They make a good watch now. I had this guy:
https://omegaforums.net/threads/girard-perregaux-evo-3-laureato-moonphase.45146/
And really enjoyed it. Ultimately traded it, the market is ice cold and they take a killing blow on the secondary market. I reached out to MANY of the forum sellers and most of them did not want to touch it. Some of the big AD's who do a TON of pre-owned offered me pennies for it, a laughable amount. It's certainly not like Rolex/Omega where you can "buy a plane ticket" with your watch in the span of the afternoon.. Oh no.. Maybe an afternoon snack?
Anyway my ownership experience was generally positive but I do think part of owning a "luxury" item is the curb appeal. I have some watch loving friends and all of them had to ask - "what is that?" Not that this is a bad thing.. But for many people, spending $$$ on a swiss time piece, part of the fun is having something recognizable, something to be proud of and to have "those who know, know". For the GP's, noooot a lot of people are "in the know".
I am a white gold over yellow gold, smaller case over bigger case, personal watch enjoyment kind of guy - but even so, the GP was so far under the radar that it did get to me a little bit. I think it's part of human nature.
Bottom line is, if you like it, buy it, it's a buyer's market on (most of) these GP's. Cheers and happy holidays!
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