# @sothebyswatches on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CdOd5dFM5Uc
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/12828370-sothebyswatches-instagram
- **Posted:** 2022-05-06T18:07:54.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Sotheby's Watches (@sothebyswatches) — https://gondola.cc/sothebyswatches

## Caption

Best known for introducing the first luxury steel sports watches onto the market with The Royal Oak for Audemars Piguet and The Nautilus for Patek Philippe, Gerald Genta’s contribution to the industry goes far beyond this.
 
His innovative watch designs shaped the future of Swiss watchmaking and continue to influence many fine watchmakers and brands across the world. As well as bringing complicated wristwatches back into fashion, Genta’s genius also spread to the design and manufacture of clocks, pocket watches as well as other fine objects such as belts, sunglasses, glassware, and stationery – in fact, his multifaceted talent was how he earned his nickname of “The Picasso of Watchmaking”.

Sotheby’s watch specialist a.one.to.watch highlights a few of Genta’s designs in the upcoming Important Watches auctions in Geneva on 10 May, discover the sale and our Luxury Week offerings at the link in bio.

#SothebysWatches #SothebysGeneva #LuxuryWeek #GeraldGenta

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geraldgenta, luxuryweek, sothebyswatches, sothebysgeneva

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