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GR, la montre de randonnée

GR, the hiking watch

Maybe you like to enjoy your weekend by taking beautiful walks in nature and for that you want to wear a different watch from the one you usually wear during the week? A watch more suited to your weekend activities such as hiking for example? It is with this idea in mind that we imagined our men's watch "GR" . Indeed, GR means "Grande Randonnée" and it is a trademark registered by the French Hiking Federation with whom we had the opportunity to form a partnership. Today, the Charlie team presents its hiking watch in partnership with the FFR.

The hiking watch, by CHARLIE

At Charlie Paris, we offer you a hiking watch: the GR. Designed and assembled in France, the GR is a waterproof watch with an interchangeable strap that stands the test of time and nature. It has a design inspired by the past but with a resolutely modern sporty character. As a nod to the red and white markers that you find on the Grande Randonnée trails, we have engraved on the back of the watch the markings "change direction to the right", "change direction to the left", "good direction", "bad direction". The GR watch has an ultra-resistant sapphire crystal and a 316L stainless steel watch case. This hiking watch has hands equipped with Super-Luminova which allows it to be readable even at night, practical if you are camping. In addition, our GR watch is a 10 ATM waterproof watch, so it will be able to accompany you if you want to swim with it in a river along your long-distance hiking trail. Finally, our "Grande Randonnée" watch has an interchangeable strap system, so you can adopt a sporty style by choosing a nylon or steel strap. And if you want to wear your GR watch with a more formal outfit, you can choose one of our leather watch straps like our brown leather strap.

Our watch brand in partnership with the French Hiking Federation

GR® means Grande Randonnée and is a registered trademark of the French Hiking Federation with whom we have established a partnership. So that you can walk serenely, 8,500 passionate volunteer marker-collectors are active all year round, GPS, paintbrush or pruning knife in hand. Creation, maintenance, marking ... the markers of the FFRandonnée are the first protective ramparts of a living and fragile network, rich in 180,000 km of trails!

The origins of the first GR :

The origins of the first GR begin with Jean Loiseau, a nature and hiking enthusiast since his first experiences with the scouts around 1910. In order not to live his passion alone, he founded a walking group, the "Compagnons voyageurs" with whom he would explore the many hiking trails in France and Europe. The law on the first paid holidays of June 20, 1936 offered workers 2 weeks of paid leave per year. The notions of leisure and pleasure developed, the French thus had more time to hike. In 1946, with the help of the TourningClub de France, Jean Loiseau set up a master plan to mark out the paths and trails of the national territory. The National Committee of Long-distance Hiking Trails (CNSGR), called (FFR) since 1978, was born in 1947 and that same year the first marked trail was created. The first 28 kilometers of the GR 3 route between Orléans and Beaugency have just been marked out for the general public Today, this sports federation has more than 250,000 members.

Choosing a hiking watch suited to your practice

If you are looking for a hiking watch, the important thing is to choose a solid, waterproof watch, with a strap that can withstand sweat and that you like when you wear it on your wrist. Today, hiking enthusiasts can take advantage of the latest technologies such as smartwatches that offer many features (GPS, average speed, etc.). However, if you like outdoor activities and do not want to be connected to your watch but rather to nature, a watch like ours is perfect!

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