petite seconde

Girard-Perregaux 1966 Petite Seconde Watch

Small seconds are in this year for Girard-Perregaux. New for 2011 will be this "Petite Seconde" model in the brand's 1966 watch collection. Though I must admit the dial, with its classic feel and Breguet style numbers looks like something from well before 1966. The case on the other hand still feels about right with the purported era. As a formal watch does with a simple dial and Arabic numerals, this watch is hard to beat. Love the blued steel hands and the very tiny touch of red for the number "60" in the subsidiary seconds dial. You used to see watches like this from a long time ago with a red colored "12." People used to guess why it was red, but I am thinking that it was just for style. As such, the dial has white, black, blue, and red making for a good sophisticated look. Oh, and the dial is gonna look extra good because it is done in enamel. Fancy! But really not "1966."

The case is still 40mm wide in 18k white or rose gold, and has a sapphire crystal over the front and back. Inside the relatively thin case is an in-house made Girard-Perregaux GP03300-50 automatic movement. The movement is finely decorated and has a gold rotor. Look for this timepiece sometime next year.

Ariel Adams publishes the luxury watches reviews site aBlogtoRead.com.

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Cimier Petite Seconde Venom Watch

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Filed under: Timepieces / Watches

Nice watch Cimier! Though it looks a lot like Maurice Lacroix from a design perspective. I will chock it up to flattering emulation of some of their looks. To a degree Cimier did the slightly asymmetrical look on this Petite Seconde Venom watch better.

The watch was done as a collaboration between Cimier and a soccer (ahem, football?) player in Europe named Jorg Stiel. The Swiss player was know for being a good goalie, and currently coaches - I believe. Well he is apparently also a watch lover, and wanted something in yellow and black (a trendy color combo this season for watches). The Cimier Petite Seconde Venom is in a PVD black steel case with sapphire crystal on the front and back of the watch. Inside the watch is the all to common ETA Unitas 6497 manually wound movement. While a very simple movement, it is hardy and reliable, and cleans up pretty nicely when decorated. Here Cimier gave the movement a nice black finish.

As part of the Cimier MasterArt Selection watch collection, the Petite Seconde Venom watch really shines in the dial. The sharp looking high contrast look takes black and white with yellow accents to a new level of cool. Pretty easy to read as well, and the yellow hands are a pleasure to look at. The watch is fitted with a yellow toned (I want to say python strap). Which is odd because the watch is called the "Venom" and a python is a venom-less constrictor snake. The watch will be limited to 200 pieces and retail for 1,560 euros.

Ariel Adams publishes the luxury watch review site aBlogtoRead.com.

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