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| Posted: Tue Dec 12th, 2017 08:37 pm |
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Simon_Leung 3T WIS 
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Hello and welcome to another Vintage Watch Review: Today, want to share with you 2 watches that just arrived when their owner no longer has the need for them. The first timepiece is from 1945 by Girard-Perregaux (left). It is a 14k Rose Gold Keystone Watch Co. Case with Girard-Perregaux Caliber 91. A 17 Jewel hand wound tonneau shaped Rhodium movement with 3 finger bridge with 18,000 vibrations per hour and 35 hour power reserve. New Italian Crocodile strap attached. Glucydur shock resistance with Breguet Overcoil. This timepiece currently known as the Girard-Perregaux 1945 XL. The second watch on the right is a 1955 Wyler-Vetta in 36mm diameter stainless steel with 41mm in length. This watch uses the Wyler Caliber 32, a 17 Jewel hand wound movement that is based on the ETA Caliber 1132 with Incabloc. Wyler developed their own escape wheel known as Incaflex, a reinforced spiral at the center of the escape wheel, for greater shock resistance. When combined with the Incabloc system, it allows the watch to be both shock resistance to vertical and horizontal. This 1955 Wyler-Vetta also incorporates a Breguet Overcoil. It was distributed by Luccia Binda (Binda Group) of Italy and Wyler became the New York distributor for Eterna Watches in 1972. Cheers, Simon Attachment: DSC00020.JPG (Downloaded 66 times) Last edited on Tue Dec 12th, 2017 08:46 pm by Simon_Leung |
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| Posted: Wed Dec 13th, 2017 11:08 am |
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oagaspar Site Founder 
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Good to see you Simon and a awesome review as usual my friend! 
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| Posted: Wed Dec 13th, 2017 12:41 pm |
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Simon_Leung 3T WIS
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Thank you Oscar, it's always a pleasure to share my enthusiasm for vintage timepieces. Cheers, Simon
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| Posted: Thu Dec 14th, 2017 03:02 am |
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eddyboi 3T WIS
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Both are stunning timepieces. Is the owner came from this forum as well?
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| Posted: Thu Dec 14th, 2017 10:02 am |
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stew77 Admin 
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Both gorgeous vintage arrivals Simon!  Thanks for the details, and great to see you posting up! Enjoy the new ones!!!
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| Posted: Fri Dec 15th, 2017 05:46 am |
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Simon_Leung 3T WIS
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No, Eddyboi. The owner is a client of the watch store in which I work at. He bought a brand new Longines and gave me both watches as a gift. Cheers, Simon Last edited on Fri Dec 15th, 2017 05:47 am by Simon_Leung |
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| Posted: Fri Dec 15th, 2017 05:52 am |
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Simon_Leung 3T WIS
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Thank you Stew for the kind words. The Girard-Perrgaux is quite unique for it's age that it uses a 20mm lugs and my Wyler-Vetta uses a more conventional 18mm lugs, for a watch that is same size as my 36mm Rolex DateJust. Cheers, Simon
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| Posted: Tue May 28th, 2019 11:51 pm |
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Simon_Leung 3T WIS
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Correction: According to the serial number of the Girard-Perregaux Reference 1791. It was manufactured in 1946, not 1945 as mentioned earlier. Cheers, Simon
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| Posted: Tue Jun 4th, 2019 03:09 pm |
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Skipdawg 3T WIS 
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Two good one. Good to see you again.
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| Posted: Wed Feb 5th, 2020 03:51 am |
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Simon_Leung 3T WIS
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Thank you, Skipdawg. It's been such a long time that I forgotten my username and password.
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