Show me your Gay Freres bracelet

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jantjewgm

·May 1, 2022

Good afternoon, hope you are doing well.
I was wondering whether there is a list of specific models that came originally on a bracelet made by Gay Freres. I know they made bracelets for several brands, but I am curious to see if someone has a list of all the models. Not sure if this exists. Thanks and have a good day.
Jan

 

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Dan S

·May 1, 2022

Why not change the title to "Show your Gay Freres bracelet" and make this thread into a compilation. Then you can edit the OP over time and make a list as a contribution to the forum.

 

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w154

·May 1, 2022

Here’s a start…

 

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hejsam

·May 1, 2022

Tissot, Certina, Universal Geneve..

 

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Vitezi

·May 1, 2022

Gay Freres Week was recently "celebrated" on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/gayfreresweek/

 

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JwRosenthal

·May 1, 2022

I don’t own one market GF but don’t forget the Rolex Oyster. Yet another thing Rolex can’t take credit for but tries to.

 

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JwRosenthal

·May 1, 2022

…and Tissot

just saw above. A ton of 60’s Tissot were stamped GF

 

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MRC

·May 1, 2022

GF, but not signed so

that was before it went to Hong Kong.


Attached to this for nearly 50 years so far

Why? It was already 7 years old and cheap from someone at work.

 

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Dan S

·May 1, 2022

IWC also.

Edited: May 1, 2022

 

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Fish70

·May 1, 2022

Had one on my Eterna Kontiki 20.

 

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Dan S

·May 1, 2022

Fish70

Had one on my Eterna Kontiki 20.

That's right, me too.

 

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GuiltunderGlass

·May 1, 2022

AP RO 5402 had them early on as well.

 

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jantjewgm

·May 17, 2022

The only one I own is this Tissot with GF bracelet. I love that IWC beads of rice 🥰

 

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sleepyastronaut

·May 17, 2022

JwRosenthal

I don’t own one market GF but don’t forget the Rolex Oyster. Yet another thing Rolex can’t take credit for but tries to.

Why shouldn't Rolex take credit? After all, GF is now part of Rolex.

 

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Mark020

·May 20, 2022·not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawer

 

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ConElPueblo

·May 26, 2022

Beside the ones on some of my Certinas, I think this one should be of interest to you:

It's a fairly dainty Omega from appr. 1934, but the interesting thing is that beside the GF stamp in the clasp, it also features an Omega logo:

I believe this is one of earliest - if not the earliest - example of a bracelet with a watch company logo on it. Bracelets were usually an add-on in this period, but on this reference it was featured in adverts as a selling point. In fact, Omega themselves marketed it as an integrated bracelet, predating the Constellations of the late sixties that were touted as having the first integrated bracelets by a mere 35 years 😀

 

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Speedmaster71

·Oct 6, 2022

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Scarecrow Boat

·Oct 6, 2022

‘71 GF ladder bracelet for Zenith/Movado 👍

 

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byunjoe

·Oct 8, 2022

I don't want to derail the topic but does anyone know of any sellers who specialize in vintage bracelets? I have two (one of which happens to be a GF) that may need repairing (bracelet stretch and broken springbar/pin) or just outright replacement.

 

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yonlo

·Apr 20, 2024

byunjoe

I don't want to derail the topic but does anyone know of any sellers who specialize in vintage bracelets? I have two (one of which happens to be a GF) that may need repairing (bracelet stretch and broken springbar/pin) or just outright replacement.

It's been a while since you posted this message, but worth asking if you ever found any? Particularly I'm looking for someone to make a custom-made ends for the wide brick-link model.