It’s time to show something new again, at least kind of new. Readers of my blog will find Ref. 49539 is previous posts. Well, the blue dial Chronograph is no longer with me and it left a significant gap in my collection. So it was only a matter of time until I needed to fill that gap. Why did I let go the blue dial? For one it was hard to read the time on the blue dial for some reason and also the Chronograph function had some problems even 3 service attempts could not entirely fix it leaving me with an itching OCD.
Ending up now with the white gold, white dial version was only consequential. And now all is working as it should as well. The 1966 collection has one of the best cases across all brands for dress watches. It is just simply perfect and fits any size of wrist magically. The Chronograph is 40mm in diameter, a modern good size that nowadays is even a little bit on the large end but for me just perfect. The white gold gives it a nice weight and I simply love the hue of white gold, It remains under the radar and will not look like steel either.
What GP did exceptionally well is the design of the dial. It has perfect balance. The subdials are horizontally centred, there is only an applied “12” and “6” along straight indexes otherwise. The subdials are quite close together which is a technical necessity due to the size of the movement but for me gives it a really cool look. The way the tachymeter scale is designed and placed around the outer dial counters the centred subdials very very well. Blued hands for running seconds and chronograph hands work perfectly with the white overall colour scheme.
The movement here is also special. No, this is not a standard GP automatic caliber 3100 with a 3rd party module on top. This is the in-house developed column-wheel Chronograph caliber 3080. While it is still a modular design, it is much more refined than other mainly 3 sub-register Chronograph movements from GP. It goes back to the late 90s and was first seen in the Vintage 1945 Chronograph, Ref 2599. What makes it obvious in functionality is the jumping Chronograph minute counter.
On the wrist, it is a delight to wear. It fits like a glove and at the same time is always present. While this is a formal dress watch by nature, it feels very much at home with casual attire, Jeans & T-Shirt or a casual shirt. It is never out of place.
It’s time to show something new again, at least kind of new. Readers of my blog will find Ref. 49539 is previous posts. Well, the blue dial Chronograph is no longer with me and it left a significant gap in my collection. So it was only a matter of time until I needed to fill that gap. Why did I let go the blue dial? For one it was hard to read the time on the blue dial for some reason and also the Chronograph function had some problems even 3 service attempts could not entirely fix it leaving me with an itching OCD.
Ending up now with the white gold, white dial version was only consequential. And now all is working as it should as well. The 1966 collection has one of the best cases across all brands for dress watches. It is just simply perfect and fits any size of wrist magically. The Chronograph is 40mm in diameter, a modern good size that nowadays is even a little bit on the large end but for me just perfect. The white gold gives it a nice weight and I simply love the hue of white gold, It remains under the radar and will not look like steel either.
What GP did exceptionally well is the design of the dial. It has perfect balance. The subdials are horizontally centred, there is only an applied “12” and “6” along straight indexes otherwise. The subdials are quite close together which is a technical necessity due to the size of the movement but for me gives it a really cool look. The way the tachymeter scale is designed and placed around the outer dial counters the centred subdials very very well. Blued hands for running seconds and chronograph hands work perfectly with the white overall colour scheme.
The movement here is also special. No, this is not a standard GP automatic caliber 3100 with a 3rd party module on top. This is the in-house developed column-wheel Chronograph caliber 3080. While it is still a modular design, it is much more refined than other mainly 3 sub-register Chronograph movements from GP. It goes back to the late 90s and was first seen in the Vintage 1945 Chronograph, Ref 2599. What makes it obvious in functionality is the jumping Chronograph minute counter.
On the wrist, it is a delight to wear. It fits like a glove and at the same time is always present. While this is a formal dress watch by nature, it feels very much at home with casual attire, Jeans & T-Shirt or a casual shirt. It is never out of place.
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