Upsized +2mm…

Worth a closer look, Girard-Perrgaux recently announced a refresh of its 1966 Chronograph model.   For those of you not so familiar with the brand, the “1966″ collection has established itself as one of the Girard-Perregaux’s iconic lines, featuring manufacture (in-house) movements and timeless design.    With the new 1966 chonograph, the change starts with a larger case (42mm vs. 40mm prior), which in turn has enabled a few additional changes given the larger dial.  In the comparison below to the 40mm Girard Perregaux 1966 Chronograph from 2010, you can see that the new model now has a small date window at 6 o’clock as well as applied Arabic numerals (pink gold) for each of the hours rather than indices; GP also swapped the sub-dials (30 mins now positioned at 9 o’clock, 60 secs counter at 3 ‘oclock).    The net result here is that we get a larger, more legible dial and the added nicety of a date window — in other words, a nicely executed refresh of the Girard-Perregaux 1966 Chronograph.  Price is $30,900.

Girard-Perregaux 1966 Chronograph (new 42mm)

42mm pink gold case, automatic mechanical manufacture GP 3300-0057 movement, fitted on alligator strap with pink gold buckle

Comparison to previous 1966 Chonograph model: