Lot 428

Gérald Genta

Mickey Mouse

A fancy wristwatch with mother-of-pearl dial, depicting Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse

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The octagonal case, which is so characteristic of Gérald Genta, is decorated with eight bars, the lugs are shaped as Vendôme lugs. The dial is made of mother-of-pearl and printed with Arabic numerals and indexes. In the centre is a polychrome portrait of Mickey Mouse showing the time with his moving arms.

Gérald Charles Genta, better known by his short name Gérald Genta (Geneva 1931 - Monaco 2011) was a luxury watch designer and artist. He is one of the few watch designers that we know by name as he created and designed some of the most iconic and precious mechanical timepieces of the contemporary history; currently highly demanded by watch enthusiasts and collectors. He is noted for his eponymous line of timepieces as well as his design work with other high-end watch manufacturers. These including IWC, Universal Genève, Patek Philippe and Audemars Piguet, among others. Christie's auction house of New York called Genta's work "the Fabergé of watches", while The Wall Street Journal has called them the "world's most complicated and pricey watches".