Gerald Genta

Annual Calendar

This vintage Gerald Genta carries the name of the designer who drew more of the twentieth century's famous watch cases than anyone else. Its stepped case moves between octagon and circle, a geometry Genta came back to whenever he wanted a watch to read as sculpture rather than as a disc. Inside, an annual calendar follows the changing months with a single correction each year, laid out across a dial built up in layers. Collectors look for his own-brand pieces because they show the ideas he could not put on someone else's dial.