If I am not mistaken the Maurice Lacroix is recent model though ? Unless it is a reedition of an 80's one ?

May 09, 2024,07:17 AM
 

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GP and AP had the same owners

 
By: SingaporeMarc : May 9th, 2024-06:21
From the Archives ... What if I told you that the owners of Girard-Perregaux in the 1980s also owned part of Audemars Piguet? Yep, Desco von Schulthess or DESCO for short owned 100 % of GP in the 1980s. DESCO bought over GP from the daughter and son-in-la...  

Cool trivia....

 
By: InHavenPro : May 9th, 2024-06:31
But I've got to say, I'm way more impressed that you were somehow able to travel to the 19080s to corroborate this historical fact πŸ˜„.... Cheers, Filip

Filip almost as naughty as you πŸ˜„

 
By: SingaporeMarc : May 9th, 2024-06:50
But thanks for that Filip … Nicolas, can I post it to the GP forum as well or can not repost twice? Maybe I change it a bit?

Welcome πŸ‘πŸ»

 
By: SingaporeMarc : May 9th, 2024-07:56
Desco is quite powerful. They held the distribution rights for AP for China, HK, Japan in the early 2000s. Not sure about now. I also read that they wantrd the AP CEO changed … Meylan.

Could be. I got the pic from

 
By: SingaporeMarc : May 9th, 2024-07:50
The internet. I’m not so familiar with ML. I googled ML 1980s models. More for visual impact than anything else. The Laureato and the RO are both actually from the 80s

Agree KMII. More to come.

 
By: SingaporeMarc : May 9th, 2024-08:40
GP website and such does not mention anything about Desco. Zero. They mention Otto Graef and Macaluso but it’s implied that there was nothing in-between AP chronicles website mentions Desco.

A lot of horological history

 
By: Weems@8 : May 9th, 2024-09:20
in your post Marc. I woke up and i was into the Citizen group. I open this app and saw your interesting post. I wanted to trade in my FC, and the party rejected my offer. I know they are snobs, but why do they advert? The mail was polite, so that is not t...