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A new old piece

By: PeterCDE (registered) Saturday, December 30th, 2006 - Photo Nav: View All 1 photo(s)

G'day,

probably the last new addition for this year and among the oldest; not a particularly exquisite piece comparing to GP´s all-time-greats such as the Three Gold Bridges, but somehow a bit of history. When Girard-Perregaux was bought by Otto Graef in 1928, wrist watches still weren´t that popular. It took them until 1930´s to take over the watch world, although the Graef facilities, which focussed on casemaking of mostly gold cases, already had quite a variety of mostly ladies models.

So this one might be among the very first GP timepieces then, probably dating somewhere in early to mid 1930´s:

 


The interesting aspect is this to be a "fully jeweled" (17 jewels) movement with a bi-metallic compensating balance, which wasn´t common for ladies pieces then. An artefract of times long gone - and styles smile

Greetings from Germany,

Peter
This message has been edited by PeterCDE on 2007-04-05 23:36:29

some assistance would be appreciated

By: jwbusko (registered) Friday, December 14th, 2007

richeville rectangular Hello Peter,
I've noticed you've helped a number of people with GP questions and I hope you might do the same for me. I recently purchased this Richeville as new old stock and I would like to know more about it. It has the older rectangular steel case, guilloche silvered dial, automatic movement, the serial number 25200.0.11.151 is on the hang tag and on the back of the case it reads Richeville A  No (as in number) 304, ref 2520. I know it was made in the late 90s and possibly up to even 2001? but if you could pinpoint the year for me I would be very grateful.
Sincerely,
James




richeville rectangular
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My 1930's GP

By: aido (registered) Saturday, June 21st, 2008

Hi Peter,

I was thrilled to read your  from last December piece on the 1930's LadiesGP wristwatch. I bought a very elegant GP ladies wristwatch at an Antiques Fair in Dubilin in the mid '90's  At that time I knew nothing about GP but was attracted by the slimline look of the watch. It was fitted with a springloaded link bracelet which was damaged and the watch itself didn't work, The dealer thought the bracelet was rolled gold but it actually turned out to be 9 ct gold - just as well as I'm allergic to nickle!! To be honest,  I was more impressed by the bracelet than the watch which wasn't running. However when I took it to a jeweller for repair he was very impressed by the watch itself and got it working. I subsequently tracked down someone to repair the springs and have since got many years enjoyment from the watch, but no one  here in Ireland knew much about the brand,  I contacted GP directly get.but they had n't got much info on the origins of the watch. According to the jeweller, the movement is 15 jewels and there is a serial number on the outside of the back of the case,, they dated it as 1932, They thought  GP might have made the movement and then sent it to the UK for mounting in a gold case, Thankfully, with the advent of the internet  (including your site)I have been keeping an eye out for similar GP models but all I kept finding were very impressive men's watches with high tech capability but no reference at all to my pretty little model- until now!!!!The crown (not original) is quite tricky and you have to be very careful when pulling it out to set the time but other wise it keeps great time. I use it as a dress watch. I would like to get the crown replaced with a genuine GP model and also get a proper box for it, Would GP Service do this for me?  I only paid about €160 for it - do you have any idea of it's value? I don't want to sell it but want to make sure it's covered by my insurance as I'd be devastated if I lost it!

I'm not very tech savy so I don't have access to photos bu t will try and take some and post them soon! How can I open the case to get at the movement to photographt it? Do I need any special tools? Any info would be appreciated!

 

Kind Regards

Aido 



GP - Valuation Please

By: Marie (registered) Monday, June 30th, 2008

Hi Peter,

Wondering if you could tell me what my watch would value. Was told that it was somewhat in the 1950's . Ref: 8769 GF.

Thanks.

YuQin












GP - Valuation Please 2

By: Marie (registered) Monday, June 30th, 2008

Hi Peter again,

Its fully platinum and surrounded by diamonds of great luster.

Thanks once again.