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Author:  Driver8 [ Thu Apr 22, 2010 11:23 am ]
Post subject:  GP Frustration
I've been looking into Girard Perregaux Sea Hawks, as they very much fit the bill of the type of watches I like - i.e. 44mm (some of them), steel cased (some of them), and in-house movements (all of them). So far so good........ but really irritatingly they don't combine all the design cues I want in one watch!!!! :evil:

1. They do a 44mm steel version, small seconds and plain black dial, and the cool trident and "weird creature thing" on the caseback that looks great...... BUT it has a rubber bezel, which I hate on all watches.
http://www.geekwatches.com/wp-content/u ... awk-ii.jpg

2. They do a 44mm steel version with a steel bezel and small seconds......... BUT it has a carbon fibre dial that's emblazoned with "BMW Oracle Racing" :roll: , and it omits the cool trident and "weird creature thing" on the caseback.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images ... &s=watches

3. Then they do a 44mm version, with no rubber bezel, a nice non-BMW dial, and the cool caseback........... BUT it's made of TITANIUM and is missing the small seconds!!
http://www.thewatchquote.com/Girard-Per ... o_4225.htm

4. Then they do a steel version, with a steel bezel, a plain dial, and cool caseback....... BUT it's only 42mm and also doesn't have the small seconds!!! Arrrgh!
http://www.p178host.com/gpgallery/seaha ... 1_6146.jpg

If I could get the one at the top, and then get hold of a bezel off the second one, I'd consider it, but as it is....... shame.
Author:  Tim S [ Thu Apr 22, 2010 4:23 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: GP Frustration
Ha what a quandry D8, I guess you're not meant to have one :-)

GP are another brand I know little about. What are they like in terms of quality, value for money etc?

I like the look of them from first glance but agree with a lot of your commentary.
Author:  Roffensian [ Thu Apr 22, 2010 5:09 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: GP Frustration
Good quality brand, one of those that I have always wanted to like, but never quite made it.

Tim, I wouldn't put them quite in JLC / IWC company, but the in house movements are a nice advantage.
Author:  Driver8 [ Fri Apr 23, 2010 1:11 am ]
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Personally I'd put GP a bit above IWC, but definitely below JLC. I guess I'm like Roff whereby I like them, but I can't find one that exactly hits the spot. It's annoying when you see all the things you like in a range, but spread over 4 different models! :lol:

As you say Tim, I guess it's not meant to be.
Author:  Roffensian [ Fri Apr 23, 2010 5:16 am ]
Post subject:  Re: GP Frustration
Not that much like me - I prefer the Richeville range to the Seahawks :lol:

ww.tc are the ones that I keep coming back to, but there's just something about them that doesn't do it for me.
Author:  Zirotti [ Fri Apr 23, 2010 5:30 am ]
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That first one is bad-ass.
Author:  Driver8 [ Fri Apr 23, 2010 9:41 am ]
Post subject:  Re: GP Frustration
Zirotti wrote:
That first one is bad-ass.

I agree with you Zirotti, and if only the bezel was steel, or ceramic, or even an anodized aluminium insert like an SMP, rather than naff old rubber, then I'd be on it.
Author:  RJRJRJ [ Sat Apr 24, 2010 11:26 pm ]
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The first one the nicest one without question, WITH the rubber bezel. Ive always thought those GPs looked off with the metal bezels.
Author:  Mofongo [ Sun Apr 25, 2010 11:47 pm ]
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D8, you have my luck like whenever I try to buy cars or AV equipment. I'll have a list of 3 features that I absolutely want, and no model from any manufacturer will have all 3 of them. They each will have 1 or 2 plus 58 other features I don't want. I dunno why it's so hard...It's like companies strategically design flaws into everything they sell. There's probably some marketing principle behind all of this.

///M
Author:  Driver8 [ Mon Apr 26, 2010 2:22 am ]
Post subject:  Re: GP Frustration
RJRJRJ wrote:
The first one the nicest one without question, WITH the rubber bezel.

I agree as far as the look goes : it's just the fact that it's rubber than bugs me. Even if it was annodised black the steel it'd be OK, but the ideal would be ceramic.

@Mofongo - you're so right! :lol:
Author:  Dogmann [ Mon Apr 11, 2011 5:11 pm ]
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Posted answer in wrong thread now moved.

Marc
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