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Gerald Charles Maestro GC39 25th Anniversary Edition
Ref. GC39-TNPS-LSEN-RSDP-RE
Sits in Gerald Charles’s upper tier here — more premium than three quarters of the Gerald Charles watches we list, which start at £15,960.
Price range £15,960 to £76,920 across 15 Gerald Charles watches in stock.Gerald Charles reaches its twenty-fifth year with a watch that returns directly to 2005 — the year Gérald Genta drew the original Maestro — and rebuilds it in one hundred examples. The asymmetric curve at the bottom of the case, the house's most recognisable signature, sits exactly where Genta placed it. What is new is the dial: a genuine lapis lazuli disc at its centre, ringed by an outer frame worked through micro-chemical engraving, a process Gerald Charles calls meta-guillochage, which fragments light the way pavé stone would without using any. The anti-clockwise jumping hour, read through an arced aperture at twelve, was always the Maestro's defining mechanism, and it remains so here. At 42mm in grade 5 titanium the watch is lighter than it appears — 96 grams on the wrist — and the 11mm profile keeps it flatter than complication watches of comparable ambition typically manage. The Vaucher-produced Calibre 4.0 is visible through a sapphire caseback held by eight screws, its gold honeycomb rotor and Côtes de Genève decoration worth the brief inversion. The vulcanised rubber strap carries the same Clous de Paris texture as the crown and carries, unexpectedly, a faint vanilla scent — the kind of detail that belongs to the second week of ownership rather than the first.
- Reference
- GC39-TNPS-LSEN-RSDP-RE
- Brand
- Gerald Charles
- Collection
- Maestro
- Case size
- 42mm
- Case thickness
- 11mm
- Case material
- Titanium
- Dial
- Blue
- Crystal
- Sapphire
- Movement
- Automatic
- Calibre
- 4.0
- Functions
- Skeleton dial
- Water resistance
- 100m
- Bracelet / strap
- Rubber strap
- Strap colour
- Blue
- Clasp
- Deployant clasp
- Retailer
- Mappin & Webb
Additional specifications
- Power reserve
- 50 hours
- Gem set
- Yes
Learn more about Gerald Charles
Gérald Charles Genta designed the two watches that defined the luxury sports category — the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak in 1972 and the Patek Philippe Nautilus in 1976 — along with work for Omega, IWC, Bulgari and others. He was called the Picasso of watches, and he was not especially modest about it.
He founded his first eponymous company in 1969 and sold it to The Hour Glass in 1996. In 2000, at sixty-nine, he started again with Gerald Charles, using his first and middle names.
This was the brand he made for himself rather than for a client, and the Maestro case shows it: deliberately asymmetric, with the right side of the bezel curved differently from the left, so that it sits against the wrist rather than sitting squarely on it. No brief from a manufacture would have survived that decision.
Genta died in 2011. The company remains independent and family-owned, run by the Ziviani family, producing the Maestro in small numbers.
- 1972
- Genta designs the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak.
- 1976
- Designs the Patek Philippe Nautilus.
- 1996
- Sells his first eponymous company.
- 2000
- Founds Gerald Charles.
- 2011
- Genta dies; the family-owned company continues.
Also in 7 collections
This watch appears in the Gerald Charles Maestro range (15), Back in Stock (3,988), Automatic Watches (1,546), Blue Dial Watches (778), Skeleton Watches (275), Limited Edition Watches (184) and Titanium Watches (165).
Manufacturer’s guarantee
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What the specifications mean
A mechanical watch for everyday wear.
Strengths
- 100m water resistance covers swimming and watersports
- Sapphire crystal, which resists scratching
- One of Gerald Charles's more premium watches
Gerald Charles Maestro GC39 25th Anniversary alternatives
Watches from other brands at a similar price, style and size, so you can see what else your budget can buy.
| Specification | GC39-TNPS-LSEN-RSDP-RE | 81015-32-001-32A | pfc907-1020001-100182 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | £41,040 | £42,500 | £38,600 |
| Case size | 42mm | 42mm | 42mm |
| Water resistance | 100m | 100m | 100m |
| Movement | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic |
| Strap | Rubber strap | Ceramic bracelet | Stainless steel bracelet |
| Power reserve | 50 hours | 54 hours | 50 hours |
| This watch | Closely matched | Closely matched |
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Frequently asked questions, and things you should know about this watch
Can I swim with it?
Yes. At 100m it is rated for swimming and snorkelling, though not for diving.
Water resistance explainedWill the glass scratch?
Unlikely. Sapphire is second only to diamond in hardness and shrugs off everyday marking.
Sapphire, mineral and acrylic comparedDoes it need a battery?
No. It is automatic — the motion of your wrist winds it, and there is no cell to replace.
Quartz, automatic and solar comparedHow long does it run for when it's not worn?
About 50 hours fully wound — enough to survive a night off the wrist, but not a full weekend.
Cheapest place to buy
Both Goldsmiths and Mappin & Webb list it at £41,040, so choose on delivery and warranty rather than price.
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