amanico[JLC Moderator]
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Girard Perregaux 2014 BaselWorld: Traveller WW TC, Rose Gold.
Apr 14, 2014,03:44 AM
Watches with different time zones are not a recent love story, for Girard Perregaux.
I have been aware, through the press release document, that Jean François BAUTTE made Pocket watchs with different time zones as soon as... 1830!
The first time zone Pocket Watch:
In the early 2000's, GP launched the WW TC, which was one of the first Watch to associate a Chronograph to a World Time, as far as I remember.
The WW TC:
In its early version:
In its latest version, with the superb John Harrison Dial:
A WW TC which had a 12 years life, before being replaced by the Traveller, in 2013.
Compared to the former WW TC, the Traveller presents the following différences:
- A one mm bigger case, which is 44 mm, now.
- The second crown at 9 o'clock, which was used to set the world time, is now absent ( you set the world time by the nuique crown, at 3 o'clock ).
- The shape of the lugs, at tge opposite of the crown and pushers side, which are coming over the case- or breaking the round case-when, on the crown and pushers side, they " hug " the crownprotectors, creating a certain asymmetry.
- The crownprotectors, which didn't exist on the WW TC, before.
- The dial, which represents the Earth latitudes and longitudes.
The movement is the same, the Cal GP 3300, automatic, beating at the pace of 28 800 vibrations per hour, with a power reserve of 46 hours. The rotor in nicely decorated and shaped.
That being said, this year, Girard Perregaux introduces the rose gold version, while it was first unveiled, last year, in titanium, and steel, with two different dials, opaline or black.
The stainless steel version:
The Titanium version:
The new rose gold version.
Opaline dial:
Black dial:
What do you think about the Traveller WW TC in general?
Looking forward to reading your comments and thoughts,
Nicolas
This message has been edited by blomman on 2014-04-16 13:04:22 This message has been edited by amanico on 2014-04-25 02:21:15