[curiousMan]

GP Gyromatic with ETA 1256 inside from est 1950-54s. Men's watch 33mm, rather small by today's standard.

The watch is about 60 yrs old then. Its price when new - after the inflation adjustment - would be about $1500 now. Also affordable today since it was just $170 on eBay

Movement info bidfun-db Archiv: Uhrwerke: Girard-Perregaux 47 (ETA 1256) , pricing from http://gp.watchprosite.com/show-forumpost/fi-6/pi-1738157/ti-267039/s--3/

I know it's a vintage, but within the affordable series "under the microscope" let's look inside and see what quality GP produced in that era with their tools & machinery for such price market. Also remember that it has run for so long and it was( probably) serviced many times during six decades! E.g. just look at those screws...

 

[fatehbajwa]

At first look, I would say this has the best finish of all the watches you have posted here(microscope pictures).


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[AsAnAtheist]

The finishing aspect not entirely, the Hamilton has better finishing but he could not show it (polished gears for example).
But it sure does hold a candle to the rest.

 

[gagnello]

Pretty impressive considering this is a 60 year old watch. I would love to see what a modern GP would look like. I would imagine high end watches like GP would look pretty flawless under high magnification if a 60 year old one looks like that.

 

[flori78]

Can you do this for a Rolex submarine?

 

[curiousMan]

Can you do this for a Rolex submarine?

I have to buy it first

 

[sirgilbert357]

Come on, someone!! Step up and send the man your Submariner! Or your AP Royal Oak, or your Vacheron Constantin or your Patek...lol.

 

[curiousMan]

Come on, someone!! Step up and send the man your Submariner! Or your AP Royal Oak, or your Vacheron Constantin or your Patek...lol.

yeah!

 

[mpalmer]

Looks brilliant, especially considering the age.

 

[skywatch]

I am impressed, to say the least. One of the prettiest features might be the little fleur-de-lis cut-outs inside the gears. Someone spent time adding beauty to a thing that's hidden inside. There is also a fresh hand-made quality to the etching of the letters, excellent but not mechanically perfect.

This is fun!

 

[Unique1]

Hand made quality etching? Look closely; that appears welded on there with a bead of brass or bronze. Now who could weld like that back then? Wow! what an example of skill and quality. Correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[GTB]

I am impressed, to say the least. One of the prettiest features might be the little fleur-de-lis cut-outs inside the gears. Someone spent time adding beauty to a thing that's hidden inside. There is also a fresh hand-made quality to the etching of the letters, excellent but not mechanically perfect.

This is fun!

All done by hand...even the technology to make the tools would be so old that the designers and makers would mostly be gone. Awesome that we can look at their hard work in a way that few others have ever done, and appreciate their skill and efforts.

I am very impressed. Thank you again for sharing!

 

[The Naf]

I am most impressed. And by no means even close to knowledgeable in these matters but if that watch has been serviced a few times it has been taken great care of. Even the screws don't look so bad...Perhaps also an indication as to the pride that watch-smiths used to place in their work. I doubt you'd get the same level of pride in ones work when one is made to work for minimum wage churning out the numbers to fill someone elses coffers...but lets not get into that shall we hehe...