The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) came about in Geneva final night time (13 November) with its annual celebration of horological excellence.
This 12 months’s classes have been dominated by impartial watchmakers. However with entries showcasing extraordinary ranges of handcrafted complexity, we did not thoughts within the slightest. The occasion was a testomony to the artistry and ingenuity thriving in impartial watchmaking.
Benefit from the wrist artwork of our favorite class winners that exemplify the top of up to date horology.
Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 2024: see the winners
Males’s Complication – DB Sort Of Grande Complication
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De Bethune’s DB Sort of Grande Complication is a horological masterpiece that distills 22 years of innovation right into a single, distinctive timepiece. This reversible, double-sided watch showcases eight issues—together with a perpetual calendar, ultra-light tourbillon, spherical moon-phase indication, and leaping seconds—all built-in inside a cultured platinum case. On the up to date facet, the watch mesmerises with a 36,000 vph tourbillon and a leaping seconds mechanism, contrasted by the classical facet that includes a perpetual calendar and a three-dimensional moon-phase set in opposition to the maison’s signature starry sky in blued titanium. With 751 meticulously assembled parts, it isn’t only a watch however a real composition that captures De Bethune’s spirit of technical mastery and aesthetic excellence.
Girls’ Complication – Van Cleef & Arpels Woman Arpels Brise d’Été
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Nature has all the time been a timeless muse, and Van Cleef & Arpels captures its essence with the Woman Arpels Brise d’Été watch—a celebration of a recent summer season morning. This beautiful piece brings blooming corollas to life throughout the maison’s enchanted backyard. White and yellow gold butterflies, crafted in plique-à-jour enamel, not solely inform time but in addition flutter away due to an on-demand animation that breathes life into the flowers and stems. The corollas, rendered in vallonné enamel with azure hues and spessartite garnet pistils, are set in opposition to a matte mother-of-pearl dial that merges foreground and background right into a poetic scene of lush greenery. With champlevé enamel leaves and tsavorite garnet-adorned blades of grass, supported by sculptural miniature portray, it is a bucolic panorama the place time ticks by in concord with nature’s everlasting cycle.
Tourbillon – Daniel Roth Tourbillon Souscription
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Thirty-five years after its founding, Daniel Roth returns with the Tourbillon Souscription—a homage to the unique 1988 design embodying the model’s enduring values. Crafted by artisans at La Fabrique du Temps, the timepiece upholds the mantra ‘La Montre Objet d’Artwork.’ Housed in an unique yellow gold double-ellipse case simply 9.2mm thick, it options subtly reshaped hand-soldered lugs for enhanced ergonomics. The strong gold dial with Clous de Paris guilloché pays refined tribute to the model’s heritage, produced in Kari Voutilainen’s workshop. Beneath beats the in-house calibre DR001, guaranteeing artisanal excellence continues beneath grasp watchmakers Michel Navas and Enrico Barbasini.
Petite Aiguille – KUDOKE 3 Salmon
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Stefan Kudoke’s KUDOKE 3 continues the HANDwerk assortment’s signature of subtle simplicity with an unconventional hour show. Minutes are indicated by a blued metal hand, however hours are proven by way of a triple-armed hand of various lengths shifting between two dials under the higher dial. As one arm completes an hour scale, the following begins, with hours 2, 6, and 10 displayed twice on completely different scales. The salmon higher dial enhances the silver-plated decrease dial’s wave form. 4 screws at 10, 20, 40, and 50 function minute markers, and diamond edges improve the aesthetics. The infinity image, a HANDwerk motif, is woven into the design. Housed in a 39mm chrome steel case with an onion crown, the KUDOKE 3 showcases the hand-wound KALIBER 1 motion by way of its sapphire case again.
Jewelry – Chopard Laguna Excessive-Jewelry Secret Watch
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Chopard’s newest marvel from its Crimson Carpet Assortment is a jewellery-watch embodying the magic of ‘a secret a couple of secret.’ Hidden inside a seashell, this distinctive piece merges watchmaking experience with jewelry artistry. That includes a pure pearl surrounded by sapphires in pastel hues, it captivates with technicolor thriller. Over 1,000 hours of meticulous work entwine moral 18-carat gold with titanium—a technical feat. Chopard’s dedication to sustainability shines by way of with 100% moral gold from clear, traceable sources.
All of the winners at The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 2024
“Aiguille d’Or” Grand Prix: IWC Schaffhausen, Portugieser Everlasting Calendar
Audacity Prize: Berneron, Mirage Sienna
Eco-innovation Prize: Chopard, L.U.C Qualité Fleurier
Chronometry Prize: Bernhard Lederer, 3 Occasions Licensed Observatory Chronometer
“Horological Revelation” Prize: Rémy Cools, Tourbillon Atelier
Iconic Watch Prize: Piaget, Piaget Polo 79
Tourbillon Watch Prize: Daniel Roth, Tourbillon Souscription
Calendar and Astronomy Watch Prize: Laurent Ferrier, Traditional Moon Silver
Mechanical Exception Watch Prize: Bovet 1822, Récital 28 Prowess 1
Chronograph Watch Prize: Massena Lab, Chronograph Monopoussoir Sylvain Pinaud x Massena Lab
Sports activities Watch Prize: Ming, 37.09 Bluefin
Males’s Complication Watch Prize: De Bethune, DB Sort Of Grande Complication
Males’s Watch Prize: Voutilainen, KV20i Reversed
Time Solely Watch Prize: H. Moser & Cie, Streamliner Small Seconds Blue Enamel
Jewelry Watch Prize: Chopard, Laguna Excessive-Jewelry Secret Watch
Inventive Crafts Watch Prize: Van Cleef & Arpels, Woman Arpels Jour Enchanté
Girls’ Complication Watch Prize: Van Cleef & Arpels, Woman Arpels Brise d’Été
Girls’ Watch Prize: Van Cleef & Arpels, Woman Jour Nuit
“Petite Aiguille” Watch Prize: Kudoke, 3 Salmon
Problem Watch Prize: Otsuka Lotec, No.6
Particular Jury Prize: Jean-Pierre Hagmann
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