UNIVERSAL GENÈVE White Shadow ref.866101 cal.1-66 / Gérald Genta, Roman Dial

— A quiet curve drawn by a master —

Gérald Genta, called the Picasso of watchmaking.

The White Shadow, which he drew for Universal Genève in the 1960s, embodies an ultimate minimalism with every ornament stripped away.

The oval case, drawing gentle curves, is drawn naturally to a cuff and keeps giving off a modern shine across the decades.

— An ultra-thin automatic that astonished the world: Cal.1-66 —

The historic micro-rotor Cal.1-66 lives quietly inside.

It achieved a thickness of just 2.5mm, the thinnest automatic in the world at the time, through an inventive construction that set a small weight beautifully into the mainplate.

A movement that gave the convenience of automatic winding to a slim dress watch — a crystallisation of engineering.

— The memory of Rome, marked in a silver-white world —

On a dignified white dial, Roman numerals drawn with a fine touch stand in strict order.

A decisive two-hand layout teaches the luxury of savouring the quiet passage of time itself.

The original mesh bracelet settles supply against the wrist, giving the soft fit only vintage has.

— A bearing still fresh after half a century —

Roughly half a century since it was born in the 1970s.

This example keeps the beauty of its original form and is in very good condition.

As an understated character in a working day, or as a partner for a special weekend.

A watch to be handed on quietly to whoever spins the next part of its history.

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