Universal Genève White Shadow World Timer and a blue ceramic tachymeter

and a blue ceramic tachymeter bezel

and it retains a crisp case devoid of over-polishing like so many of its stablemates

Debuting before the Second World War

during a race where two cars (or horses) cross the finish line one after the other

since the patent was registered exclusively to Gruen

Universal Genève White Shadow World Timer and a blue ceramic tachymeterYoure looking at one of Grald Gentas first notable watch designs. Thats right before he put pen to paper and created the Royal Oak for Audemars Piguet and the Nautilus for Patek Philippe, the young Swiss designer made the White Shadow for Universal Genve. Elegant and comfortable, its one of the more interesting vintage dress watch designs both from an aesthetic and a technical perspective. Thanks to its record breaking, slim automatic movement, the