MrkK
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The finishing is not industrial, but also not at the level of Patek etc.
I was lucky to be able to own or handle most of Venus based rattrapante chronographs with the exception of Paul Picot and Parmigiani: Franck Muller, Daniel Roth, Panerai, GP, UN. Daniel Roth had a best finishing by far, fairly close to the likes of Patek. The finishing of the rest is ok, but nothing special: the levers were beveled, but the quality of beveling wasn't great, the countersinks weren't beveled, the bridges and cocks have Geneva stripes, but its quality was not at the level of the best. That still doesn't diminish appeal of Venus rattrapante chronographs. They all are exceptionally rare and fun to own. I find UN most interesting because they all had soccer minutes totalizer: 45 min instead of usual 30.
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Girard-Perregaux ref 9017 with a Venus 179 movement
From the archives … (pics from an auction house and from other online sources) Ö- Retrrapante vertical column mono-pusher chronograph. Ö- Manual wind. Ö- 40 mm case diameter. Ö- Solid gold case and applied Arabic numbers and hands. Ö- Heat blued central c...
Lovely watches with a beautiful movement one could once also
find in the Paul Picot Atelier 310.
Yes panerai secured a few Venus 179 movements
As well at the auction. But I believe the GP execution and finishing of them to be the best.
Yes 🙌
A batch of 50 Venus 179 movement/ were found and went to auction. GP, Paul Picot and Panerai bought them. Was there one more company in that list …? Hmm 🤔 The finishing done by GP is considered the best between the the other 2 brands from what I have read...
White gold
Very few were produced: White gold : 5 Pink gold: 14 Yellow gold: 5 There were also 5 in Platinum and 2 in Titanium 🤗
Agree … Hidden gems of the GP neo vintage era under
The Macaluso family ownership Luigi Macaluso signature on the certificate.
Me too. Red gold and black dial.
I Will need to get a pair. Ivory dial platinum and black dial red gold. Good to have dreams … 😃
Yes
Never ending dreams of beautifully polished intricate ticking time devices. We should create an association that buys watches for his members so everybody in this forum can try and wear a huge number of watches that normally wouldn’t be able to wear in a ...
Fantastic watch, real feast for the eyes, thanks for this!
BTW, looking at this movement pictures would anyone be able to comment on the level of finishing vs. Lemania-based chronos from Patek, Breguet and Vacheron please? Thanks!
You are welcome.
To answer your question on finishing, I think as good as what you see on Lemania movements from patek etc. The main thing about this GP is the Venus 179 movement is much more rare and no longer in production. So finishing aside, it’s more about the calbre...
Thanks Mark
of course I get the story about this movement, but still interested in understanding whether it is finished industrially or above that. It is clearly not the level of AD17 from Atelier de Chronometrie but hope it is somewhere close to Patek 5070. Thanks.
The finishing is not industrial, but also not at the level of Patek etc.
I was lucky to be able to own or handle most of Venus based rattrapante chronographs with the exception of Paul Picot and Parmigiani: Franck Muller, Daniel Roth, Panerai, GP, UN. Daniel Roth had a best finishing by far, fairly close to the likes of Patek....
Thanks so much, MrkK, very interesting.
And indeed lucky you to be able to own or even just handle many of these rarities!
