The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) has simply printed the checklist of 2022’s shortlisted (“nominated”) watches within the runup to the eagerly anticipated red-carpet occasion in Geneva on November 10, 2022.
The 15 common classes for 2022 are: Girls, Girls Complication, Males’s, Males’s Complication, Iconic, Tourbillon, Chronograph, Mechanical Exception, Calendar and Astronomy, Diver’s, Jewelry, Creative Crafts, Petite Aiguille (watches with retail costs between 3,500 and 10,000 Swiss francs), Problem (watches with retail costs underneath 3,500 Swiss francs), and a brand new one known as Mechanical Clock.
The principle prize of the night is the Aiguille d’Or, the most effective watch total among the many entrants, which will probably be voted within the room by a smaller jury chosen from the now practically 500 Academy members.
Sufficient preamble, let’s take a look on the watches which are in critical rivalry for the prizes as of at the moment.
GPHG 2022: Girls

2022 GPHG Girls class shortlist
The Girls class comprises watches geared toward ladies that comprise the next indications solely: hours, minutes, seconds, easy date (day of the month), energy reserve, basic moon part. These could probably be adorned with a most of 9 carats price of gems.
The shortlisted watches are: Arnold & Son Perpetual Moon Eclipse I, Chaumet Déferlante Secret Timepiece, Chopard Alpine Eagle 33, Konstantin Chaykin Harley Quinn, Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda PF Computerized, and Van Cleef & Arpels Perlée.
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GPHG 2022: Girls Complication

2022 GPHG Girls Complication class shortlist
The Girls Complication class constitutes ladies’s watches which are exceptional by way of their mechanical creativity and complexity. These watches could characteristic all types of basic and/or progressive issues and indications (e.g., annual calendar, perpetual calendar, equation of time, advanced moon phases, tourbillon, digital or retrograde time show, world time, or twin time) and don’t match the definition of the Girls and Mechanical Exception classes.
The shortlisted watches are: Andersen Genève Tempus Terrae Baguettes Aquamarines, Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon Extremely-Skinny RD#3, Chaumet Sous Le Soleil Inventive Complication, Chopard Imperiale Flying Tourbillon, Hermès Arceau Le Temps Voyageur, and Van Cleef & Arpels Girl Arpels Heures Florales Cerisier.
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GPHG 2022: Males’s

2022 GPHG Males’s class shortlist
The “Males’s” class contains watches that includes the next indications solely: hours, minutes, seconds, easy date (day of the month), energy reserve, basic moon phases. These could probably be adorned with a most of 9 carats price of gems.
The shortlisted watches are: Akrivia Chronomètre Contemporain II, Bulgari Octo Finissimo Skeleton 8 Days, Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda Pf Micro Rotor Metal, Sylvain Pinaud Origine, Trilobe Une Folle Journée Black Version, and Zenith Calibre 135 Observatoire.
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GPHG 2022: Males’s Complication

2022 GPHG Males’s Complication class shortlist
This class contains watches which are exceptional by way of their mechanical creativity and complexity. These watches could characteristic all types of basic and/or progressive issues and indications (e.g., world time or twin time) and don’t match the definition of the Males’s and Mechanical Exception classes.
The shortlisted watches are: Armin Strom Orbit Manufacture Version, Audemars Piguet Code 11.59 Tourbillon Openworked, Bovet 1822 Virtuoso V, Hermès Arceau Le Temps Voyageur, Parmigiani Tonda PF GMT Rattrapante, and Singer Reimagined Barista.
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GPHG 2022: Iconic

2022 GPHG Iconic class shortlist
The Iconic class is for watches from an emblematic assortment that has exercised an enduring affect on watchmaking historical past and the watch marketplace for greater than 20 years.
The shortlisted watches are: Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Jumbo Additional-Skinny Openworked, Breitling Navitimer B01 Chronograph 43, Girard-Perregaux Casquette 2.0, IWC Schaffhausen Large Pilot’s Watch 43, TAG Heuer Monaco X Gulf, and Zenith Defy Revival A3642.
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GPHG 2022: Tourbillon

2022 GPHG Tourbillon class shortlist
Within the Tourbillon class we discover males’s mechanical watches with not less than one tourbillon. Extra indications and/or issues are admissible.
The shortlisted watches are: Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon Openworked, Grand Seiko Kodo Fixed Power Tourbillon, Greubel Forsey Tourbillon 24 Secondes Structure, H. Moser & Cie Pioneer Cylindrical Tourbillon Skeleton, Parmigiani Tonda PF Flying Tourbillon, and Theo Auffret Tourbillon Grand Sport.
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GPHG 2022: Calendar and Astronomy

2022 GPHG Calendar and Astronomy class shortlist
The Calendar and Astronomy class emphasizes mechanical watches comprising not less than one calendar and/or astronomical complication (e.g., date, annual calendar, perpetual calendar, equation of time, advanced moon phases show, and many others.). Extra indications and/or issues are admissible.
The shortlisted watches are: Arnold & Son Luna Magna Platinum, DRT Tempus Fugit, H. Moser & Cie Streamliner Perpetual Calendar, HYT Moon Runner Supernova Blue, Krayon Anyplace, and Sarpaneva Watches Nocturne.
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GPHG 2022: Mechanical Exception

2022 GPHG Mechanical Exception class shortlist
The Mechanical Exception class contains watches that includes a particular mechanism equivalent to an progressive or subtle show, an automaton, a putting or some other acoustic perform, a particular escapement, a belt-driven motion, or one other unique and/or distinctive horological idea.
The shortlisted watches are: Armin Strom Mirrored Power Resonance First Version, Bovet 1822 Récital 20 Astérium, Bulgari Octo Finissimo Extremely tenth Anniversary, Chopard L.U.C Full Strike Tourbillon, Ferdinand Berthoud FB 2RSM.2-1, and Ulysse Nardin Freak S.
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GPHG 2022: Chronograph

2022 GPHG Chronograph class shortlist
Timepieces entered into the Chronograph class are mechanical watches comprising not less than one chronograph indication. Extra indications and/or issues are admissible.
The shortlisted watches are: Breitling Navitimer Cosmonaute Restricted Version, Czapek Rattrapante Ice Blue, Grönefeld 1941 Grönograaf Tantalum, Louis Moinet Time to Race, MB&F Legacy Machine Sequential Evo, and Parmigiani Tonda PF Chronographe Metal.
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GPHG 2022: Diver’s

2022 GPHG Diver’s class shortlist
The Diver’s class comprises watches linked to the sphere of diving, whose capabilities, supplies, and design are suited to this exercise.
The shortlisted watches are: ArtyA Depth Gauge, Breitling Superocean Computerized 42, Doxa Military Restricted Version, Grand Seiko Spring Drive 5 Days Caliber 9RA5, TAG Heuer Aquaracer Skilled 1000 Superdiver, and Tudor Pelagos FXD.
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GPHG 2022: Jewelry

2022 GPHG Jewelry class shortlist
The Jewelry class contains watches demonstrating distinctive mastery of the artwork of bijou and gem setting. The watches are additionally distinguished by the selection of stones.
The shortlisted watches are: Bulgari Serpenti Misteriosi Excessive Jewelry, Chopard Animal World Peacock Watch, Jacob & Co Astronomia Metaverso NFT Venus, Piaget Extravagant Contact Watch, TAG Heuer Carrera Plasma Diamant d’Avant-Garde, and Van Cleef & Arpels Perles de Glace Rose.
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GPHG 2022: Creative Crafts

2022 GPHG Creative Crafts class shortlist
Watches within the Creative Crafts class display distinctive mastery of 1 or a number of inventive strategies equivalent to enameling, lacquering, engraving, guilloché (engine-turning), skeleton-working, and many others.
The shortlisted watches are: Bovet 1822 Amadeo Amadeo Skeleton Tourbillon, Hermès Arceau Hermès Story, Hublot Traditional Fusion Takashi Murakami Sapphire Rainbow, Van Cleef & Arpels Charms Coccinelle Féerique, and Voutilainen Ji-Ku.
GPHG 2022: Petite Aiguille

2022 GPHG Petite Aiguille shortlist
Watches entered into the Petite Aiguille class have a retail value between CHF 3,500 and CHF 10,000. Smartwatches are admissible on this class.
The shortlisted watches are: Breitling High Time Triumph, Gelfman Watch IN-16 Nixie, Grand Seiko Spring Drive GMT 9R66, Louis Erard x Massena Lab Le Régulateur Gold, Trilobe Nuit Fantastique Dune Version, and Zenith Defy Skyline.
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GPHG 2022: Problem

2022 GPHG Problem watches class shortlist
Watches entered into the Problem class have a retail value equal to or underneath CHF 3,500. Smartwatches are admissible on this class.
The shortlisted watches are: Kurono Tokyo Calendrier Kind 1, Louis Erard Le Régulateur x seconde/seconde/, M.A.D. Editions M.A.D.1 Crimson, Massena Lab Uni-Racer Safari, TAG Heuer Aquaracer Skilled 200 Solargraph, and Tudor Ranger.
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GPHG 2022: Mechanical Clocks

2022 GPHG Mechanical Clocks class shortlist
This 12 months (2022) is the primary in a very long time, if not ever, that mechanical clocks have had their very own class within the GPHG, and it’s long-awaited and warmly welcomed. Final 12 months (2021) specifically had sensational clocks entered that had been well-deserving prizes.
This class is for mechanical time-measuring devices like long-case and desk clocks. Wristwatches are usually not allowed on this class.
The shortlisted watches are: BCHH Celestial Infinity, L’Epée 1839 Time Quick II, Matthias Naeschke NT 8 GT, Miki Eleta The Passage of Time, UTINAM Lebru x Silberstein KB2, and Van Cleef & Arpels Fontaine Aux Oiseaux.
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