Girard Perregaux Vintage Hunter wrist watch military WW1 trench silver officers

Increase traffic to your listing with Auctiva's FREE Scrolling Gallery. Oversize authentic hunter antique watch manufactured Girard Perregaux with new vintage crocodile band with 925 silver buckle. Measures 50 mm in diameter (excluding crown), very thin hunter case -11,7 mm. Case is in good condition after carefully hand polishing. It is fully hallmarked for swiss solid 900 silver.

All covers opening and closes with good click. Inside cover have grand prix 1889,1900, Paris exhibitions marks. Quality Swiss ancre movement 17 jewels, bimetallic. Compensated balance and blued steel overcoiled hairspring. Movement in good condition, serviced by my watchmaker sets and runs perfect and keep good time. Winding perfect and has about 40 hours power reserve.

Movement have marks Gerard Perregaux. Crown with 14 Kt gold plated.

Original metal dial with guilloche and mark Gerard - Perregaux. Mineral glass new old stock. New crocodile leather watch strap 22 mm, with sterling silver buckles. Watch band without holes, make hole on your wrist size. Fastenings of band and buckle are used standard removable watch pins.

Buckle and roller 925 silver. In 1854, Constant Girard married Marie Perregaux. It was from the union of their two names that the GIRARD-PERREGAUX Company. In 1867, Constant Girard presented his Tourbillon with three gold Bridges after years of research into the functional use of gold in watch movements.

This masterpiece was awarded the gold medal at the Universal exhibitions of Paris in 1867 and 1889, but declared ineligible in 1901 because it could not be equalled. In 1880, Constant Girard developed an extremely innovative concept for watches, the wristwatch, following an order by Emperor Wilhelm I of Germany for his naval officers. Two thousand were made, the first large-scale production of wristwatches in history. But the idea was considered outlandish and production was discontinued. It was not until the beginning of the twentieth century that the wristwatch became popular and enjoyed the industrial development that has made watchmaking one of the flagship industries of the Swiss economy.

In the early 20th century, Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin used a GIRARD-PERREGAUX watch to time the aeronautical trials of his airships. As wristwatches came into their own around 1910, GIRARD-PERREGAUX's reputation spread far and wide.

In 1928, Otto Graef, a German watchmaker and owner of MIMO (an International Maker of Gold Watches) bought out GIRARD-PERREGAUX's share capital. In 1930, sales of wristwatches exceeded sales of pocket watches for the first time, proof that Constant Girard was far ahead of his time when he developed the wristwatch as early as 1880.

The Second World War scarcely affected the company's activities. It continued to develop GIRARD-PERREGAUX both in Europe and on the American continent, but concentrated on MIMO for the European markets. In 1948, to meet the needs of an internationally renowned company, construction work began on the building at 1 Girardet Place, La Chaux-de-Fonds. Restored in 1988, this building is still the Manufactory's head office.

I WILL DO MY BEST TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. The item "Girard Perregaux Vintage Hunter wrist watch military WW1 trench silver officers" is in sale since Tuesday, October 27, 2015. This item is in the category "Jewelry & Watches\Watches\Wristwatches". The seller is "antiquewristcom" and is located in Riga.

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Style: Vintage
Band Material: Alligator leather, silver 925
Year of Manufacture: Pre-1920
Movement: Mechanical: Hand-winding
Case Material: 0.900 silver
Serial nbr: 403375
Country: Swetzerland
Glass: Mineral NOS
Brand: Girard-Perregaux
Model: Full Hunter