Unless you’ve been living under a rock the last few years, you probably are aware that the prices for the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak and Patek Philippe Nautilus have skyrocketed. These are creations of the great Gérald Genta, who, along with the IWC Ingenieur, designed the famous trilogy of modern luxury sports watches back in the 1970s. They set the standard for modern watch design as we know it today.