A Not So Novel Novelty

Courtesy of Girard-Peregaux

After a fairly shambolic (sorry, there is no nice way to say it) BaselWorld this past March, Girard-Perregaux is girding its loins for their return to the SIHH next month.  And although they refer to this new piece as one of their novelties, it is not really anything that earth shattering.  But in fairness, here it is and I leave you to make up your own mind.

The above and below are iterations of Girard-Perregaux's WW.TC.  Apparently the big news here is that it is part of the 1966 Collection.

Courtesy of Girard-Perregaux

Here are the pertinents -

1966 WW.TC

Case

Material: steel or 18K pink gold

Diameter: 40.00 mm

Thickness: 12.00 mm

Crystal: sapphire glass

Case-back: sapphire

Dial: opaline silver-toned

Hands: leaf-type

Water resistance. 30 metres (3 ATM, 3 bar)

Movement

Reference: GP03300-0022/0027 (pink gold/steel model), automatic

Diameter: 25.60 mm (11½’’’) 

Thickness: 5.71 mm

Frequency: 28,800 Vib/h – (4 Hz)

Number of components: 248

Jewels: 32

Power reserve: min. 46 hours

Functions: hours, minutes, small seconds, world time with day/night indicator

Strap/Bracelet

Leather strap: alligator leather with topstitching

Metal bracelet: steel

Clasp: folding type in steel or 18K pink gold

Reference: 49557-52-131-BB6C (pink gold model, alligator leather strap)

Reference: 49557-11-132-BB6C (steel model, alligator leather strap)

Reference: 49557-11-132-11A (steel model, steel bracelet)