#gefica

The Gerald Genta brand has a personal mission to create timepieces that are not like other luxury watches. In this it has dutifully succeeded and continue to innovate nicely. Here you have a special limited edition version of the Gefica watch line that was released a few years ago with its multi retrograde dial. This is the Gerald Genta Gefica Blue Note which combines the unique good looks of the Gefica model with attractive blue tones inspired by the “blue note” concept from jazz music. The dial displays a blue color matched by a blue alligator strap.

The Gefica watch line is one of the only watches to have a case made out of mostly bronze. Unlike most watch case metals, bronze oxidizes over time allowing the Gefica Blue Note watch to literally mature with age. No other brand is able to capture the functional art deco-inspired retrograde and jumping hour dial quite like Gerald Genta. The window in the upper middle part of the face shows the hours, while the top retrograde dial is for the minutes. You have a traditional red seconds hand that sweeps around the whole face, and another retrograde dial for the date below. While this manner of displaying the time is unorthodox, it does have its benefits and is enjoyable to live with. The Gefica case also features many titanium beads around the bezel, case and crown. This style comes partly from the African safari-inspired design of the original Gefica.

Gerald Genta is a master watch designer in the horological world with several classic timepieces under his belt --  several of these he designed for other popular watchmakers before he stated his own brand. The dedicated brand has been releasing highly attractive, quality timepieces long enough for each to be a masterpiece in itself. The Gefica Blue Note is not for everyone, but enough men can appreciate the charms of the 46.5mm-wide, nicely detailed case along with the multi-layered face with deep contrasting colors. Inside the watch is a manufacture made, perlage polish decorated automatic mechanical movement with a “potter” (antique gold look) finish. The crystal is domed sapphire and there is a sapphire exhibition caseback on the rear of the watch. Overall, a sturdy luxury timepiece that is as much about art as it is about being functional. The Gefica Blue Note watch is limited to just 50 pieces.