As this is an early serial number it is likely that this watch was made late in 2000. In total Girard-Perregaux made 2,000 F1-2000 watches, and this is number 257. Ferrari is a magical name to associate with any brand, and they had been working with Girard-Perregaux for a number of years before the championship winning year. Sell your Girard Perregaux watch. Find your Girard Perregaux model by searching a keyword or your model number below.
Serial, case and movement numbers, if available, can assist in dating your timepiece and the authentication process when purchasing. Selected production date tables and serial number projects (where a site tries to aggregate serial numbers from visitors who submit watch information) are shown below. Please let me know if there are others we should include or there are resources with more accurate information.
Benrus
Have not been able to locate information. Please contact me if you know of one.
Breitling
Current Breitling reference model Numbers explained [The Unofficial Breitling Source]
Breitling Serial Numbers from 1944 [Brittons Watches]
Breitling serial numbers for chronograph and non-chronograph [WatchesToBuy]
Bulova
Determining the Date of a Bulova Watch [watchophilia]
Bulova serial numbers [The Watch Guy]
Girard-Perregaux
Have not been able to locate information. Please contact me if you know of a third-party source of production information.
Gruen
Gruen movement and case serial numbers [Gruen Wristwatches]
Hamilton
Hamilton Pocket Watch serial number table [Pocket Watch Site]
Hamilton both pre and post-1942 serial numbers [Vintage Watch Restoration]
Heuer
Heuer Chronograph Master Reference Table [OnTheDash]
IWC (International Watch Company)
IWC casing and movement numbers [Brittons Watches]
IWC Watch Serial Numbers [Elite Timepieces]
There are also IWC web apps that can help date a particular watch, see IWC Workbook Search and Date Your IWC
IWC serial numbers [Vintage Watch Restoration]
Jaeger-LeCoultre
No public production date table known. Worth a try is sending a request (with the engraved number at the back of the timepiece, a picture of the front and back as well as the reference of the movement) to client.relations.europe@jaeger-lecoultre.com (For Europe) and client.relations.us@jaeger-lecoultre.com (For the US).
You can receive production information by obtaining an extract.
Longines
Longines Serial Numbers, 1870-1968 [WatchesToBuy]
Longines Serials [Vintage Watch Restoration]
Mido
Have not been able to locate information. Mido Watches will reply (usually) to requests for information, though it is rather hit-or-miss in terms of detail provided. Please contact me if you know of a third-party source of production information.
Movado
The only source I have found is this Movado identification site. If you happen to know the source book used for these images, please contact me.
Omega
ilovemyspeedmaster (Moonwatch calibers 321, 861 and 1861 only)
Omega Speedmaster Evolution (Case, Calibre, and Serial Numbers) [Chronomaddox]
Omega Serial Numbers by Year [Chronomaddox]
Omega Vintage Watches [Omega]
Patek Philippe
Patek Philippe [Vintage Watch Restoration]
Rolex
Rolex production dates [Oysterworld via Vintage Rolex Forum]
Rolex Case Numbers and Case Number Project (button at top, via Vintage Rolex Forum). Case numbers by production date are shown at the bottom of the ‘Rolex Serial Number Project’ button. [Vintage Rolex Forum]
Rolex serial numbers with production dates [QualityTyme]
And some bonus reading on bracelets:
The Fascinating (And Totally Geeky) Story Of The Rolex Oyster Bracelet [Hodinkee]
Rolex C&I Bracelets, USA Made Oyster and Jubilee Bracelets [Rolex Vintage Forum]
Tissot
Tissot Serial Numbers
Tudor
Tudor Serial Number Project (button at top, via Vintage Rolex Forum). This only includes the project information, held in Google docs format. [Vintage Rolex Forum]
Tudor serial numbers with production dates [QualityTyme]
Universal Geneve
Universal Genève Information [Dre on omegaforums] through 2.57.
Universal Geneve, as with most other manufactures, does not provide information on serial number dates (we are left to figure this out via known extracts) nor production figures.
Girard Perregaux Watches Serial Numbers List
Vacheron Constantin
The below table is one commonly found on the internet. However, I am unable to match the dates in this table against known production dates (from Vacheron) against a set of watches from the 1940s. I have not reviewed this table more widely against other references across time.
Vacheron Serial Numbers [WatchesToBuy]
There is an alternative Vacheron serial number table that some use. I have however, found the top table from publised at WatchesToBuy to be more accurate. If you find otherwise, please give me a shout.
Zenith
No public production date table known. Please let us know if there is one we should include. You can receive production information by obtaining an extract.
Girard Perregaux Watches Serial Numbers Identification
This page will enable you to track down the production year of your vintage watch.
If you want to know which year your vintage watch was produced?– Then take a closer look at ” Serial numbers by year”.
While Omega keeps the serial number on the inside of the backcase Certina leaves the serial number visible on the out site of the watch back case accompanied with a reference. The two numbers serves the same pourposes as explained in the Omega chapter above-written. Though in the periode dating from 1958 to 1974 the reference number on Certina watch carried an encrypted message giving away, which calibre the watch was equipped with, which material the case was made from and which watch model you are dealing with.
Together with a reference number, the brand Omega placed their serial numbers on the inside of the backcase. One serial number indicates in which year or periode the watch was produced while the other number (the reference number) indicates which model or serie the specific watch belongs to.
Girard Perregaux Watches Serial Numbers Location
In some cases, such as the watches produced by the brand Eterna, serial numbers were not used as markers to know the year of origin. Instead Eterna made sure we can date watches since their calibers were only used in short periods of time.
To put a date of production on your vintag Longines watch you have to locate the serial number which most often is found on the in- & out-site of the back case. When you have got the serial number then look it up in our Longines serial number matrix. While seaching for the serial number please remember to enjoy the sight of your Longines watch movement.
The very early Tissot watches had the serial number engraved on the back site of the dial. Later on the serial numbers were made easier to locate. On most vintag Tissot watches you will be able to find the serial number engraved into the watch movement. While your are at it remember to note the calibre number of your watch it may come in handy some day.
