Girard Perregaux Champagne Watches

A new model will join Girard-Perregaux’s iconic Vintage 1945 watch collection. The Girard-Perregaux Vintage 1945 Off-Centered Hour and Minute watch will feature a 36 X 37mm case in 18K white or rose gold, a curved sapphire crystal, and an alligator strap with a matching gold folding clasp.The watch is distinguished by a hand-crafted “grand feu” enamel dial whose creation involves the meticulous firing of multiple layers of powdered enamel atop a plate. The classical dial, complete with enameled red and black roman and arabic figures, is contrasted by blued steel leaf-shaped hands.This Girard-Perregaux watch is animated by a Girard-Perregaux GP01900 caliber movement. Manufactured by Girard-Perregaux, this automatic-winding mechanism offers a sub seconds and date display, as well as a power reserve indicator. The power reserve of the movement is approximately 45 hours, when fully wound.

Small seconds are in this year for Girard-Perregaux. New for 2011 will be this “Petite Seconde” model in the brand’s 1966 watch collection. Though I must admit the dial, with its classic feel and Breguet style numbers looks like something from well before 1966. The case on the other hand still feels about right with the purported era. As a formal watch does with a simple dial and Arabic numerals, this watch is hard to beat. Love the blued steel hands and the very tiny touch of red for the number “60″ in the subsidiary seconds dial. You used to see watches like this from a long time ago with a red colored “12.” People used to guess why it was red, but I am thinking that it was just for style. As such, the dial has white, black, blue, and red making for a good sophisticated look. Oh, and the dial is gonna look extra good because it is done in enamel. Fancy! But really not “1966.”The case is still 40mm wide in 18k white or rose gold, and has a sapphire crystal over the front and back. Inside the relatively thin case is an in-house made Girard-Perregaux GP03300-50 automatic movement. The movement is finely decorated and has a gold rotor. Look for this timepiece sometime next year.