Three stunning sea urchins from gérald genta

The latest collection from gérald genta is a capsule of three watches inspired by the 1994 Oursin, a fascinating preview of the brand’s in-house experimental design lab, codenamed Gentissima. Gérald Genta first sketched the Oursin – French for sea urchin – after a family vacation in Corsica. A 36.5mm creation, this timepiece in all three models features a convex titanium case – designed and crafted at La Fabrique du Temps Louis Vuitton – and is studded with 223 beads, set in expanding halos. Each bead is individually threaded and screwed down and comes in a contrasting material to the underlying titanium – white gold, rose gold and diamonds, or yellow gold. At the heart of the watch beats the automatic-winding GG-005 based on the Zenith Elite – an iteration of the Elite customised for the Oursin.