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Not so sure about the Endurer.
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 about the possibility of Bulgari "toning down" these two brands - especially GG. The new Octo Quadri-Retro is an ominous indicator. There's nothing wrong with it as such - it's a nice design - but its dial is far more sedate than anything seen on last year's releases.
Compare the above with the far more outré dial of the Arena Chrono Quattro Retro from 2006, which has the same basic functionality:
Like it or hate it, that's a real GG watch.
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.
Cheers
Tony P
Requiem for a dream - Repost (2024)
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
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.
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?
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.
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...
Hello Tony, Thanks for the photos from the past, looking forward to seeing the 2010 line from Bulgari. -MW
Original Tourbillon?
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...
...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
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
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 ...