quick/peek: Girard-Perregaux Laureato Tourbillon 99105
Let’s start a new Category called “quick/peek”, where I show typically a one shot or short introduction to a watchContinue Reading
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background/report: Buying vintage watches on ebay?
Ebay is a great! Ebay is full of crooks, Franken watches and disappointments! So what is true? As with everything,Continue Reading
news: Press Release/ Girard-Perregaux Laureato Skeleton Earth to Sky Edition
April 2019: Official Press Release of the Girard-Perregaux Laureato Skeleton “Earth to Sky” Edition, a modern adaption of the blackContinue Reading
background/report: Day trip to La Chaux-de-Fonds to the Blue House
Yesterday, I did a quick day trip to visit the Girard-Perregaux headquarters at La Chaux-de-Fonds. Main reason was to dropContinue Reading
from/my/collection: Girard-Perregaux alarm watches
Girard-Perregaux has been making alarm watches from the early 1960s till the early 2000s. Not as famous as the Jaeger-LeCoultreContinue Reading
hands/on: Girard-Perregaux 1966 Skeleton, 49549
When watches strip naked we call them Skeletons. Bare bones if you like that hold things together mechanically. In realContinue Reading
background/report: dating back to 1791?
Constant Girard and the Perregaux watchmaker family are the name patrons of Girard-Perregaux. Constant Girard started of as a watchmakerContinue Reading
from/my/collection: Girard-Perregaux Gyrodate black and white
Providing a calendar function on a wristwatch has been a desire since the early days. Most watches leave it atContinue Reading
hands/on: Girard-Perregaux Tourbillon La Esmeralda à Secret
If there is one design element that is defining Girard-Perregaux as an Haute Horlogerie maison, then it has to beContinue Reading
from/my/collection: Girard-Perregaux Richeville Day/Night, Ref. 27610
There are many ways to display time on a watch. The most common one by a distance is using twoContinue Reading