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30 years old this year. 1996 ... Atlanta Olympics. This Neo-vintage 40 mm Limited Edition is the first Laureato chronograph ever produced by Girard-Perregaux. If you value provenance, heritage and rarity, I highly recommend it ... I think it's pretty good

Hope everyone had a good weekend. A few days ago, I posted the blue dial variant. Today, I'm posting some pics of the anthracite grey dial. In person, the dial is a sort of "tobacco grey"... A beautiful color. Note that the dial is clean. Applied indices,

Girard-Perregaux Laureato-Olimpico Chronograph ref 8017 on the wrist today. With the Yves-Klein blue tritium dial. Inside we have the automatic in-house GP 3170. This model was the FIRST Laureato chronograph ever made. Bracelet and case by GTF (which is n

And I’ve pretty much seen them all. The laureato 8010 at 36 mm and 7.9 mm thickness is a steal … Well the prices have gone up. There are six listed on c24. Two don’t show doing a basic search. Listed wrongly by the japanese dealers. But I think this 50th

The combination of the tobacco dial and the copper subdials is really beautiful and the hands work so well with it also. I have to ask though just how many cats do you have? that it takes 2 hours to feed all of them. Marc

So I was up early (5 am) today for no reason. 7 am after the cats were fed, the wife and I headed out for breakfast. I wore my 40 mm GP Laureato-Olimpico chronograph LE ref 8017 tobacco grey dial with the copper subdials. Took a few pics in the car to sha

Sharing some pics I took today …. On the wrist is my NEO-vintage Laureato-Olimpico ref 8017 chronograph. (This was the FIRST Laureato Chronograph made by GP). I used to think about 10 pieces were made with pink gold and the Havana tobacco-grey dial but I

I bought it from another collector after several attempts which included some unashamed begging. 😅 There are some other very special neo-vintage pieces that are still available on chrono24 and such. Today they are there, but it is no guarantee that they w

For those who know … Some very special pieces from the NEO-vintage period for Girard-Perregaux. This Laureato from 1997 SIHH novelties is a good example. The Ref 99070, a 40 mm stainless steel case, with a traditional look: Tourbillon, 3 Gold Bridges, Los