When more and more luxury watches are trying to catch people’s attention with complicated and novel designs, the The Girard-Perregaux 1966 Full Calendar Watch is almost going to the opposite. Yet its stylish simplicity is not capturing less hearts.
As its name indicated, the Girard-Perregaux 1966 Full Calendar Watch is in honor of GP’s achievement in the sixties of the last century, so it features some retro style. In 1966, Girard-Perregaux received the Centenary Prize of the Observatory of Neuchâtel for their accomplishment in introducing the groundbreaking movement oscillating at a frequency of 36,000 vibrations per hour whereas the highest frequencies at that time did not exceed 21,600 vibrations per hour.
The new GP 1966 Full Calendar looks handsome, elegant and modern. It displays the date, day, month, moon phase as well as the hour, minute and seconds on the 40 mm case in an uncluttered way. I love this extreme clean style. But I found the sweep seconds hand somewhat too long. And I found it a little bit strange to place the day window right next to the month window while the moon phase window is surrounded by the date display. I think these design may makes the date display less visible. Maybe that’s because I am used to my watch that shows the day next to the date. So I would suggest Girard-Perregaux put the month window around the moon phrase window, and put the date display next to the day window.
The 1966 Full Calendar comes in two versions, what we discussed above is the palladium version, which is a limited to only 199 pieces. The unlimited edition is in red gold, but looks much worse. And there is a diamond-paved variant of the red gold version that is so meretricious that I doubt why it could even exist. But funny thing about that it is said that both version are sold at the same price.
Despite of some minor design oversight, the Girard-Perregaux 1966 Full Calendar limited edition watch is a very nice looking watch. If you can spend $19,800 on a watch without a blink, then you should not hesitate to put on this gorgeous watch. But if that’s too hefty for you, you can always satisfy your luxury desire by checking our replica watches.