Girard Perregaux

It's a fantastic piece. The blued hands are particularly nice. I'd love to own one of these! Wear it in good health!

Cheers,
Daos

... is just beautiful, and the egg-shell dial sets it off very nicely. I also like how you can see the blued underside reflected in the polished numerals and gold hands (this is apparent in some of the photos).

Very pleased you like it.

Andrew

Hello,

Is there a photo of the chronograph module used in the movement of the ref. 4946? I would love to see what its design and finishing look like.

Thank you,

Mike

Hi Mike,

It's a good question and I am interested to see it myself. GP don't have a press photo for the Cal. 3370 and looking back in our archives here there are no pictures that I can find. I will however keep an eye out and revisit this - but I am not volunteering my watch for dissection.

What I can point you too is John's review of another GP watch based on the same automatic Cal. 3300 as is in 1999 Chrono. Click Here ...

Regards

Andrew

 

Girard-Perregaux Calibre 3300

Cal. 3300 power train ...

Cal. 3300 main spring barrel

This is a very good report on the big date moonphase movement. If you happen to find any information on the chronograph module please let me know.

Thanks again,

Mike

but this is a very attractive watch and one of the nicest chronos I have seen !

Thanks Tobias,

I used to think I liked black dialed chonographs - more sporty and just a liitle more cool, but I must say that this eggshell/cream dial is an absolute pleasure to look at.

The combination of looks, legibility and functionality is a winning one.

Pleased you liked the review.

Andrew

When I saw the post-- I was hoping this was a re-issue!!!!

... because it took me a few years to find the right one, but in the meantime how about the Ref. 49585? Is there something in the design that particularly roots you to the 1999 Chronograph? It may be worth a try on the wrist?

Regards

Andrew

I was hunting for a cream dial one in the begining but gave up after looking for 6 months.  I found the cream dial is more classic and adds to that vintage feel.  Black dial perhaps looks slightly more sporty.  I found the bracelet transform the watch to a more modern looking chrono.  Cannot believe a watch can have so many split personalities.

And you're right about the strap, it changes everything !

Thanks for posting in the black-dialled variant. I agree with you about the more sporty feel of the dial. Nice to share this superb watch with other PuristS.

Warm regards,

Andrew

This is a superbly executed watch.  I love the heat blue hands and gold numerals, quite a fetching combination.

The polished gold hands and indices catch the light and really dress up the piece. And the cream dial is a perfect canvas for that, as well as the blued hands. It doesn't get much better for a vintage styled chronograph. And the modular movement keeps the price reachable by mere mortals - imagine this dial on a Patek?!

Andrew

One of my all time favorites. Very, very nice color combination. Look fantastic on the wrist. Just lovely.

... of this piece. And I have had more unsolicited comments, such as "nice watch", in the last few weeks than I normally get, so it must have that certain something.

Pleased you like it too.

Andrew

Just for completeness, here is the documentation that comes with the watch, stored in a compartment below the inner case. Warranty and very clear instructions.

 

And after the last service at the GP service centre the replaced parts were returned with the watch, which I really applaud.

Regards,

Andrew

...I am not awre of this watch before, initially felt that the dial with applied arabic numerals plus heated blue hands are superb, they all look very matched. The movement with quite good finishing looks good for me. It seems a very nice piece after all.

Congrats. By the way, I also love your Minerva chrono very much too!

Stefan

... at some stage, Stefan. Although I try not to get too much of the same complication, I have ended up with black and light dials, moonphases, cams and column wheel versions. I will make some comments on each.

Pleased you like the watch.

Andrew

Care to share the circumference of your wrist.

... as i know it helps give some perspective on the wrist photos.

My wrist circumference is 17.5cm. My sweet spot for watches is 38 - 40mm. I go up to 42mm for sports watches.

The 1999 Chrono actually wears a little larger than its 38mm diameter suggests because of the long curved lugs and the thin bezel.

I will do some grouo photos of my small Chrono collection in the future.

Regards

Andrew