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anything/else: why I started with vintage watches

Why would anyone go into collecting vintage watches and why did I in particular venture that way? There is ofContinue Reading

Not long ago, I took a short excursion into Girard-Perregaux’s history of GMT watches. While I had mentioned that IContinue Reading

Time to dig into the vintage box again and bring out another Chronometer HF, the oval-shaped Ref. 9000. My friendContinue Reading

Recently I have been able to add another Richeville Chronograph to my collection, the manual wind 2710. The fact thatContinue Reading

Time to have a closer look at the Girard-Perregaux Vintage 1945 with Large Date and Moon Phase. After the releaseContinue Reading

Wristshot, 31th October: Finishing the month of October with a watch that took the majority wrist time this month, theContinue Reading

Travelling to different timezones always provides the challenge to the Traveller to know the time back home. It’s not appreciatedContinue Reading

Perhaps it is “Macro-Monday”. Maybe not a proper Macro but at least a nice close-up of the dial of theContinue Reading

Wristshot, 26th October: Time to go off the beaten GP track and put something not so often seen on myContinue Reading

The collection of the Girard-Perregaux Vintage 1945 goes back to 1995 when GP brought out a vintage tribute tank watchContinue Reading