Cutting Edge

With 225 years of watchmaking under its belt, Girard-Perregaux celebrates its most classic line – the 1966 – with something a little more modern. Like all watches in this family, the 1966 Skeleton is round, simple and slim. Unlike many of its siblings, however, the Skeleton uses the new Calibre GP- 1800, which fills up the 38mm case with its 30mm size much better than the 25.6mm GP-3300 could have. It’s also the first watch with this movement to lack a central seconds hand and, instead, has a small seconds at 10 o’clock. The skeletonisation, which extends to the rotor as well, is beautiful but more contemporary than what you’d expect from a 1966, and is finished with chamfered edges, and satin and brushed finishing.