Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Geneve 2016: the Winners. The jury of the 16th Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix (GPHG), this year held in the Théâtre du Léman, has chosen the 2016 winners in each of the twelve categories. The international jury also awarded the “Aiguille d’Or” Grand Prix, the highest distinction honouring the finest timepiece of the year, to the Ferdinand Berthoud Chronometrie FB 1 (click here to read the article that we published on September 23, 2015). Congratulations to the entire team at Chronométrie Ferdinand Berthoud.
The jury of the 16th Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix (GPHG), this year held in the Theatre du Leman, has chosen the 2016 winners in each of the twelve categories.
The international jury has also awarded the “Aiguille d’Or” Grand Prix, the highest distinction honouring the finest timepiece of the year, to the Ferdinand Berthoud Chronometrie FB 1 (click here to read the article that we published on September 23, 2015). Congratulations to the entire team at Chronométrie Ferdinand Berthoud.
We list below all the other 2016 prize winners.
Ladies: Piaget Limelight Gala
Ladies’ High Mech: Girard-Perregaux Cat's Eye Tourbillon with Gold Bridge
Men’s: Grönefeld 1941 Remontoire
Chronograph: Montblanc 1858 Chronograph Tachymeter Limited Edition
Tourbillon: Girard-Perregaux La Esmeralda Tourbillon
Calendar: MB&F Legacy Machine Perpetual
Travel Time: Fabergé Visionnaire DTZ
Mechanical Exception: Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept Supersonnerie
"Petit Aiguille": Tudor Heritage Black Bay Bronze
Sports: Eberhard Scafograf 300
Jewellery: Chanel Montre a Secret Signature Grenat
Artistic Crafts: Piaget Protocole XXL "Secrets & Lights" Venice Micro-Mosaic
The winner of the Public Prize is the Czapek & Cie Quai des Bergs timepiece which marked the comeback of the brand.
The special Revival prize has been assigned to the TAG Heuer Monza Chronograph.
Finally, the Special Jury Prize has been assigned to the George Daniels Educational Trust, the charity established after the death of the great British watchmaker with the object to further the higher education of pupils studying, or intending to study, the disciplines of Horology, Engineering, Medicine, or Building Construction.
The international jury has also awarded the “Aiguille d’Or” Grand Prix, the highest distinction honouring the finest timepiece of the year, to the Ferdinand Berthoud Chronometrie FB 1 (click here to read the article that we published on September 23, 2015). Congratulations to the entire team at Chronométrie Ferdinand Berthoud.
Ladies: Piaget Limelight Gala
Ladies’ High Mech: Girard-Perregaux Cat's Eye Tourbillon with Gold Bridge
Men’s: Grönefeld 1941 Remontoire
Tourbillon: Girard-Perregaux La Esmeralda Tourbillon
Calendar: MB&F Legacy Machine Perpetual
Mechanical Exception: Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept Supersonnerie
"Petit Aiguille": Tudor Heritage Black Bay Bronze
Sports: Eberhard Scafograf 300
Jewellery: Chanel Montre a Secret Signature Grenat
Artistic Crafts: Piaget Protocole XXL "Secrets & Lights" Venice Micro-Mosaic
The winner of the Public Prize is the Czapek & Cie Quai des Bergs timepiece which marked the comeback of the brand.
The special Revival prize has been assigned to the TAG Heuer Monza Chronograph.
Finally, the Special Jury Prize has been assigned to the George Daniels Educational Trust, the charity established after the death of the great British watchmaker with the object to further the higher education of pupils studying, or intending to study, the disciplines of Horology, Engineering, Medicine, or Building Construction.
To be honest the winner is not my favorite. I understand that it is technically outstanding but its design is not harmonius imho.
ReplyDeleteMy fav was the Gronefeld piece but perhaps not complicated enough to be the Aiguille d'Or?
DeleteMb&f for me, thanks :D
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