18K GIRARD-PERREGAUX MEN'S MECHANICAL WATCH, 1982 NIB

the HIS of a unique HIS 'N HER
 pas de deux now offered









Swiss Jewelers is a family-run business located in an old school
shopping mall in Marina del Rey, CA, that's about the distance of a
seagull's dive from Santa Monica Bay

it's original proprietor was factory trained and certified by
Girard-Perregaux and had moved to the US a few years before, 
 so it was only natural that from 1969 to 1989, Swiss Jewelers
served as the sole authorized Girard-Perregaux service center
for the western half of the U. S. 

in 1982,  the shop custom ordered a staggering-looking His & Her 
set of Girard-Perregaux 18K white gold watches that shared
 smart, complementary  shapes and rich woven textures, 
adding diamonds where diamonds were deserved 

as it turned out, this gorgeous pair of watches was 'adopted'
more than it was put on the selling block, as it has sat in the
Swiss Jewelers' safe for most of the next 27 years, and only
occasionally making a guest appearance in the shop's
featured display case --- that is, until now

it's time someone experience first hand that this
refinely opulent and tres chic Girard-Perregaux 18K
white gold man's watch will just as effortlessly knock
your sox off with its good looks as it will tell you the
correct Swiss time, and that 'someone' should be you 

case 
solid 18k white gold - rhodium plated
rectangular shape with slightly rounded corners
34 mm x 24 mm

 engraved to exterior: 381 WF
engraved to interior:
GIRARD-PERREGAUX 1791 
18k / 0,0750
GP + UNIDENTIFIED HALLMARK

 
dial
finely speckled granulation of more
dark than light particles

eleven silver tone single-stroke hour markers
and raised silver tone GP for 12:00

raised silver-tone SWISS below 6:00 marker

silver-tone hour and minute hands
(that change color by reflecting non-silver)

dial protected by sapphire crystal


movement
17 jewel mechanical wound by
18K white gold crown embossed with G-P

stamped to plate: METALL
stamped to back of movement:
GIRARD-PERREGAUX
741-269
UNADJUSTED
SEVENTEEN 17 JEWELS 
SWISS