FOR SALE:

Vintage Girard Perregaux 9ct Solid Gold Cased Wrist Watch

This wonderful vintage Girard Perregaux watch is inside a solid 9ct gold case which is hallmarked for Birmingham 1961 I believe.

The mechanism reads 17 Jewels Swiss, Girard Perregaux 2519660. This serial number does indicate a production year of the early 1960s I believe.

Inside the backplate, it contains the Swiss logo stamp. The case is Stolkace, British made however.

In very good vintage condition. In good mechanical working order, the crown winds the mechanism and the watch works perfectly. It keeps very accurate time. The dial is a lovely cream.

The watch case is in very good condition, with no dints but a few very small scratches here and there, mostly to the back of the case. The dial is in very good condition. It does have a few TINY surface spots but these are extremely difficult to see without close scrutiny. The hour markers are excellent, as are the hands. The glass bezel is very good, with only a few tiny scratches which are pretty much unnoticeable. 

Comes on elasticated gold plated strap.

Further Information:

Girard-Perregaux is the oldest of all the top tier Swiss houses and one of the most prestigious. Founded in 1791, it set out to cater for a social elite made up of aristocrats, European Royalty and the wealthy business community. Queen Victoria was a customer. Interestingly, the relative position of the firm hasn’t changed a great deal and its image today is still one of a niche brand that is appreciated by horological connoisseurs but still largely unknown to the general public. In 1957, Ian Fleming wrote on the first page of his James Bond novel “From Russia with Love” that a gold Girard-Perregaux watch was “a typical membership badge of the rich man’s club” but even this exposure didn’t expand the audience for the brand beyond its cult following. Today, production remains at a much lower level than that of Rolex and Omega, and Girard-Perregaux watches are for sale new only a very limited number of prestigious specialist outlets.

CASE DIAMETER WITH CROWN: 34 millimetres

LUG WIDTH: 17 millimetres

CASE THICKNESS: 6 millimetres

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