“Since wearing an Apple Watch, I've been using the Mickey wallpaper which always makes me smile. I recently discovered that there are real Mickey Mouse watches, especially from reputable watchmakers, and I would like to expand my collection. But have I not passed the age?”
Bertrand, 48 years old.
Dear Bertrand, your question is timely.
A few weeks ago, the LVMH group announced the resurrection of the watch brand Gérald Genta, named after the legendary designer to whom we owe some of the monuments in the category, from the Royal Oak by Audemars Piguet to the Nautilus by Patek. Philip.
But also around 1984, the first luxury watches with the effigy of cartoon characters, the Pink Panther and Mickey Mouse in mind.
At the time, in the corridors of the very hushed Montres & Bijoux trade show in Geneva, this mixture of genres caused such a scandal that the organization asked Genta not to present the models.
The Genevan, in response, will simply leave...
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