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Found: Two Pairs Of Vintage Gerald Genta Designed Eyeglasses, For Sale
While the great Gerald Genta is best known for his work in the wristwatch space �C designing not only Audemars Piguet's landmark model �C the Royal Oak �C but also Patek Philippe's Nautilus, and IWC's Ingenieur SL and more, Genta himself longed for a much larger career in product design. At times, he battled his own own success in watches �C a success that many would dream of �C when he struck out to build a name in other verticals. And today, we've found two examples of such an an item �C Japanese-made, Genta-designed eyeglasses, both brand new with boxes and papers, for sale. 1 OF 3 These Japanese-made, Genta-designed frames feature much of the same design language as the Royal Oak and Nautilus. One of Genta's least well known forays into product design was that of a highly limited run of eyeglasses made in Japan during the late '70s and early 1980s. They were produced under the Gerald Genta name, and feature much of the same design language as found in his early and mos

What's in a name- Henri, Philippe, or Thierry?
I found the recent post regarding the Geneva seal vs the PP seal quite interesting and one commentary in particular caught my attention. Subtona raised the question as to whether the traditional Geneva seal might some day be of added interest to collectors. To be honest, I don't know whether his comments were sincere or facetious, but I'll assume the former.Expanding on that concept I wondered whether the watches produced under Henri Stern's stewardship might be similarly valued differently from those of his son Philippe, or grandson Thierry. For me the best days of Patek Philippe were under the reign of Henri until 1992-3 when he turned control to his son Philippe, who in turn passed control to his son Thierry in 2009.My first Patek was purchased in 1992 (certificate signed by Henri) and my more recent purchases have certificates signed by either Philippe or Thierry. My personal preference for Patek Philippe watches has always been their traditional dress watches, which many would de

Dress Watch
I currently have a Milgauss, Explorer 2 and a Railmaster. I wear the Railmaster on a leather strap as my de facto dress watch but I don't believe it's a proper dress watch. My leading candidate is the JLC Master Control. I'm also considering the Cellini Time, but it'd be a stretch used. The new JLC looks to be about half the price of a used Cellini.Anyone with experience with these two watches? Anything else I should be considering in the $4000 to $8000 range?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

My dj2
Some pics of my just over 1 year old dj2,,full set with just under 4 years mf warranty left,,, So happy i decided to get same spec model instead of a nice deal on a sub LV when i was fully refunded or another gmt blnr,,, i have had the watch just a few weeks and i need a link removing but is almost perfect with the easy link extended for my 7in wrist and was totally mint even under a loupe even our local watchsmith who thought it was brand new and couldnt move the screws to remove the link and didnt want to damage screws or clasp so i need to pop up to my local ad for the link removal at some point First time using Tapatalk , so a bit of a trial run,jayIMG_0063.JPGIMG_0067.JPGSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk