New GG and DR designs by old management?

TonyP,

Like you, I'm also interested to see what Baselworld 2010 brings to all the Bulgari lines.

You postulated: "Quite frankly I don't think the new Quadri-Retro's dial design came from the pens of the GG team, and I don't think such a watch would have ever seen the light of day under previous management."

Counterpoint: Since there is a lag-time between design development and novelty announcement of a year or more, the DR/GG novelties introduced by Bulgari this year should have been designed during the tenure of the previous management. The creative and production people working on the Bulgari group lines (Bulgari, DR and GG) remain the same, except for usual attrition.

Maybe the plan was for a smooth management handover at Baselworld 2010, but that was scuppered by the machinations of one or two non-Bulgari persons at the end of 2009?

It is human nature to be nostalgic but we sometimes forget the stuff that do not fit our hypotheses. The previous senior management at DR stayed the same from the time of Mr Daniel Roth (the man) through the Hour Glass ownership and then Bulgari ownership. Yet we conveniently forget some of the atrocious models designed just before Bulgari...... all approved by the same guys

Colonel Sanders is long gone but we still like KFC.

Regards,

Melvyn

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Requiem for a dream - Repost (2024)

By: tony p : November 5th, 2024-21:47

With the recent demise of Gérald Genta and Daniel Roth as independent brands (having been subsumed into Bulgari's product range as "collections"), and the imminent launch of Baselworld 2010, I thought this might be an opportune moment to review the final ...

The continuation of the GG/DR collection under Bulgari

By: ED209 : March 13th, 2010-23:30

Hi Tony, Thank you for a pictorial review of last year's Baselworld pieces for Gerald Genta and Daniel Roth. If you were to choose only one from each collection, which one would you see as the representative watch from each brand to continue under the new...

Not so sure about the Endurer.

By: tony p : March 14th, 2010-00:22

I would regard the Athys Perpetual as a more appropriate selection for a "one-off" DR watch, as it features the classic case style of the brand. The Endurer was a departure for them, and actually I was not all that partial to it. I really am concerned abo...

New GG and DR designs by old management?

By: MTF : March 14th, 2010-03:24

TonyP, Like you, I'm also interested to see what Baselworld 2010 brings to all the Bulgari lines. You postulated: "Quite frankly I don't think the new Quadri-Retro's dial design came from the pens of the GG team, and I don't think such a watch would have ...

Good points, Melvyn.

By: tony p : March 14th, 2010-07:18

You could well be right that this design was in the works long before the "handover" occurred. Or the handover could have been in the works long before we knew about it. In which case, perhaps a new direction in dial design was mooted to coincide with a p...

re: Requiem for a dream...

By: DRMW : March 14th, 2010-00:25

Hello Tony, Thanks for the photos from the past, looking forward to seeing the 2010 line from Bulgari. -MW

Thanks for your excellent pics Tony!

By: Geo : March 15th, 2010-02:04

Original Tourbillon?

By: aaronm : March 15th, 2010-10:44

You mentioned "GG were the first company to release a self-winding tourbillon movement in a wristwatch ". Do you know which watch this was and when? I had been under the impression that the AP was the first self-winding Tourbillon wristwatch A

Hi Aaron, unfortunately...

By: tony p : March 15th, 2010-18:09

...I don't know which GG watch it was. My information is based on a Press Release from GG's Baselworld 2009 Press Kit CD, in which the following statement appears: " In addition to perpetual calendars and repeater devices, Gérald Genta also introduced the...

I'll check with my sources at Bulgari

By: ED209 : March 15th, 2010-18:22

Hi TonyP, I agree with you and aaronm, I thought AP cal 2870 (watch pictured below in my response) was the first self winding tourbillon. I'm really curious about this now, and will check with my sources at Bulgari Collection Gerald Genta for clarificatio...

I thought Audemars Piguet was the first as well

By: ED209 : March 15th, 2010-18:17

Hi TonyP, I'm curious as well regarding the first self-winding tourbillon movement in a wristwatch. Can you please let us know which GG watch this was and the time it was released? According to my reference materials I think that Audemars Piguet made the ...