Tonight, as yearly, is the celebration of watchmaking, watchmakers and watches normally… It’s the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (or GPHG 2021) – the Oscars of the watchmaking business. A number of classes are represented (girls, males, sophisticated and even inexpensive watches) and the perfect watches of the 12 months will likely be awarded the coveted Golden Hand prize – and naturally, the prize we’re all ready for, the “Aiguille d’Or” or the perfect of the present, celebrating the perfect watch launched in 2021. As MONOCHROME is likely one of the official press companions of the present, we’ll be broadcasting the occasion stay from 06:30 PM (Europe Time) tonight. Keep tuned on MONOCHROME!
As a reminder, right here’s the whole record of the GPHG 2021 finalists.
Girls’
- Armin Strom Girl Beat Manufacture Version White
- Bovet 1822 Miss Audrey Candy Artwork
- Chanel Mademoiselle J12 Acte II watch
- Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda Sélène Rose Gold White Mop 33 mm
- Piaget Limelight Gala Treasured Rainbow
- Van Cleef & Arpels Alhambra secret pendant watch
Girls’ Complication
- Bovet 1822 Récital 23
- Chopard L.U.C Flying T Twin Girls
- Louis Vuitton Tambour Spin Time Air Vivienne
- Montres KF KF-09-01
- Piaget Altiplano Tourbillon
- Van Cleef & Arpels Girl Féerie watch
Males’s
- Grand Seiko Hello-Beat 36000 80 Hours Caliber 9SA5
- H. Moser & Cie Swiss Alp Watch Ultimate Improve
- Hermès Hermès H08
- Louis Erard La Semaine Louis Erard x Alain Silberstein
- MB&F LM101 Stainless Metal
- Piaget Piaget Polo Skeleton
Males’s Complication
- Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon Chronograph
- Breitling Premier B15 Duograph 42
- Bulgari Octo Roma Worldtimer
- Chanel Monsieur Superleggera Version
- Chopard L.U.C Quattro Spirit 25
- MB&F LMX Titanium
Iconic
- Audemars Piguet Royal Oak “Jumbo” Additional-Skinny
- Grand Seiko Re-creation of the primary Grand Seiko
- IWC Schaffhausen Large Pilot’s Watch 43
- Tudor Black Bay Fifty-Eight 925
- Vacheron Constantin American 1921
- Zenith Chronomaster Revival A386 Manufacture
Tourbillon
- ArtyA Purity Tourbillon
- Audemars Piguet Code 11.59 Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon Chronograph
- De Bethune DB Form of Two Tourbillon
- Girard-Perregaux Tourbillon with Three Flying Bridges – Aston Martin Version
- IWC Schaffhausen Large Pilot’s Watch Fixed-Drive Tourbillon Version “IWC Racing”
- Louis Moinet House Revolution
Calendar and Astronomy
- Arnold & Son Luna Magna
- Breitling Premier B25 Datora 42
- Bulgari Octo Finissimo Perpetual Calendar
- Christiaan Van Der Klaauw CVDK Planetarium Eise Eisinga
- IWC Schaffhausen Large Pilot’s Watch Perpetual Calendar Prime Gun Version “Mojave Desert”
- Konstantin Chaykin Minotaur
Mechanical Exception
- Bernhard Lederer Central Impulse Chronometer
- Christophe Claret Napoleon
- Jacob & Co Opera Godfather Minute Repeater
- Miki Eleta Svemir
- Piaget Altiplano Final Automated
- Ulysse Nardin UFO
Chronograph
- Angelus U30 Black Tourbillon, Flyback and Cut up-second Chronograph
- Breitling Premier B09 Chronograph 40
- IWC Schaffhausen Pilot’s Watch Chronograph Version “Tribute to 3705”
- Louis Erard Le Chrono Monopoussoir Louis Erard x Alain Silberstein
- Tudor Black Bay Chrono
- Zenith Chronomaster Sport
Diver’s
- Doxa SUB 300 carbon COSC Aquamarine
- Louis Vuitton Tambour Road Diver Skyline Blue
- Milus Archimèdes by Milus Orange Coral
- Oris Aquis Date Calibre 400 41.5 mm
- Reservoir Hydrosphere Bronze “The Greg Lecoeur Version”
- Ulysse Nardin Diver X Skeleton
Jewelry
- Bulgari Serpenti Barocko
- Chanel Mademoiselle Privé Bouton décor Byzantin
- Chopard Flower Energy
- Hermès Kelly Joaillerie
- Piaget Beautiful Moments watch
- Van Cleef & Arpels Ludo secret watch
Creative Crafts
- Andersen Genève Leaping Hours fortieth Anniversary in Platinum
- Bulgari Divas Dream Peacock Assortment
- Hermès Arceau Toucan de Paradis
- Louis Vuitton Tambour Carpe Diem
- MB&F LM SE Eddy Jaquet “Across the World in Eighty Days”
- Voutilainen Duluth Bridge
Petite Aiguille
- Breitling Prime Time Deus Restricted Editon
- Garrick S4
- Louis Erard Le Régulateur Louis Erard x Vianney Halter
- Seiko Re-creation of King Seiko KSK
- Trilobe Nuit Fantastique, Grained Black
- Tudor Black Bay Ceramic
Problem
- Anordain Mannequin 1 – Payne’s gray fumé
- CIGA Design Blue Planet
- Doxa SUB 200 C-GRAPH Caribbean
- Furlan Marri MR. Gray Ref. 1041-A
- Massena Lab Uni-Racer
- Oris Divers Sixty-5 Cotton Sweet
Together with these 14 clearly outlined classes, the GPHG 2021 may also give an award to watches falling in these classes:
Innovation Prize
This prize rewards the perfect competing watch providing an modern imaginative and prescient of time measurement (by way of approach, design, supplies, and many others.) and opening up new growth pathways for the watchmaking artwork. This prize is discretionary, the Jury will determine whether or not there are grounds for awarding it in 2021.
Audacity Prize
This prize rewards the perfect competing watch that includes a non-conformist, offbeat method to watchmaking. It’s supposed to foster inventive audacity. This prize is discretionary, the Jury will determine whether or not there are grounds for awarding it in 2021.
Horological Revelation
This prize rewards a competing watch created by a younger model (lower than ten years of existence since its first mannequin was commercialised). It could additionally reward the mechanical creation of a younger expertise, within the occasion that not one of the competing watches needs to be thought of worthy of receiving this prize. This prize is discretionary, the Jury will determine whether or not there are grounds for awarding it in 2021.
Particular Jury Prize
This prize rewards a persona, establishment or initiative that has performed a elementary position in selling high-quality watchmaking. It can’t be awarded to a watch, nor to a model as such. This prize is discretionary, the Jury will determine whether or not there are grounds for awarding it in 2021.
Aiguille d’Or
This prize rewards the perfect general watch amongst all classes (Finest in Present), additionally deemed probably the most consultant of the watch business as a complete. It’s the most prestigious award.
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