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Museum piece: Three Bridges – DNA run deep
Friends,
Before Christmas I would like to share another piece from the Museum collection: this Pink Gold savonette, Tourbillon Chronometer pocket watch from circa 1860.
If we start with looking at the dial: white enamel dial with big black numerals.
The beautiful Pink Gold hands has two diamonds (?) mounted on the hand each. On the hour hand, one on each side and on the minute hand, two in a line.
A very nice detail, I can just imagine the effect in direct sunlight!
The Pink Gold case and the white enamel dial with big black numerals and an oversized sub-second….
Hm, this sounds very familiar to me…
It reminds me of one I dream of!
The GP 1966 Enamel dial, sub-seconds in Pink Gold…
[Photo credit: Nicolas]
The savonette case with an extra inner cover on the back to protect the movement. Looks like a butterfly or a bumble bee on its way to take off!
The inner case is signed Girard-Perregaux and the cherry on the cake: Chronometer, Price First class, Observatory Neuchatel!
Have you ever wondered from where Girard-Perregaux found the inspiration for the Laureato Tourbillon with Three Bridges? The shape of the bridges…
Well, here you have at least one of the sources of inspiration!
One old classic, one super-modern! The DNA runs deep in the GP veins!
The bridges do not have the classic shape as from the Esmeralda, but as you can see the layout of the movement is the same.
The bridges are nickel-plated, the movement is signed Girard-Perregaux on the central bridge.
While we are talking about cherries….
Look at the Tourbillon escapement!
The other day Nicolas posted this shot from a modern Pocket Watch Tourbillon:
Another detail, if you look closely on the decoration on the barrel…
This reminds me of another personal favorite, the Bi-Axial Tourbillon…
Again, we see the bridge shape different from the Three Golden Bridges.
From the classics to the Ultra-modern of today: GP knows how to link their DNA!
A “small”, but delicious treat before Christmas.
Best
Blomman
This message has been edited by blomman on 2014-12-24 03:15:22
Museum piece: Three Bridges – DNA run deep
Clearly. The top production from GP is clearly linked to its past.
