The term “Côtes de Genève” refers to one of the most common decorations in watch-making; a so-called “commodity” in the jargon of economics, and it represents everything that is nowadays so common and widespread that it goes easily almost unnoticed. I think that it represents one of those very rare cases when, just for saying it, I simply transcribe a piece of information from the press-release and the technical paper of a model, without expanding it any further. The Côtes de Genève pattern has always been reserved for the decoration of the bridges of a calibre rather than the winding rotor of an automatic movement; it is made through an abrasion process applied to an area and is so rarely used on other parts and components of a timepiece other than its caliber, that it goes unnoticed.
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Gaetano C @Horbiter