of threads) but the watches vary so much … close inspection should reveal the retention method. In some cases that seem impenetrable you actually pull the crystal off and the movement comes up out of t... 

Thanks for the extra info. I'll have a closer look.

Is the movement hidden behind a solid case back?

monochrome-watches.com Unitas 6498 GP finished it with Geneva stripes and blued screws etc.

monochrome-watches.com Unitas 6498 GP finished it with Geneva stripes and blued screws etc. monochrome-watches.com