Gerard Perregaux 1st Quartz.
The first commercially available Swiss Quartz watch. Deep 70’s kitsch and feeds my GP obsession at a non crazy price from super interesting dealer Gisbert Joseph in Mallorca.
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Bryan
I live in North London and have a small collection of watches, vintage and modern. I like to meet and talk to like minded people.
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Nice! There is a Gerard Perregaux quartz watch from the '70s that is one of my grail watches; the Casquette.
It's a driver's model like the Bulova Computron, and I would love to have one for my collection.
A very cool & interesting watch, do you know what movement was used in it?
I really like that. What's the lug to lug?
A very cool & interesting watch, do you know what movement was used in it?
It’s an in house Gerard Perregaux movement developed away from the other Swiss Manufacturers who had banded together to make a new battery powered quartz movment. Gerard Perregaux went their own way though and got their watch out first, and that’s why these watches are known as “1st Quartz”.
I really like that. What's the lug to lug?
I haven’t measured but as you can see, it has no lugs and is about 46 across, I would say
Nice! There is a Gerard Perregaux quartz watch from the '70s that is one of my grail watches; the Casquette.
It's a driver's model like the Bulova Computron, and I would love to have one for my collection.
They did reissue it recently but it's pricey as hell at more than 4000 US dollars.
They did reissue it recently but it's pricey as hell at more than 4000 US dollars.
Yeah, that price is what keeps it as a grail instead of a definite future purchase. 😅
Yeah, that price is what keeps it as a grail instead of a definite future purchase. 😅
Well, it's more of a grail for digital watch fans, indeed.
Was this like the Beta 21 with a sweeping seconds hand, or does it tick more like a now-traditional quartz?
Nice! There is a Gerard Perregaux quartz watch from the '70s that is one of my grail watches; the Casquette.
It's a driver's model like the Bulova Computron, and I would love to have one for my collection.
I never really understood the appeal of this model...