girard-perregaux r&d 1 mens wristwatch model 49930.0.11.6656 xwyr

Girard-Perregaux Cat’s Eye Small SecondThe new Girard-Perregaux Cat`s Eye Small Second ladies watch will be officially introduced in January, 2011 at the upcoming Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie SIHH 2011 event.Introduced in 2004, GP’s Cat’s Eye line of ladies watches enjoys considerable popularity among women of all ages. Soon after the collection’s introduction, the Swiss watchmaker even received “The Most Beautiful Women’s Watch of the Year” prize in Tokyo.Unlike most ladies watches that tend to feature simple quartz or very basic automatic movements, the Cat’s Eye collection is powered by serious manufacture-made calibers and offers a great number of complications. Those include power reserve indicators, retrograde indicators, annual calendars, moon phase displays and even zodiac calendars.It is actually strange that they still didn’t introduce a model with a tourbillon or a perpetual calendar.The reason, probably, is that the watch is delivered in a rather compact ellipse-shaped case with its major and minor diameters being only 35.25 mm and 30.25 mm respectively. It is also less than 11 mm in height, which leaves around 6 mm of vertical space for a movement.This particular model seems to be one of the least sophisticated in the range, however.Powered by the Caliber GP3300-0044 automatic movement (a close relative of the GP3300-50 movement that animates the fabulous Girard-Perregaux 1966 Small Second watch,) it comes with a decorated red gold oscillating weight, but features only basic functions, like hours, minutes, small seconds display and a small date indicator.As you can see on the pictures, the small seconds and date indicators are unevenly spaced along the major axis of the dial with the former located on the left side and the latter on the right side. Although their positioning may look a trifle negligent at the first look, there is clearly some basic geometry behind this.Look. While the center of the date window is positioned almost exactly in the F2 focus of the ellipse (sorry, didn’t have a ruler with me,) the small seconds display looks like it stays right between the F1 focus and the center of the ellipse. It also clearly stays on the same axis with the two diamonds denoting 7 o’clock and 11 o’clock positions. Very nice!The watches are delivered in a choice of two cases –one in 18-carat rose gold and the other in white gold– and sport traditional for the line mother of pearl dials, either black or white.Still no info about the price, but expect the MSRP to be set somewhere near $15,000 mark.

The SIHH watch and jewelry show has begun and Girard Perregaux is showing off a wide variety of watches several of which highlight the watches vintage styles.My favorite is this one, the Girard-Perregaux Vintage 1945 Jackpot Tourbillon watch combines a Tourbillon and a slot machine equipped with a striking mechanism in a Vintage 1945 case. The top of the dial has three symbols that spin while the bottom part of the watch reveals the tourbillon cage. A handle on the right side of the case sets the three reels in motion which then stop randomly on one of the possible five symbols, while a hammer strikes a gong. Out of the 125 combinations, only one represents the jackpot: the three bells in a row. The 43mm case is done in pink gold.Girard-Perregaux has created a model dedicated to the Monte-Carlo Rally of 1954. The tonneau-shaped chronograph with a has an automatic mechanical movement with hour. minute, small seconds, date and chronograph functions. The watch is being produced in two limited, individually-numbered series, 250 in steel and 50 in pink gold.The 2007 Laureato USA 98 Lady watch has an octagonal case and the hours and the bezel are decorated with diamonds for a total of 1.41 carats. The watch has a steel case and uses a mechanical movement with automatic winding that can be seen through the cut-out dial. It has a sapphire crystal and a see-through caseback. It comes in a limited and numbered edition of 50. pieces. The Girard-Perregaux 1966 Full Calendar is part of a collection paying homage to 1960s designs. It has a 40mm round pink gold case and a very *** and elegant look. The watch as a full calendar that displays the date, the day of the week, the month and the phases of the moon. It has a sapphire crystal case back that reveals the automatic-winding, mechanical movement GP033M0. The Girard-Perregaux Monte Carlo Fly-back chronograph has a function that resets the chronograph hands to zero without stopping once the chronograph is activated. The dial commemorates the 1970 Monte Carlo rally with the inscription "MONTE-CARLO 1970" on the dial and sub-dials inspired by the dashboard chronometers used by the winning drivers. The case back is engraved with the names of the winners and a reproduction of the registration-plate. The watch has a 40mm steel case and is limited to 250 pieces.