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Originally Posted by GreatHarry
You know what? I was only thinking when I saw the above pictures, if Mr. Genta had anything to do with its original design. The similarities between it and AP are quite striking.
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Actually the evidence is only anecdotal and not firmly established. Salon QP interviewed one of Gentas’ close friends and it was he who casually mentioned that Genta had always wanted to design the DJ but instead had designed the original Rolex Quartz. There are some early Rolex Oysters from the 1940’s that have very similar design cues with the shape of the case and is likely the Oysterquartz was derived from them as much as anything.
This is the ref 5300 Texan that Rolex only made for 1 year and supposedly the Genta design.
