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Lot #2115

Gerald Genta Retro Fantasy Daisy Duck G.3499.7 Stainless Steel

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Introduction

Famed for first fixing the friendly faces of everyone’s favorite Disney friends onto his watches in the 1980s as the watch designer of his own brand following his acquisition of the rights to do so, Gérald Genta’s design DNA has largely been linked with Mickey Mouse and Disney’s other cartoon characters. Often dressed in various costumes or during a random activity such as golfing, Genta’s depiction of the characters often enables the character to seamlessly integrate into the function of the watch, with these watches often featuring hour and minute hands that are designed to operate and appear as both; the watch’s and the character’s hands. Horologically astute while remaining whimsical in nature, these timepieces have become iconic within the pantheon of Gerald Genta as a brand, and the man’s own legacy. Depicted here is Daisy Duck in her original blue shirt and red shoes printed over a simple silver dial. Contrasting the otherwise understated dial, this timepiece also boasts a distinctive single-lug design and a stepped bezel tracing along the border of this octagonal timepiece like spokes sticking out from each of the timepiece’s eight corners that combines with the rest of its design to create a visually unique timepiece that speaks to Genta’s unique design language and iconic eye for detail.

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Grade

M 8.5

Status

Vetted & Approved

Included

Watch Only

Est. value range

$3,000 – $5,000

The Details

Brand

Gerald Genta

Dimensions

24mm

Model

Retro Fantasy Daisy Duck

Movement

Quartz

Reference

G.3499.7

Bracelet

Leather strap

Year

Circa 1990

Condition

Excellent

Material

Stainless steel

Included

Watch only

Dial Color

MOP

THE DIAL

Featuring an MOP dial with Daisy Duck depicted colorfully front and center, this timepiece uses the Disney cartoon character's hands to show the time, a rather new and strange concept for a luxury watch brand to embrace at the time.

THE CONSTRUCTION

While it might only be svelte at 24mm in diameter, the Retro Fantasy's construction, with its stepped bezel, single lug design and spoke-like protrusions, combine to give it far more visual impact than its measurements would lead you to believe, proving that sometimes less is indeed more.

TIMING MACHINE READOUT

Quartz - No reading

Condition

Watch is in excellent overall condition. Case exhibits minor surface wear, caseback engravings all sharp and legible. MOP dial does not have any visible chips or cracks.

Our Perspective

An iconic collection of watches that went on to demonstrate that the famously conservative watchmaking industry could indeed share a space with pop culture icons such as cartoon characters, it is his collaboration with Disney that showcased Genta's desire to continue breaking free from the standards set upon him by others even though, at this later stage of his career, he had nothing left to prove.

Justin Gruenberg

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