Commissioned at 23 to design a watch marking the SAS polar flights, Genta drew the Polarouter with its two-layer dial and twisted lugs; the SAS-dial ref. 20217-6 is the first execution. No source credits him with the later Polerouter Sub itself.
Gerald Genta is documented as the designer of Universal Genève Polerouter Sub, Omega Constellation, Audemars Piguet Royal Oak, Patek Philippe Nautilus…. Each watch links to its strap size and story.
Lug width
Working freelance for Omega from 1959, Genta refreshed the Constellation; auction houses credit him with the C-shape case that opened the third generation in 1964 with ref. 168.009, and Sotheby's also counts barrel-cased and pie-pan Constellations among his designs.
18 mm
Strap size of the Constellation ref. 168.009: 18 mm (from our database, not yet verified)Case 35 mm
Source: Monaco Legend Auctions, Sotheby's, Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry FH
Commissioned by Georges Golay, Genta sketched the Royal Oak in one night in April 1970: an octagonal bezel with eight visible screws and a tapering integrated bracelet. Audemars Piguet's own pages credit him as its designer, and the 1972 watch has a Tapisserie dial.
Strap size and story
Source: Audemars Piguet (AP Chronicles), Audemars Piguet
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Patek Philippe says the 3700/1A took shape in close collaboration with Genta; he based the case on a liner's porthole and designed the bracelet as an integrated part of the watch.
Source: Patek Philippe, Patek Philippe Magazine, Christie's
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Genta worked with Patek Philippe again in 2009 to rework and update the ladies' Nautilus collection.
Source: Patek Philippe
IWC commissioned the freelance Geneva designer to redesign the Ingenieur; he delivered sketches in 1974 with an integrated bracelet, structured dial and five-recess screwed bezel, launched as the Ingenieur SL in 1976.
14 or 20 mm
Strap size: 14 or 20 mmSource: IWC Schaffhausen, IWC Schaffhausen press backgrounder, IWC Schaffhausen (2015 Ingenieur brochure)
Gianni Bulgari entrusted the exterior design of the 1977 Bulgari Bulgari to Gerald Genta, who turned the 1975 Roma into an analogue watch and drew its dial with long Arabic numerals at 12 and 6. Bulgari's current design head credits the watch to Gianni Bulgari and Genta together.
16 or 21 mm
Strap size: 16 or 21 mmSource: Chronos Japan (webChronos), Quill & Pad, Time+Tide, Christie's, Revolution
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