Girard Perregaux

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First GP - I fell for a pretty face

I'm generally not one to make rash decisions with my watches and in fact, being a member of the Purists community gives so much exposure that measured decisions must be the norm.  However, I was absolutely bowled over by this GP and it has recently become a welcome member of my humble collection. 

There were a number of elements that I think GP got absolutely right on this:

a) Steel case which at 40mm is not too big and not too small.
b) Balanced dial proportions - not something to take for granted these days!
c) Smart use of colors - cream dial evoking an sense of patina, blued chronograph and small seconds hands, use of red markers at the top of the registers, and use of applied numerals rather than markers.  The gold, steel, blue, and red made for a real "wow" factor.
d) Attractively priced given steel case, and layered movement (fly-back chronograph on top of in-house time-only).

My one complaint (and this has been echoed by others in the past for similar models) is that i could have done without the date window.  That said, it has been done in a way that is as least distracting as possible which is much appreciated.

I believe this model is a limited edition (mine is numbered) of area 250 or so if I recall correctly from the AD.  If so, I think it is too bad as I think something like this should be a regular production model (no date please!).  I've been able to find almost nothing about it on the internet and, oddly, it does not appear on the GP website.  The model number 49585 matches the "Rallye Monte Carlo 1973" model which I also examined but obviously different.  The model itself seems more in the style of the 4958 and reading some earlier posts it seems GP might have a reputation for some regional variations. 

In any case, I found it impossible to resist and so please enjoy some photos - all the best in the new year:

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