The collection from Girard-Perregaux has greatly increased with the apparition of the Girrard-Perregaux 1966 Annual Calendar and Equation of Time. This watch appears when most of us think that the constructor is outrun by other companies. But they have managed to prove to the world that the Girrard-Perregaux is a famous crafting Swiss team just like all others. The watch was created to bring tribute to the Swiss tradition with a perfect combination between harmony and elegance. The entire genius behind the watch is the new system called GP033M0. This system has the amazing property of automatically keep track of the time all over the year and it needs only one correction in a whole year on every 28 February.

     The case of the watch is made from solid gold but the combination of colors is unique so the watch doesn’t look like gold and it looks more like copper. The diameter of the entire watch is 40 millimeters and with the 3 separated dials the watch looks exclusively for men but there is also a woman version. Inside the watch the mechanical parts where created with precise and unique instrument. The latest discovery in mechanics, a lathe, that can work with a precision of nanometers and also can work with very hard materials like titanium or gold. Between the 1 o’clock and 2 o’clock we can find the day’s calendar that is design in circle, and the indicator is made from blue steeliness steel. A calendar is not complete without the month indicator and that is found near the 5 and 6 hours and also with a blue indicator.

     When it comes about the hour, minutes and seconds indicators, it is totally a different story. The hours and the minutes are indicated by pink gold arrows and the amazing properties of those is even if there are made from a metal like gold there are non-magnetic when it cams to earth gravity, why, well look like that is a company secret and engineers from Girrard-Perregaux don’t want every body to know that. The second’s indicator is also separate and design in a perfect circle near the 10 hour and has also a blue indicator and the amazing property of this is that it can work as a chronometer.

     Girrard-Perregaux 1966 Annual Calendar and Equation of Time has gathered its true name because of an equation of time that is incorporated on it. Near the four o’clock we can find something that looks like a time keeper but it is backwards. What we are trying to say is that the “+” sign is to the left and the “-“to the right. First you will think that this is a barometer or an altimeter or anything else that you have seen on other watches but that is incorrect. That is a “true time keeper” it actually calculates the correct time, and the reference point is the sun. So yes time does fluctuates and sometimes even if our watches work perfectly they are not indicating the correct time. This device will show you what difference is between your local time and the correct time when we speak about our position to the sun. But know it remains the problem of correct functions from all of the components. This astronomical equation of time is possible only because the Girrard-Perregaux has developed an elliptical cam that can reproduce the movement of the Earth and the movement of the Sun, but also the need for an annual disk is required. You realize that inside this watch is a wheel of maximum 40 millimeters that has 365 knurls on it. This way of keeping time has never been encountered to any other watches and the engineers of Girrard-Perregaux are proudly to present this discovery to the world.

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