The photos are great ...

... you have the watches lit with diffuse natural light with correct colours. Also try some outside shots under cloud, in shade, or in the soft evening light. I think we all became better watch photographers here with some trial and error and wanting to show the watches to their best advantage. If you don't want to take a formal detailed macro movement shot then just hold the watch in the palm of your hand to capture the movement.

Pleased I inspired you to look for a 1999 Chrono. Personally I find the size to be perfect, given the long curved lug design and the thickness of the watch. GP watches 40mm and above have shorter lugs to make them sit well. But there are so many variables such as circumference, wrist shape, styloid prominence that make wrist feel hard to generalise.

Look forward to more.

Regards

Andrew

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Introduction, sharing my passion for GP

By: crown comfort : July 29th, 2012-05:00

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Beautiful collection

By: mikemargolis : July 29th, 2012-05:37

thanks for posting, and thanks for being a G-P customer!

Nice, very nice collection you have here.

By: amanico : July 29th, 2012-05:38

The Richeville Day Night, the Traveller II and certainly the most popular among them ,the Vintage 45 Chrono are more than three reasons to fall in love with GP. The others are far from being ugly, by the way, such as the Vintage 70 Chrono and, of course, ...

Very nice collection! Welcome!

By: dxboon : July 29th, 2012-12:55

GP is a great brand, with a long and illustrious history. Their watches represent excellent value and at the highest levels are second to none in terms of finishing and mechanical prowess. The Richeville Day/Night is one of my favorite pieces from GP alon...

Wonderful collection!

By: jporos : July 29th, 2012-20:55

Thanks for sharing it with us.

Very nice collection. I see we have a few identical

By: Frederick : July 29th, 2012-21:55

models references in our collections. I really like their 1945 models, and finally located my grail GP - the large date moonphase 1945. I'll post some pictures later. Congratulations on your collection.

That’s one of the best introductory posts ...

By: AndrewD : July 29th, 2012-22:25

... we have had for some time. Welcome to PuristS! Beautifully coherent GP collection, with a watch for most occasions and demonstrating the breadth of GP’s range and complications. I can see that you have spent a lot of time considering metals, straps an...

Thanks!

By: crown comfort : July 30th, 2012-03:37

Thanks everyone for the kind words. Special thanks to AndrewD who's report on the Chrono 1999 also inspiured me to get one of these. I guess I will try to put up more pictures of individual watches. Seems like I should start with the Richeville Day/Night....

Girard Perregaux