{"product_id":"gerald-genta-chronograph-as07989","title":"Gerald Genta Chronograph","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eYou likely know Gérald Genta for his two most famous designs: that of the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak, and the Patek Philippe Nautilus.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBut those two “luxury sports watches” constitute but a smidge of this genius Swiss industrial designer’s oeuvre. Both before 1972 — when he conceived of the famed Universal Genève Polerouter and the Omega Constellation — and after 1976, when he designed the Nautilus, Genta churned out watches by the thousands. (Or, at least \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eideas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e for watches — still, his actual output of models produced is staggering.) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThis particular Genta design dates from roughly the time when Bulgari acquired Genta’s company and began integrating its designs into its catalog in 2000. Housed in a 36mm 18K yellow gold case with integrated lugs, a sapphire crystal, dual ‘mushroom’ pushers, and a yellow gold bezel with black filled ‘Roman’ indices, it features a deep, luminous matte blue dial with an outer 1\/5th-seconds track, a triple-register chronograph layout with day\/date at 3 o'clock, and a matching handset.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ePowered by the robust and proven Valjoux 7750 automatic winding chronograph movement, it comes fitted to a brown alligator leather strap with a yellow gold pin buckle.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eGlancing at it side-by-side with some of Bulgari’s designs from the early 2000s, the correlation between the two brands is clear — and fascinating! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eFor the collector whose taste runs to the avant garde, this Genta offering may be the perfect everyday wrist companion. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dior","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40141596852311,"sku":"40990896","price":5900.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0809\/1255\/products\/AS07989_40990896_GERALDGENTO_YGROMANBLUECHRONOGRAPH_G3271.7-6.jpg?v=1679088448","url":"https:\/\/www.analogshift.com\/products\/gerald-genta-chronograph-as07989","provider":"Analog:Shift","version":"1.0","type":"link"}