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Today 8 November 2017, in Geneva, the jury of the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève has awarded the following prizes:
• Aiguille d’Or Grand Prix
Chopard, L.U.C Full Strike
• Ladies’ Watch Prize
Chanel, Première Camélia Skeleton
Let’s step back a bit and discuss why this fast operating, silicon material technology is all a big deal. The name of the game here isn’t just to be exclusive with something different, but more importantly – about wristwatch performance. In the words of Jean-Claude Biver, “I imagine this is what Abraham-Louis Breguet would be excited about if he were alive today!” While we’ve seen an enormous level of variety in timepiece design over the years, there is very little new in terms of actual performance increases. That means that most mechanical watches produced are similarly accurate. Of course, there are major differences in terms of how well regulated a movement is, or how well it is constructed, but at the end of the day you can only tweak a standard mechanical watch movement to be so accurate.
• Ladies’ High-Mech Watch Prize
Van Cleef & Arpels, Lady Arpels Papillon Automate
• Men’s Watch Prize
Bvlgari, Octo Finissimo Automatic
• Chronograph Watch Prize
Parmigiani Fleurier, Tonda Chronor Anniversaire
• Tourbillon and Escapement Watch Prize
Bvlgari, Octo Finissimo Tourbillon Skeleton
• Calendar Watch Prize
Greubel Forsey, QP à Équation
• Travel Time Watch Prize
Parmigiani Fleurier, Toric Hemisphères Rétrograde
• Mechanical Exception Watch Prize
Vacheron Constantin, Les Cabinotiers Celestia Astronomical Grand Complication 3600
• “Petite Aiguille” Prize
Tudor, Black Bay Chrono
• Sport Watch Prize
Ulysse Nardin, Marine Regatta
• Jewellery Watch Prize
Chopard, Lotus Blanc Watch
• Artistic Crafts Watch Prize
Voutilainen, Aki-No-Kure
• Revival Watch Prize
Longines, The Longines Avigation BigEye
• Innovation Watch Prize
Zenith, Defy Lab
• Special Jury Prize
Suzanne Rohr and Anita Porchet
The winners of the GPHG 2017 © GPHG
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