Gérald Genta: Icon of Time
Gérald Genta: Icon of Time
Gérald Genta
Design of a Universal Genève bracelet watch with accompanying NFT Circa 1965
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Gérald Genta
Design of a Universal Genève bracelet watch with accompanying NFT
Circa 1965
Medium: watercolour on paper
Dimensions: 210 x 148 mm
Signed: yes
Numbered: N/A
Brand: Universal Genève
Model: N/A
Complication: day, date
Remark: opal dial
Accompanied by: design in the form of a NFT, digital certificate in the form of a NFT and authentication certificate
Gérald Genta's first legendary contribution to watchmaking was the SAS Polerouter commissioned in 1954 by Universal Genève in order to commemorate the historic flight from Copenhagen to Los Angeles via the North Pole. Before leaving the brand in the mid-1960s, he also drew the present bracelet watch with day and date function. While not commercialized exactly the way he designed it, Universal Genève went on to make different examples with very similar dial layouts.