====== Genta, Gérald Charles ======

**Gérald Charles Genta** is a Swiss watch designer best known for the [[Audemars Piguet Royal Oak]] and the [[eponymous]] [[Gérald Genta]] brand.

===== Overview =====
Gérald Charles Genta was born in [[Geneva]] on May 1st [[1931]]. He completed a training as jewelry designer and in [[1951]] finished it with the Swiss Federal Diploma.

In [[1972]] Gérald Genta wrote watch history with the [[stainless steel]] watch [[Audemars Piguet Royal Oak|Royal Oak]], developed for [[Audemars Piguet]]. In [[1976]] [[Patek Philippe]] presented the luxury sports watch [[Patek Philippe Nautilus|Nautilus]], created by Gérald Genta.

In [[1994]] with the "Grande Sonnerie" he designed the world's most complicated [[wristwatch]] (price about one million dollars).

Already in [[1969]] he founded his own watch manufacturing [[Gérald Genta]]. He saw himself as a craftsman and artist, and because he wanted to dedicate himself to painting, he sold his brand [[1998]] to [[The Hour Glass]] of Singapore. Shortly afterwards it was resold to the [[Bulgari]] group.

In [[2001]], again he founded the brand [[Gerald Charles]] and again launched own watches on the market.

===== Well-Known Watch Designs =====
  * [[Universal Geneve Polerouter|Plerouter]] by [[Universal Geneve]] (1950s)
  * [[Audemars Piguet Royal Oak|Royal Oak]] by [[Audemars Piguet]] (1972)
  * [[Omega Constellation|Constellation]] and [[Omega Seamaster|Seamaster]] by [[Omega]]
  * [[Patek Philippe Nautilus|Nautilus]] by [[Patek Philippe]] (1976)
  * [[IWC Ingenieur|Ingenieur]] by [[IWC]] (1976)
  * [[Bulgari-Bulgari]] by [[Bulgari]] (1977)
  * [[Cartier Pasha|Pasha]] by [[Cartier]] (1985)


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