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  • Monday, 27 March, 2023
    Watches & Jewellery
    Watches and Wonders: IWC revives the Genta-designed Ingenieur watch

    The legendary designer’s wife Evelyne speaks about his character and what he would have made of the latest iteration of his classic watch

  • Monday, 20 December, 2021
    Style
    Watch list: Gérald Genta’s most sought-after designs to go under the hammer

    Original drawings for Audemars Piguet Royal Oak and Patek Philippe Nautilus timepieces will be auctioned in the spring

  • Saturday, 11 November, 2017
    Retail & Consumer industry
    My Favourite Pieces: George Bamford on watches that make him smile

    Bamford Watch Department founder customises wristwear for others

    George Bamford in his Mayfair office
  • Friday, 6 September, 2013
    Personal & Household Goods
    Secret sketches: Design hoard provides big possibilities for horophiles

    The legacy of Gerald Genta is alive and well in a large archive of drawings

    Evelyne Genta with some of her late husband’s watch designs
  • Friday, 11 November, 2011
    Special Report
    Gerald Genta: Revolutionary inventor of a genius concept

    Nicholas Foulkes looks back at the man who designed AP’s Royal Oak

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