Yes, Girard-Perregaux has an interesting line-up of vintage Divers. Surely, not it’s most famous heritage but GP was right at the game starting in 1957 with the very first generation of the Deep Diver, rated at 100 Fathoms depth rate, which is around 180m.
Third generation of the Deep Diver, Reference 8867 is in my view the most attractive. Rotating bezel, 38mm case size in a round case shape. The luminous numbers, which is kind of inverted lume, with the background luminous and the number printed on top in black, is really beautiful and unfortunately often one part that suffers first if water or moisture has gotten into the case. Here is a wristshot of my 8867 W. The “W” denotes the second iteration of the 8867 versus the first iteration was labeled 8867 V. The main difference is the type and style of the hands, which on the “W” iteration are more legible.
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Yes, Girard-Perregaux has an interesting line-up of vintage Divers. Surely, not it’s most famous heritage but GP was right at the game starting in 1957 with the very first generation of the Deep Diver, rated at 100 Fathoms depth rate, which is around 180m.
Third generation of the Deep Diver, Reference 8867 is in my view the most attractive. Rotating bezel, 38mm case size in a round case shape. The luminous numbers, which is kind of inverted lume, with the background luminous and the number printed on top in black, is really beautiful and unfortunately often one part that suffers first if water or moisture has gotten into the case. Here is a wristshot of my 8867 W. The “W” denotes the second iteration of the 8867 versus the first iteration was labeled 8867 V. The main difference is the type and style of the hands, which on the “W” iteration are more legible.
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