Gerald Genta

The latest collection from the revived watchmaking icon Gérald Genta introduces three evocative watches inspired by the 1994 Oursin. The Oursin, originally sketched by Gérald Genta after a family vacation in Corsica, features a unique aesthetic with a round case and deeply convex sides studded with beads. The 2024 Oursin models reinterpret Genta’s vision for a contemporary audience, maintaining the complexity, audacity, and distinctiveness of the original design. Each model has a convex titanium case studded with 223 beads, available in white gold, rose gold and diamonds, or yellow gold.

The Gentissima Oursin Pink is a glamorous piece that combines the opalescence of its pink mother-of-pearl guilloché dial with an array of rose gold and diamond case beads. The soft blush hues of this model evoke a nuanced delicacy, while its sparkling extrusions reflect the radiant strength of its wearer. This model’s design has a close affinity with nature, featuring two of the world’s most celebrated hard stones, making it both elegant and deeply connected to the natural world.

At the heart of the Gentissima Oursin collection is the automatic-winding GG-005, based on the Zenith Elite, a high-performance movement from the renowned Le Locle manufacture de la haute horlogerie. This iteration of the Elite has been customized for the Oursin, with a rotor reshaped in the form of an octagon and bas-relief beads sculpted along the periphery of the mass. The Elite movement, launched around the same time as the historical Oursin in 1994, adds a touch of symmetry and historical significance to these contemporary masterpieces.