# @sothebyswatches on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CaDA0KlAYd2
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/12828432-sothebyswatches-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-02-16T17:46:34.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Sotheby's Watches (@sothebyswatches) — https://gondola.cc/sothebyswatches

## Caption

The legendary watch designer Gerald Genta stated on many different occasions that this very design - for a perpetual calendar desk clock -was one of his favourites. It took him a week to paint as it was so intricate. When it was revealed to the original purchaser, a King in the Middle East, they asked that the enamel, originally blue, was made in a beautiful green. 

Scroll through to see a second commission by Genta, a design for a sword-cane made as a special request for an undisclosed Head of State.
 
Discover never-before-seen Genta designs such as these in Sotheby’s Icon of Time auction open for bidding until 24 February and on currently view at La Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie, Geneva.
 
#GeraldGenta #SothebysXGenta gerald.genta.heritage #SothebysWatches

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