{"title":"Gerald Genta","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"collection-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGérald Genta\u003c\/strong\u003e designed the two most consequential luxury sport watches of the 20th century — the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak and the Patek Philippe Nautilus — and then, in 1969, founded his own atelier in Geneva to apply the same independent thinking to his own brand. The Gerald Genta brand produced some of the most architecturally ambitious watches of the 1980s and 1990s: integrated-bracelet sport pieces, jump-hour complications, retrograde indications, and the famously irreverent Disney-themed series. Bulgari acquired the brand in 2000, retired the original line, and reopened it as a heritage label. At Almaz Jewelry in Vienna we hold an estate selection of the Genta-era pieces collectors actually pursue.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe References That Matter\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nThe \u003cstrong\u003eRetro\u003c\/strong\u003e family — including the Retro Sport in our case — pioneered the retrograde-minutes-and-jump-hour display in a luxury sport context, with a curved dial that became one of Genta's signatures. The \u003cstrong\u003eArena\u003c\/strong\u003e brought the architect's sport watch language into the late-1990s era. The \u003cstrong\u003eMickey Mouse\u003c\/strong\u003e jump-hour series, derided by the watchmedia at launch and now firmly collector-grade, applied the same complication to a deliberately playful dial. Every piece is recognisable as Genta's own thinking, distinct from the maisons he designed for.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy Estate Gerald Genta\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nThe Bulgari-era Gerald Genta production is a separate market from the original Geneva-era pieces, and most serious collectors pursue the latter. Original-era Genta references in good condition appreciate steadily on the secondary market, and the supply is finite. Almaz authenticates each piece against archive reference material; case, dial, and movement must be matched and period-correct before listing.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eVisit Us in Vienna\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nAlmaz Jewelry • Stephansplatz 12, 1010 Wien • Monday–Saturday 10:00–18:30. Call \u003ca href=\"tel:+4315120085\"\u003e+43 1 512 00 85\u003c\/a\u003e or email \u003ca href=\"mailto:office@almaz.jewelry\"\u003eoffice@almaz.jewelry\u003c\/a\u003e.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eFrequently Asked Questions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is the difference between Gerald Genta and post-acquisition Bulgari production?\u003c\/strong\u003e The original Geneva atelier produced the brand from 1969 until Bulgari's 2000 acquisition; post-2000 production is Bulgari's. Collectors generally focus on the original era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAre Gerald Genta movements in-house?\u003c\/strong\u003e Some are — the brand developed proprietary jump-hour and retrograde modules — while base calibres on simpler references typically come from established Swiss suppliers, often finished beyond their base specification.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"gerald-genta-retro-sport-rsp-x-10","title":"Gerald Genta Retro Sport | Jumping Hour \u0026 Retrograde Minutes | Vintage","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe hour digit snaps over at the top of every sixty minutes and the minute hand sweeps back to start — that is the Retro Sport's signature, and the architecture of the curved dial belongs to no other watchmaker. Reference RSP.X.10.121.CA.BA.RUB is original-era Geneva production, drawn before the Bulgari acquisition of 2000 returned the maison to corporate ownership. Gérald Genta (1931–2011) had already drawn the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak (1972), the Patek Philippe Nautilus (1976), the IWC Ingenieur SL and the Bvlgari Bvlgari by the time he founded his own atelier in 1969 — the Retro line is where his independent thinking is at its most uncompromised, the jumping-hour-and-retrograde module proprietary, the case execution refusing every visual debt to the maisons that paid him. This vintage example has been authenticated against archive reference material at Stephansplatz.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWatch Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eCase: Original-era production (pre-2000), Geneva\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eMovement: Automatic\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eComplication: Jumping hour, retrograde minutes\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eReference: RSP.X.10.121.CA.BA.RUB\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBrand: Gerald Genta (Swiss, founded 1969 by Gérald Genta)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSKU: \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVintage watch available at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/almaz.jewelry\"\u003eAlmaz Jewelry\u003c\/a\u003e, Stephansplatz 12, 1010 Vienna — established 1991. Questions? \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/almaz.jewelry\/pages\/contact\"\u003eContact our team.\u003c\/a\u003e Browse the full \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/gerald-genta\"\u003eGerald Genta vintage collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gérald Genta","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44744367669512,"sku":null,"price":10700.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/2939\/5720\/products\/gerald-genta-rsp-x-10-g3694-retro-sport-automatic-100-authentic-it3702-49dbef959c247ee0989dfa6c1dcb4af1_jpg.jpg?v=1695823300"},{"product_id":"gerald-genta-arena-biretro-with-diamonds","title":"Gerald Genta Arena BiRetro | Steel \u0026 Diamonds | Vintage Dual Retrograde","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo retrograde scales share one blue dial — minutes sweeping one arc, the date fanning a second — and the bezel is pavé-set with 144 brilliant-cut diamonds. The Arena collection was Gérald Genta's round-case answer to his own earlier obsession with the octagon: a 38mm steel architecture built around the dual-retrograde display that became the maison's signature when Genta (1931–2011) parted ways with corporate watchmaking. He had drawn the Royal Oak in 1972 and the Nautilus in 1976; his own atelier, founded in Geneva in 1969, was where complications like the biretro were allowed to stand without compromise. Swiss automatic, sapphire crystal, 3 ATM — an Arena BiRetro that reads instantly as Genta and yet refuses every other reference. Authenticated at Almaz Vienna.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWatch Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eCase: Stainless steel, 38mm diameter, 10mm thickness\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eMovement: Swiss automatic\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eComplication: BiRetro (retrograde minutes + retrograde date), date\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSetting: 144 brilliant diamonds (1.32ct), blue dial\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBrand: Gerald Genta (Swiss, founded 1969 by Gérald Genta)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSKU: 2200000026767\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVintage watch available at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/almaz.jewelry\"\u003eAlmaz Jewelry\u003c\/a\u003e, Stephansplatz 12, 1010 Vienna — established 1991. Questions? \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/almaz.jewelry\/pages\/contact\"\u003eContact our team.\u003c\/a\u003e Browse the full \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/gerald-genta\"\u003eGerald Genta vintage collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gérald Genta","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49956960502024,"sku":"BIR.L.10.606.CM.BA.S02[117]","price":24500.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/2939\/5720\/files\/GGentaBIRL10606CMBAS02_117.jpg?v=1725702433"},{"product_id":"gerald-genta-retro-second","title":"Gerald Genta Retro Second | 18K White Gold | Vintage Retrograde Seconds","description":"\u003cp\u003eMost retrograde watches reserve the trick for the minute hand; the Retro Second spends it on the seconds — the pointer sweeps an arc, hesitates, and snaps back, sixty times an hour, in a quiet piece of horological theatre. The case is 36mm of 18K white gold with a cream mother-of-pearl-tone dial, the buckle is white gold, the crocodile strap measures 185mm, and the listing code RSE.M.60.429.CN.BA pairs to the original Geneva-era production books that Gérald Genta (1931–2011) maintained at the atelier he founded in 1969. Genta had already drawn the Royal Oak (1972) and the Nautilus (1976) for other maisons before allowing his own brand to specialise in the retrogrades and jumping hours that the corporate houses would not commission. This vintage piece arrives complete with original box and papers and has been authenticated at Stephansplatz.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWatch Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eCase: 18K white gold, 36mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eMovement: Automatic\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eComplication: Retrograde seconds, date\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eReference: RSE.M.60.429.CN.BA\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBrand: Gerald Genta (Swiss, founded 1969 by Gérald Genta)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSKU: 2200000027801\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVintage watch available at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/almaz.jewelry\"\u003eAlmaz Jewelry\u003c\/a\u003e, Stephansplatz 12, 1010 Vienna — established 1991. Questions? \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/almaz.jewelry\/pages\/contact\"\u003eContact our team.\u003c\/a\u003e Browse the full \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/gerald-genta\"\u003eGerald Genta vintage collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gérald Genta","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50480658383112,"sku":"RSE.M.60.429.CN.BA [93 815]","price":21500.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/2939\/5720\/files\/1_e552430e-9cdd-481b-975c-3c954c227e09.jpg?v=1736945598"},{"product_id":"gerald-genta-retro-classic","title":"Gerald Genta Retro Classic | 18K White Gold | Vintage Jumping Hour","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt the top of every hour, the digit in the small window at twelve o'clock jumps instantly to the next — no slow drift, no half-shown numeral — and the minute hand simultaneously fires back to zero before resuming its sweep. That is the Retro Classic working as Gérald Genta intended it: jumping hour and retrograde minutes orchestrated on a mother-of-pearl dial, the whole thing held in a 38mm 18K white-gold case. Reference RFC.L.60.448.CN.BA pairs to the late Geneva-era books of the atelier that Genta (1931–2011) founded in 1969, the same atelier where he refused to compromise the complications he had not been allowed to build at Audemars Piguet or Patek Philippe. Bulgari acquired the maison in 2000; this piece is original-era. Complete with box and papers, authenticated at Almaz Vienna.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWatch Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eCase: 18K white gold, 38mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eMovement: Automatic\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eComplication: Jumping hour, retrograde minutes\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eReference: RFC.L.60.448.CN.BA\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBrand: Gerald Genta (Swiss, founded 1969 by Gérald Genta)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSKU: 2200000048028\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVintage watch available at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/almaz.jewelry\"\u003eAlmaz Jewelry\u003c\/a\u003e, Stephansplatz 12, 1010 Vienna — established 1991. Questions? \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/almaz.jewelry\/pages\/contact\"\u003eContact our team.\u003c\/a\u003e Browse the full \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/gerald-genta\"\u003eGerald Genta vintage collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gérald Genta","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50480706322696,"sku":"REC.L.60.448.CN.BA (90 708)","price":28700.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/2939\/5720\/files\/2_52e1c655-b61c-47e5-bda6-83d27ab11581.jpg?v=1736945635"},{"product_id":"gerald-genta-octa-biretro","title":"Gerald Genta Octo Bi-Retro | 18K White Gold | Vintage Bi-Retrograde","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe octagonal case is the architectural inheritance — Gérald Genta's Octo line is the silhouette he refused to leave alone after drawing the Royal Oak in 1972 — but the dial is where this Octo Bi-Retro becomes singular: 228 white diamonds and 155 black diamonds set in patterns that read as engraved shadow, retrograde minutes sweeping the upper arc, jumping hour leaping at twelve, retrograde date fanning below. 18K white gold, 39×41mm, automatic, 10 ATM, complete with original box and papers (reference COR.X.60.999.LZ.BD.S31). Genta (1931–2011) had founded his own atelier in 1969 to build complications the corporate maisons would not buy; the Octo Bi-Retro is his late-period statement on what unlimited budget and a refusal to compromise look like on a single dial. Authenticated at Almaz Vienna.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWatch Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eCase: 18K white gold, 39×41mm, 10 ATM\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eMovement: Automatic\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eComplication: Bi-retrograde (minutes + date), jumping hour, date\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSetting: 228 diamonds (0.94ct) + 155 black diamonds (0.6ct)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eReference: COR.X.60.999.LZ.BD.S31\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBrand: Gerald Genta (Swiss, founded 1969 by Gérald Genta)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSKU: 2200000027504\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVintage watch available at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/almaz.jewelry\"\u003eAlmaz Jewelry\u003c\/a\u003e, Stephansplatz 12, 1010 Vienna — established 1991. Questions? \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/almaz.jewelry\/pages\/contact\"\u003eContact our team.\u003c\/a\u003e Browse the full \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/gerald-genta\"\u003eGerald Genta vintage collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gérald Genta","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50480813375752,"sku":"OBR.X.60.999.LZ.BD.S31 [120 838]","price":68000.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/2939\/5720\/files\/4_60193465-a59b-4f16-b069-1da242c2bf5b.jpg?v=1736947442"},{"product_id":"gerald-genta-octa-chrono-quattro-retro","title":"Gerald Genta Octo Chrono Quattro Retro | 18K White Gold | Vintage Chronograph","description":"\u003cp\u003eFour retrograde indicators on one dial — small seconds, two chronograph counters and date all return to zero in synchronised theatre — and the whole choreography unfolds inside a 45mm octagonal 18K white-gold case (reference OQC.Z.60.580.CN.BD). The Octo Chrono Quattro Retro is the most architecturally maximalist piece Gérald Genta's own atelier produced under the founder's eye, taking the chronograph platform and refusing to give any indication the same single-direction sweep that every other house uses. Genta (1931–2011) had drawn the Royal Oak in 1972, the Nautilus in 1976 and the Bvlgari Bvlgari in 1977 before allowing his own brand, founded in Geneva in 1969, to specialise in exactly the kind of multi-retrograde complications the corporate maisons would not commission. Complete with original box and papers, authenticated at Stephansplatz.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWatch Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eCase: 18K white gold, 45mm octagonal\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eMovement: Automatic\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eComplication: Chronograph with quattro retrograde display\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eReference: OQC.Z.60.580.CN.BD\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBrand: Gerald Genta (Swiss, founded 1969 by Gérald Genta)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSKU: 2200000046949\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVintage watch available at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/almaz.jewelry\"\u003eAlmaz Jewelry\u003c\/a\u003e, Stephansplatz 12, 1010 Vienna — established 1991. Questions? \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/almaz.jewelry\/pages\/contact\"\u003eContact our team.\u003c\/a\u003e Browse the full \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/gerald-genta\"\u003eGerald Genta vintage collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gérald Genta","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50481592664328,"sku":"OQC.Z.60.580.CN.BD [121362]","price":49190.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/2939\/5720\/files\/3_768839e7-5fea-4872-aee8-4ce3fdbdb665.jpg?v=1736947476"},{"product_id":"gerald-genta-arena-biretro-chrono","title":"Gerald Genta Arena Bi-Retro Chrono | White Gold \u0026 Titanium | Vintage 45mm","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe silver-perforated dial holds three pieces of choreography at once: retrograde minutes climbing the upper arc, jumping hour snapping through a central window, retrograde date fanning the lower curve. The case combines 18K white gold and titanium in a 45mm round architecture — the white-gold bezel polished, the titanium case satin-finished — which is the kind of mixed-metal logic Gérald Genta (1931–2011) only deployed in his own atelier, never in the Royal Oak (1972) or the Nautilus (1976) he had drawn for other houses. Reference ABC.Y.66 is original-era Geneva production from the brand he founded in 1969; the Arena line is where the round case and the biretro dial met for the first time. Authenticated at Stephansplatz.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWatch Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eCase: 18K white gold and titanium, 45mm round\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eMovement: Automatic\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eComplication: Jumping hour, retrograde minutes, retrograde date\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eReference: ABC.Y.66\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBrand: Gerald Genta (Swiss, founded 1969 by Gérald Genta)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSKU: 2200000027849\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVintage watch available at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/almaz.jewelry\"\u003eAlmaz Jewelry\u003c\/a\u003e, Stephansplatz 12, 1010 Vienna — established 1991. Questions? \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/almaz.jewelry\/pages\/contact\"\u003eContact our team.\u003c\/a\u003e Browse the full \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/gerald-genta\"\u003eGerald Genta vintage collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gérald Genta","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50484451082504,"sku":"ABC.Y.66.295.CN.BD","price":44500.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/2939\/5720\/files\/6_31558d46-9ebe-4eee-9663-9356d3d3bc71.jpg?v=1737047107"},{"product_id":"gerald-genta-perpetual-calendar-gmt","title":"Gerald Genta Perpetual Calendar GMT | Platinum \u0026 Titanium | Vintage Haute Horology","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Perpetual Calendar GMT is the most complex piece Gérald Genta's own atelier ever fitted into a single case: a perpetual calendar that tracks day, month and leap-year cycle without manual correction; a GMT second time zone read against a 24-hour internal rotating bezel; a central retrograde date that snaps back at the end of every month; and the whole construction held in a 45mm round case of platinum 950 paired with titanium (reference AQG.Y.87.129.CM.BD). The dial is blue, openworked, with red accents on the hands. Genta (1931–2011) had drawn the Royal Oak in 1972 and the Nautilus in 1976 for houses that gave him quartz-crisis briefs; the atelier he founded in Geneva in 1969 is where he eventually built the perpetual-calendar work the corporate watchmakers would not let him sign. 10 ATM. Authenticated at Almaz Vienna.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWatch Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eCase: Platinum 950 and titanium, 45mm, 10 ATM\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eMovement: Automatic\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eComplication: Perpetual calendar, GMT dual time zone, retrograde date\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eReference: AQG.Y.87.129.CM.BD\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBrand: Gerald Genta (Swiss, founded 1969 by Gérald Genta)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSKU: \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVintage watch available at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/almaz.jewelry\"\u003eAlmaz Jewelry\u003c\/a\u003e, Stephansplatz 12, 1010 Vienna — established 1991. Questions? \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/almaz.jewelry\/pages\/contact\"\u003eContact our team.\u003c\/a\u003e Browse the full \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/gerald-genta\"\u003eGerald Genta vintage collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gérald Genta","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50488715772168,"sku":"AQG.Y.87.129.CM.BD","price":79500.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/2939\/5720\/files\/5_f707207a-9077-4983-a28a-c8d25e3846a2.jpg?v=1737046955"},{"product_id":"gerald-genta-bi-retro-automatik-gelbgold-edelstahl","title":"Gerald Genta Bi-Retro | 18K Yellow Gold \u0026 Steel | Vintage Swiss Automatic","description":"\u003cp\u003eA black guilloché dial — engine-turned in concentric rings — anchors three pieces of mechanical theatre at once: a jumping-hour aperture at twelve, a retrograde minutes arc above, and a retrograde date arc below. The case marries 18K yellow gold with stainless steel, the construction Gérald Genta favoured for his own-brand pieces because the two metals catch light differently and read as one architectural decision rather than two compromises. Reference G3714.7.88.501.90\/BT is Swiss-made, automatic, sapphire crystal, black crocodile strap, roughly 36–40mm in diameter. Genta (1931–2011) drew the Royal Oak in 1972 and the Nautilus in 1976 for Audemars Piguet and Patek Philippe; the atelier he founded in 1969 in Geneva is where the bi-retrograde architecture became proprietary signature rather than commissioned exercise. Authenticated at Almaz Vienna.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWatch Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eCase: 18K yellow gold and stainless steel, approx. 36–40mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eMovement: Automatic, Swiss made\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eComplication: Bi-retrograde (minutes + date), jumping hour\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eReference: G3714.7.88.501.90\/BT\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBrand: Gerald Genta (Swiss, founded 1969 by Gérald Genta)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSKU: 2200000027825\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVintage watch available at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/almaz.jewelry\"\u003eAlmaz Jewelry\u003c\/a\u003e, Stephansplatz 12, 1010 Vienna — established 1991. Questions? \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/almaz.jewelry\/pages\/contact\"\u003eContact our team.\u003c\/a\u003e Browse the full \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/gerald-genta\"\u003eGerald Genta vintage collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gérald Genta","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50651694891272,"sku":"G3714.7.88.501.90\/BT [86 568]","price":15300.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/2939\/5720\/files\/10_63346f11-8054-4bcd-a985-1529ed991111.jpg?v=1737564869"},{"product_id":"gerald-genta-gefica","title":"Gerald Genta Gefica | Yellow Gold \u0026 Mother-of-Pearl | Vintage Automatic","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Gefica name belongs to one of Gérald Genta's most idiosyncratic inventions — a bronze big-game safari watch that he and three hunting friends drew up for African expeditions — but the line also extended into the dress-watch territory you have on the wrist here: a 33mm yellow-gold case, 8mm thin, sapphire crystal protecting a mother-of-pearl dial unmarked by numerals. Reference G3687 pairs to the production books of the atelier Genta (1931–2011) founded in Geneva in 1969, a workshop he ran with the same instinct for round-architecture refusals he had brought to the Royal Oak (1972, octagonal for Audemars Piguet) and the Nautilus (1976, porthole for Patek Philippe). The matching yellow-gold bracelet closes with a folding clasp. Automatic, date function, original parts. Authenticated at Almaz Vienna.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWatch Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eCase: Yellow gold, 33mm × 8mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eMovement: Automatic\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eComplication: Date\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eReference: G3687\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBrand: Gerald Genta (Swiss, founded 1969 by Gérald Genta)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSKU: \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVintage watch available at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/almaz.jewelry\"\u003eAlmaz Jewelry\u003c\/a\u003e, Stephansplatz 12, 1010 Vienna — established 1991. Questions? \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/almaz.jewelry\/pages\/contact\"\u003eContact our team.\u003c\/a\u003e Browse the full \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/gerald-genta\"\u003eGerald Genta vintage collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gérald Genta","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51321359859976,"sku":"G3687","price":36300.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/2939\/5720\/files\/GeraldGentaBlaue_896d2f3a-d276-4082-84d9-96dc0ee2efb4.jpg?v=1745673694"},{"product_id":"gerald-genta-chrono-sport","title":"Gerald Genta Chrono Sport | Steel \u0026 Rubber | Vintage Automatic Chronograph","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhere the Retro and Octo lines spend Gérald Genta's atelier on retrograde complications and octagonal architecture, the Chrono Sport is the deliberate counterweight — a 42×40mm cushion-rectangular steel case, black dial, Arabic numerals, automatic chronograph movement, and a black rubber strap that reads more as nineties Geneva than as Place Vendôme. Reference CH8.X.10 belongs to the active-luxury production the atelier built under the founder's signature, before the Bulgari acquisition of 2000 closed the independent era. Genta (1931–2011) had drawn the Royal Oak in 1972 and the Nautilus in 1976 for other houses; his own brand, founded in 1969, allowed him to build a chronograph that takes from neither, with a side-mounted crown and lug profile that read as his alone. Authenticated at Almaz Vienna.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWatch Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eCase: Steel, 42 × 40mm, 10mm thick\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eMovement: Automatic chronograph\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eComplication: Chronograph, date\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eReference: CH8.X.10\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBrand: Gerald Genta (Swiss, founded 1969 by Gérald Genta)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSKU: \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVintage watch available at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/almaz.jewelry\"\u003eAlmaz Jewelry\u003c\/a\u003e, Stephansplatz 12, 1010 Vienna — established 1991. Questions? \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/almaz.jewelry\/pages\/contact\"\u003eContact our team.\u003c\/a\u003e Browse the full \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/gerald-genta\"\u003eGerald Genta vintage collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gérald Genta","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51321394823432,"sku":"CH8.X.10","price":9700.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/2939\/5720\/files\/8.jpg?v=1745675380"},{"product_id":"gerald-genta-oursin","title":"Gerald Genta Oursin | Yellow Gold | Vintage Sea-Urchin Bezel Watch","description":"\u003cp\u003eOursin is French for sea urchin, and Gérald Genta named this case for the bezel — a spiked, multifaceted ring that catches light from any angle. The Oursin is one of the small-format ladies' pieces that Genta's atelier turned out in parallel with its big retrograde statements: a 27mm yellow-gold case, 7mm thin, sapphire crystal protecting an unmarked white dial, black crocodile strap closing on a yellow-gold pin buckle. Reference G 3492.7 pairs to the Geneva production records of the brand Genta (1931–2011) founded in 1969 — the same atelier that produced the Royal Oak (1972) and Nautilus (1976) sketches for other houses before he focused his own signature on cases that no other maison would license. Quartz movement. Authenticated at Almaz Vienna.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWatch Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eCase: Yellow gold, 27mm × 7mm, sea-urchin bezel\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eMovement: Quartz\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eComplication: Time only\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eReference: G 3492.7\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBrand: Gerald Genta (Swiss, founded 1969 by Gérald Genta)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSKU: \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVintage watch available at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/almaz.jewelry\"\u003eAlmaz Jewelry\u003c\/a\u003e, Stephansplatz 12, 1010 Vienna — established 1991. Questions? \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/almaz.jewelry\/pages\/contact\"\u003eContact our team.\u003c\/a\u003e Browse the full \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/gerald-genta\"\u003eGerald Genta vintage collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gérald Genta","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51321509544200,"sku":"G 3492.7","price":12900.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/2939\/5720\/files\/Cursin.png?v=1745677608"},{"product_id":"gerald-genta-ladies-yellow-gold-retro-classic","title":"Gerald Genta Retro Classic Ladies | Gold \u0026 Steel | Vintage 1999 Jumping Hour","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the Retro Classic at ladies' scale — 28mm, gold and steel, a luminous mother-of-pearl dial that snaps a new hour digit into the small window at twelve o'clock at the top of every sixty minutes. The jumping-hour mechanism is the same architectural principle Gérald Genta scaled across his atelier's catalogue: hour told as a digit, not a hand. Production year 1999, original parts, complete with luminous hands and indexes, black crocodile strap, pin buckle in gold and steel. Genta (1931–2011) had drawn the Royal Oak (1972) and the Nautilus (1976) for other maisons before his own brand, founded in Geneva in 1969, allowed him to apply the jumping-hour module to a dress watch at this scale. Pre-Bulgari-era production. Authenticated at Almaz Vienna.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWatch Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eCase: Gold and steel, 28mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eMovement: Quartz\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eComplication: Jumping hour, date\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eYear: 1999\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBrand: Gerald Genta (Swiss, founded 1969 by Gérald Genta)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSKU: \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVintage watch available at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/almaz.jewelry\"\u003eAlmaz Jewelry\u003c\/a\u003e, Stephansplatz 12, 1010 Vienna — established 1991. Questions? \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/almaz.jewelry\/pages\/contact\"\u003eContact our team.\u003c\/a\u003e Browse the full \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/gerald-genta\"\u003eGerald Genta vintage collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gérald Genta","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51321556533512,"sku":"G.3624.7.87.412.90\/BT","price":12900.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/2939\/5720\/files\/9_d77774b6-6754-48ea-849d-5470aad7d84f.jpg?v=1745678663"},{"product_id":"gerald-genta-arena-bi-retro-chrono-titanium","title":"Gerald Genta Arena Bi-Retro Chrono | Titanium | Vintage 45mm Automatic Chronograph","description":"\u003cp\u003eTitanium gives the Arena Bi-Retro Chrono a wrist weight that the gold versions do not, and a matte grey-and-black dial finish that is hard to read as anything other than Gérald Genta's signature: jumping hour at twelve, retrograde minutes climbing the upper arc, retrograde date fanning below, chronograph layered through the central register. 45mm × 13mm, sapphire crystal, black alligator strap. The Arena name was Genta's round-case answer to his own earlier obsession with the octagon; the Bi-Retro Chrono is the architectural maximum the line ever reached. Genta (1931–2011) had drawn the Royal Oak (1972) and the Nautilus (1976) for other houses before his own atelier, founded in 1969, allowed him to fit chronograph, jumping hour and twin retrogrades into one Swiss automatic movement. Authenticated at Almaz Vienna.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWatch Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eCase: Titanium, 45mm × 13mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eMovement: Automatic chronograph\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eComplication: Jumping hour, retrograde minutes, retrograde date, chronograph\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eDial: Grey and black with Arabic numerals\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBrand: Gerald Genta (Swiss, founded 1969 by Gérald Genta)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSKU: \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVintage watch available at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/almaz.jewelry\"\u003eAlmaz Jewelry\u003c\/a\u003e, Stephansplatz 12, 1010 Vienna — established 1991. Questions? \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/almaz.jewelry\/pages\/contact\"\u003eContact our team.\u003c\/a\u003e Browse the full \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/gerald-genta\"\u003eGerald Genta vintage collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gérald Genta","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51321737314568,"sku":"ABC.Y.80.290.CN.BD","price":26350.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/2939\/5720\/files\/7_46d85e33-636d-4226-b47a-f8bd12cea254.jpg?v=1745681152"},{"product_id":"gerald-genta-retro-sport-diamond-bezel","title":"Gerald Genta Retro Sport | Diamond Bezel | Vintage Jumping Hour \u0026 Retrograde","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe bezel runs steel and rubber together and then sets diamonds across the rubber band — a construction that nobody else in Geneva was building when Gérald Genta's atelier released it. The dial is black with a carbon-fibre centre and an upper retrograde arc for the minutes; the hour leaps in a window above. Caliber GA4700 inside, 27 jewels, automatic, sapphire crystal, steel case 40.5mm with a screw-down caseback held by six screws. Reference G 3694. Genta (1931–2011) had drawn the Royal Oak (1972) and the Nautilus (1976) for houses that paid him to integrate steel into haute horology; the atelier he founded in 1969 in Geneva is where he eventually built the diamond-and-rubber bezel he would never have proposed to Audemars Piguet. Signed case, dial and movement. Authenticated at Almaz Vienna.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWatch Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eCase: Stainless steel with rubber-and-diamond bezel, 40.5mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eMovement: Automatic, caliber GA4700, 27 jewels\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eComplication: Jumping hour, retrograde minutes\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eReference: G 3694\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBrand: Gerald Genta (Swiss, founded 1969 by Gérald Genta)\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSKU: \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVintage watch available at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/almaz.jewelry\"\u003eAlmaz Jewelry\u003c\/a\u003e, Stephansplatz 12, 1010 Vienna — established 1991. 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