Your GP could very likely be restored to pristine condition. Wouldn't be cheap, though.
OTOH, a GP isn't cheap. On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 3:37 PM, Bill Hawkins <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, this thread caused me to dig out a Girard-Perregaux > Gyromatic 39 jewel self-winder that my father gave me in the > late fifties, after his trip to Switzerland. > > To your point, the face just has five horizontal lines that > cross it. There are no numbers except for the day window. > The ends of the lines mark the hours. It has a second hand. > There are no marks at 6 and 12. > > Sadly, the dial "crystal" is acrylic, and badly scratched. > But maybe that would work for you to make things even fuzzier > - if, that is, the watch was for sale. > > Bill Hawkins > (who would not like to show up for a train on the wrong > side of the 10 minute tolerance.) > > -----Original Message----- > From: J. Forster > Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 2:05 PM > > ----- snip ----- > > Since then, I've discovered I really don't need to know time > to much better than +/- 10 minutes. > > FWIW, > > -John > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
