Jump to content

1968 Girard-Perregaux - To Be Kept For My 70Th Birthday Present


WillFly

Recommended Posts

I promised myself a little something special for my 70th birthday (which is in August this year) and spotted two watches which fulfilled my particular artistic, technical and financial criteria. One is a 1960s 9ct gold Longines in near mint condition - the other is a 1968-ish Girard-Perregaux. It was obvious this afternoon that the Longines will go for silly money - silly for me, anyway - so I made an offer on the Girard-Perregaux, which was accepted.

 

The bad news is that I promised my wife that I wouldn't actually have it and wear it until my 70th! So, when it comes, I'll take a quick peek to see it's OK, etc. - and then Madame will prise it from my col, dead hand and hide it from me until the magic date... In the meantime:

 

post-64-0-71212400-1401283942_thumb.jpg

 

post-64-0-55817000-1401283963_thumb.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Seventy in August.......you old bugger! :-)

What a lovely clean, simplistic but beautiful watch. I think you should have sent it to Scotland, where I could have checked it out, and if all was OK I could have kept it until your birthday. That way by August you would be desperate to see it. ;-)

Three years ago I treated myself to an old timepiece for my sixtieth...............a grandfather clock!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Seventy in August.......you old bugger! :-)

I think you should have sent it to Scotland, where I could have checked it out, and if all was OK I could have kept it until your birthday. That way by August you would be desperate to see it. ;-)

 

Oho... I wonder if I'd have got it back... :phew:

Link to comment
Share on other sites

The G-P arrived this morning - and it's just as good as it looked in the pics, if not even better. I'm allowed to wear it for the day - just to make sure it's running OK, you understand - and then, kicking and screaming, I have to hand it over to She Who Must Be Obeyed until August. Sob! :(

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Restore formatting

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.



×
×
  • Create New...