Girard-Perregaux - No reserve price - Men - 1960-1969

Girard-Perregaux – Slim Two-Hand Dress Watch – Manual Winding, 17 Jewels – Gold Plated – 32.5 mm – Men

Description
The quiet one. Some watches stand out. This one does not.
A champagne-silvered dial, twelve applied golden indices, two slim hands — and nothing else. No seconds hand, no sub-dial, no date window, no text beyond the name and the words that matter: Girard-Perregaux. Swiss Made. Everything that could have been added has been omitted, and what remains must be right. It is.
Look at it under a lamp and the dial does the one thing it was designed to do: the fine radial finish rises, the applied indices reflect a narrow line of light, and the entire face shifts from cream to warm gold and back. The photographs capture about half of it.

What it contains
Remove the case back and the watch ceases to be anonymous. The beams are gold-filled and finished, engraved: Girard-Perregaux, 17 Jewels, Swiss, no. 2329769. This is the manufacturer’s movement in case of the maker — the name on the dial and the name on the plate are the same. With vintage Swiss watches it isn’t always a given, and it’s the first thing a serious buyer checks.
Girard-Perregaux has been making watches since 1791. The seal is impressed inside the case back, where only a watchmaker could see it.

A well-kept watch
Even inside the case back, in blue: 7/7/04, and the initials of a watchmaker. Someone opened this watch, serviced it, and wrote the date inside — as has been done for a century. A small thing, and it indicates the watch belonged to someone who took it seriously.

Honest about what it is
The case is gold plated on a stainless steel back — the inner fit reads STAINLESS STEEL BACK, and there is no gold hallmark on the watch. It has been worn: the plating is thin at the tips of the lugs and along the edges of the case, with the base metal peeking through in spots, and the dial shows a few small light spots and a slight mark in the upper left area. All of this is shown in the photos, taken deliberately rather than concealed. This is a watch that has been worn, not one that sat in a box.
The strap is a more recent brown lizard leather with a gold-toned buckle. Not original, and priced accordingly.

Who it’s for
At 32.5 mm it is a compact dress watch, proportioned for its era. It’s for those who want a real factory name on the dial, subtle enough to wear under a shirt every day — and for those who prefer to wear a Girard-Perregaux that is honest and used rather than polished to new.

Specifications

Dial
Champagne-silver dial with a fine radial finish, signed “Girard-Perregaux” below twelve and “SWISS MADE” at six. Applied gold-plated hour indices at all twelve positions. Gold-tone hands for hours and minutes; no seconds hand, nor subdial.

Movement
Manual winding, no rotor. Gold-plated wheels and bridges, signed “Girard-Perregaux”, marked “17 JEWELS” and “SWISS”, movement number 2329769. Balance with index regulator.

Case
Round, slim case with faceted lugs, fluted crown, domed crystal. Inner case back stamped 76123429. Inner back stamped “FOND ACIER INOXYDABLE” together with the Girard-Perregaux 1791 seal, plus a watchmaker’s service mark handwritten in blue dated 7/7/04.

Dimensions
Case diameter excluding crown: 32.5 mm
Case diameter including crown: 34.5 mm
Lug-to-lug: 35 mm
Thickness: 7.5 mm
Case width: 18 mm
Strap length: 19.5 cm

Strap
Brown patent leather effect lizard, marked “GENUINE LEATHER”, gold-tone buckle. Replacement strap, not original of the period.

Operation
Fully operational. The watch runs, runs and keeps time well. It has been checked and regulated recently by a watchmaker. No service documents are included with the watch.

Included
No original box. No original papers. No warranty.

Condition
Very good for its age — fully functional, with minor localized wear.
The watch appears very good from the front: the bezel and top surfaces of the case are clean and polished, crystal free of visible scratches, indices and hands intact. The dial shows some small light spots and a slight mark in the upper left area.
Wear is concentrated where the watch contacts the wrist: the outer edge of the case back and the lower parts of the lug ends show thin wear of the plating with the base metal visible in some spots, along with delicate handling scratches on the back in steel. None of this is visible when the watch is worn.

All that has been described is in the photographs, which form part of the description. Sold as a collectible item.