SMILING DISNEY MICKEY MOUSE IN THE GERALD GENTA ARENA RETROGRADE
Universally known, Disney’s Mickey Mouse has continued to delight millions of children and adults for over 90 years. It’s now time to bring Gerald Genta and Disney’s Mickey Mouse back together with the new Gerald Genta Arena Retrograde with smiling Disney Mickey Mouse.
GERALD GENTA ARENA BI-RETROGRADE WITH MICKEY MOUSE PLAYING FOOTBALL
The mischievous little mouse is back showing off his skills with a football in the Arena Bi-Retrograde Mickey Mouse watch. Directly descended from the Fantasy collection launched in the 1980s and designed by Gérald Genta, the Limited Edition watch preserves the distinctive characteristics that forged its success: the Mickey Mouse counting off the minutes with his mobile arm, the Arena case, the bi-retrograde display and the manufacture movement.
DISCOVER NOWSMILING DISNEY MICKEY MOUSE IN THE GERALD GENTA ARENA RETROGRADE
This is a pure joyful, playful watchmaking classic timepiece, featuring Disney’s most iconic mouse, in a design with the retrograde display that has become a signature of the Gerald Genta brand. The historical models have become highly sought-after by collectors. No doubt that this one is already under their radar.
DISCOVER MORETITANIUM GERALD GENTA ARENA BI-RETRO SPORT
This Titanium execution expresses the sport-chic essence of Genta at its best, featuring jumping hours which are displayed through a window at 12 o’clock, while the minutes are tracked on an arc spanning the top half of the black anthracite dial, across which the minute hand travels and snaps back to zero every 60 minutes. Likewise, for the date, which is set in a smaller arc at 6 o’clock.
THE ARENA BI-RETRO 50TH ANNIVERSARY WATCH
2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the Gérald Genta brand. A jumping hour platinum watch celebrates this milestone, honouring half a century of watchmaking genius and expertise. Based on the iconic 1969 piece, the watch reinvents Gérald Genta’s distinctive design codes and signature mechanical movement.
DISCOVER NOWA CONVERSATION WITH FABRIZIO BUONAMASSA, WATCH DESIGN DIRECTOR
GéRALD GENTA, MORE THAN A LEGEND
Visionary watchmaker and designer, Gérald Genta left a legacy of iconic designs. Not only did he pioneer genre-defining sporty chic models and Grand Complication timepieces, but he also introduced new ways to read time with his retrograde and bi-retrograde movements. And yet, he never forgot his sense of playfulness, infusing the art of watchmaking with his rule-breaking attitude. In 1982, Gérald Genta created his own atelier in Geneva. This was the beginning of a tremendous success and of unleashed creativity.
ORCHESTRATING THE GRANDE SONNERIE
For his jubilee, in 1994, Gérald Genta came up with the most powerful statement: the first Grande Sonnerie with self-winding system. More than 1000 components, a Westminster carillon with 4 hammers, 2 barrels, one for the chime and one for the movement. On top of that, a tourbillon, a perpetual calendar, and a second timezone display. The case is also very special, built as a pyramid. Nothing less than this. Any watchlover is still in awe in front of this masterpiece.
THE FIRST RETROGRADE WATCH
A veritable turning point in the history of horlogerie, the original Arena watch was the first retrograde watch on the market flaunting the unforeseen combination of jumping hours and retrograde minutes. A rare, complex and exacting mechanism that represents a triumph of precision and know-how. A rare and complex mechanism that would become one of the most recognized signature of Gérald Genta mastermind.
2000: GÉRALD GENTA AND BVLGARI
In the year 2000, the Gérald Genta brand was acquired by Bvlgari — and its teams and knowledge were subsequently integrated into the Bvlgari watches manufacture at Le Sentier. The decades of expertise engendered in this incorporation helped lay the foundation for Bvlgari as an unrivalled force in the world of haute horlogerie.