Girard Perregaux 1791 Dress Watch, 1950s
Ref. T621203 · Calibre Girard Perregaux 91Condition — Lightly polished case, original dial with even cream patina
Provenance — Bought at auction online, like most of what I keep.
The first thing I noticed lifting this one out was the shape of the case, not the dial: those flared, almost architectural lugs curl right off the tonneau body, and the profile shot shows how deep and faceted the crystal sits above them. The dial itself has gone a soft champagne-grey with age, with raised gilt Arabic numerals at 12, 2, 4, 8 and 10, a recessed subsidiary seconds register, and gold dauphine hands that still catch light cleanly. There's speckled patina and light staining across the surface, more pronounced near the edges, and the case shows brassing at the lug tips and case back where gold fill has worn through to base metal. I had the movement out to photograph it: a manual-wind 17-jewel caliber, clean and unmodified as far as I can tell, with the Girard-Perregaux 1791 stamp still crisp. I'd point this one at a buyer who wants case architecture and dial character over sharp edges, and who doesn't mind wear that's clearly from use rather than neglect.
Buying from a stranger, in short. Every fault I know of is in the listing, and if you find one I missed, the return stands. Take the watch to a watchmaker of your choosing before you pay — I have never once objected. Fourteen days to send it back, for any reason at all.
Privatverkauf. Everything described above — case, dial, hands, lume, rate and service history — is agreed condition for this watch and I stand behind all of it. Beyond that, the watch is sold excluding liability for material defects, as is normal between private individuals for a vintage mechanical object of this age. That exclusion does not cover anything I have misdescribed or failed to disclose, and never covers injury or intent.
Fourteen days to return it for any reason — my own promise, not a statutory withdrawal right. Terms · How I describe condition
