GRAND PRIX D’HORLOGERIE DE GENÈVE 2015

THE WINNERS

Watchmaking excellence and creativity were celebrated on Thursday October 29th in the Grand Théâtre de Genève at the prize-giving ceremony for the 15th Grand Prix d’Horlogerie (GPHG).

The prestigious international jury of this 15th edition of the GPHG, uniting the skills and competence of 26 authoritative watch experts and collectors, awarded 17 prizes and decided to grant the supreme distinction, the “Aiguille d’Or” Grand Prix, to Greubel Forsey for the model Tourbillon 24 Secondes Vision.

2015 PRIZE LIST:

Aiguille d’Or Grand Prix: Greubel Forsey, Tourbillon 24 Secondes Vision

Ladies’ Watch Prize: Hublot, Big Bang Broderie

Ladies’ High Mech Watch Prize: Fabergé, Lady Compliquée Peacock

Men’s Watch Prize: Voutilainen, Voutilainen GMR

Chronograph Watch Prize: Piaget, Altiplano Chrono

Tourbillon Watch Prize: Ulysse Nardin, Ulysse Anchor Tourbillon

Calendar Watch Prize: Hermès, Slim d’Hermès QP

Striking Watch Prize: Girard-Perregaux, Minute Repeater Tourbillon with Gold Bridges

Mechanical Exception Watch Prize: Jaquet Droz, The Charming Bird

Petite Aiguille Prize: Habring2, Felix

Sports Watch Prize: Tudor, Pelagos

FJewellery Watch Prize: Audemars Piguet, Diamond Punk

Artistic Crafts Watch Prize: Blancpain, Villeret, cadran Shakudō

Revival Watch Prize: Piaget, Extremely Piaget Double Sided Cuff Watch

Innovation Watch Prize: Antoine Preziuso, Tourbillon of Tourbillons

Horological Revelation Prize: Laurent Ferrier, Galet Square

Special Jury Prize: Micke Pintus, Yannick Pintus, Jean-Luc Perrin. The three Vacheron Constantin watchmakers who developed the Reference 57260 watch.

In addition, voting by the public resulted in the awarding of the Public Prize: Antoine Preziuso, Tourbillon of Tourbillons

After Hong Kong, Seoul and Dubai, the exhibition of the watches pre-selected by the jury is still on show in Geneva until November 4th at the Cité du Temps. As the last stage of this road show, the prize-winning watches in this 2015 edition will be presented in London at the SalonQP from November 12th to 14th.