Gérald Genta Retro G.3632

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Condition: Excellent
Year of Production: 1990
Case Size: 36mm
Case Material: Stainless steel
Dial Color: White
Bracelet/Strap: Leather
Movement Type: Automatic
Box: Yes
Papers: No
Location: Switzerland
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Ref. G3632A rare, whimsical, attractive and very interesting stainless steel automatic wristwatch with retrograde minutes and jump hours time system in the shape of Donald Duck playing golf, and mother-of-pearl sky and minute track

Condition Report Sign Up or Login , Ref. G3632 A rare, whimsical, attractive and very interesting stainless steel automatic wristwatch with retrograde minutes and jump hours time system in the shape of Donald Duck playing golf, and mother-of-pearl sky and minute track, Circa 1990 36mm Diameter Case and dial signed Condition Report Sign Up or Login Manufacturer : Gérald Genta Year : Circa 1990 Reference No : G3632 Case No : 79'927 Model Name : Retro Material : Stainless steel Calibre : Automatic, cal. GA3R, jeweled Bracelet/Strap : Leather Clasp/Buckle : Stainless steel pin buckle Dimensions : 36mm Diameter Signed : Case and dial signed Accessories : Accompanied Gerald Genta warranty card label-stamped by Biassono (italy) retailer "Gioielleria Pozzi", instruction booklet, sale tag, presentation box and outer packaging Catalogue Essay The present watch exemplifies how one can own a piece of watchmaking history - and quite an important one, in hindsight - without having to spend millions of dollars. As by today’s standard the association between pop culture icons - both fantasy ones as well as real-life ones - and watchmaking is a most cemented trend, it is difficult to imagine a time when putting a cartoon character on a watch was considered blasphemy. The very first one to infringe this taboo was indeed what is arguably the most gifted watch designer (and, later, maker) of all times: Mr. Gerald Genta. When he first showed such creations at Basel World in 1984 - where for the first time in history the likes of Mickey Mouse, The Pink Panther and Popey made an appearance on high-end mechanical timepieces - the organisers commented that “such a serious exhibition…has no room for mice, panthers, Popeye and other unsuitable characters” and Genta consequently decided to retire from the show. The 1984 EuropaStar article from which the previous excerpt is taken continues with what now sounds like a very prophetic question: “The use of … cartoon figures may shock us today because they seem to belong to a minor art. But what about tomorrow?”. Being tomorrow today, we all know what the answer to that question is, and it all started from a scorned line of timepieces of which the present watch is a remarkable example. One of the most committed merging of pop-culture and watchmaking, it truly checks all the boxes: precious metals? Check: mother-of-pear dial. Complicated movement? Check: retrograde minutes, jumping hours. Pop culture reference? Double check: beyond the obvious Donald, golf itself is a sort of pop-culture sport. Read More Ref. G3632 A rare, whimsical, attractive and very interesting stainless steel automatic wristwatch with retrograde minutes and jump hours time system in the shape of Donald Duck playing golf, and mother-of-pearl sky and minute track

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Gérald Genta Retro G.3632 | Stainless steel
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