Ares501 - Mr Green
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They are classic not "classic"
Aug 18, 2014,07:14 AM
Look the same so they are not same
Aren't they?
They may be "similar" but similarity is sometimes flexible term
One will found many things similar while the other one will consider it
subtile differences
Famous designers have their signatures
same is with Mr. Genta
His AP RO and PP Nautilus are classics of watch design
and they sure not look neither bad neither same
they have same designers signature behind them...number of
sold watches speak enough about that.
Cheers
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Genta
By: JohnPassaquar : August 18th, 2014-06:36
Gerald Genta. I don't get it. All his 'classic' designs for AP, PP, IWC, etc, look the same. And yet you lot rave about them day and night. And then there's the Disney watches... Surely I'm not the only one who sees this?
They are classic not "classic"
By: Ares501 - Mr Green : August 18th, 2014-07:14
Look the same so they are not same Aren't they? They may be "similar" but similarity is sometimes flexible term One will found many things similar while the other one will consider it subtile differences Famous designers have their signatures same is with...
Genta's merits are more basic ...
By: Marcus Hanke : August 18th, 2014-07:16
.... since he was practically the first industrial designers focussing on watches as an object of aesthetic, complete design. Let me quote some lines from Paul Guillfoyle's 2009 script on Genta's role with Omega: "Before GĂ©rald Genta, watch design was a r...
Each of the 'classic' Genta designs tells the story of 'its' brand ...
By: Ornatus-Mundi : August 18th, 2014-13:46
which I think is the secret of Genta's excellence: The AP Royal: For me the ultimate sophistication of the concept. Extremely flat, perfectly combining round elements with sharply tailored edges. The mystery screws on the bezel are iconic. The IWC Ingenie...
omega manhattan
By: eterna-fan : August 19th, 2014-08:46
wasn't this originally designed by carol didisheim?
Several years ago, pplater . . .
By: Dr No : August 18th, 2014-18:49
. . . started a thread along the same lines; limited to the AP and PP, but essentially the same query. My reply then was that Genta's sense of aesthetics is fundamentally unnatural: his designs 'circle the square', rather than 'square the circle'. Eliciti...
risible
By: amerix : August 19th, 2014-03:19
... the thought of diving with that Cartier.
If you see it, you see it; and if you don't, you don't
By: secretlife : August 19th, 2014-03:21
The solution is to simply wear what you like; or better yet, love! (",) If you have already tired of the "classics", click on the "ACHI and independent haute horlogerie" link above and I think you will find what you're looking for... All the best on your ...