On this closing GPHG spherical desk dialogue, my Quill & Pad colleagues and I talk about the night of November 4, 2021 and what we considered the massive night time’s winners. Our panel consists of:
Elizabeth Doerr (ED), co-founder and editor-in-chief
Ian Skellern (IS), co-founder and technical director
Joshua Munchow (JM), resident nerd author
GaryG (GG), resident collector
Martin Inexperienced (MG), resident gentleman
ED: Earlier than we dive into what we considered the 2021 version of the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève, I feel it’s essential to emphasize the elemental adjustments within the GPHG voting since 2020, which started with the creation of a various Academy of contributors who carried out the primary “screening” to reach on the six “nominated” watches in every class, the deserves of which we mentioned at size in every of our category-by-category spherical tables.
The classes then went on to be voted on by a nuclear jury of 30 members, half of which – in response to the foundations – had been chosen by the GPHG board and the jury president and half of which had been randomly drawn from the Academy pool. In that closing spherical of voting the Academy additionally voted once more, the sum whole of which was equal to fifteen votes within the closing spherical – which made for a complete of 45 particular person votes.
By my reckoning, solely 5 of these 30 had beforehand been on the jury at any level, together with jury president Nick Foulkes. Additionally fascinating to notice is that regardless of Piaget CEO Benjamin Comar being within the jury – the rule is that the CEO of the earlier yr’s successful Aiguille d’Or watch sits on the next jury – the GPHG allowed Piaget to partake within the occasion as typical. In my eight years on the jury, the successful model was not allowed to take part the next yr whereas the CEO is on the jury.
GG: Did the brand new mannequin for the GPHG, with one-third of the ultimate vote coming from the Academy and the rest from a jury that blended just a few veterans with many newcomers, work? As an strategy to include numerous inputs within the nomination and choice course of, I’d say sure.
As a mechanism to pick out the yr’s best watches, I’m not fairly so assured. Wanting ahead, the important factor to GPHG’s survival shall be to make sure that every year’s prime new watches are entered; at minimal, this may require a concerted outreach effort from the GPHG to manufacturers and ideally would incorporate a shift in each the funding and nomination fashions to take away the necessity for makers to self-enter and pay for the prices of the competitors.
2021 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève winners on stage
IS: Nicely, 2021 turned out to be a reasonably regular yr for the GPHG with some apparent winners and some headscratchers. Whereas because of the pandemic there have been fewer completely new watches within the operating, there was no scarcity of fantastic contenders.
The large lesson I’ve belatedly realized is that if a mannequin has been entered or received in earlier years, it doesn’t matter. And if a watch is pre-selected in a class, then how appropriate it’s for the class is meaningless.
I used to be each disenchanted and shocked that neither the Miki Eleta Svemir nor Ulysse Nardin UFO clocks acquired a prize. I really feel that the GPHG ought to make a transparent choice as as to whether clocks must be competing in opposition to watches within the current classes or benefit a class of their very own.
ED: I’d vote so as to add a clock class and drop Iconic.
IS: Right here’s yet another vote to drop the Iconic class as nicely, Elizabeth.
MG: It’s fascinating to see how the GPHG is creating. I’m not utterly satisfied that the classes are on par or very nicely aligned. I additionally discover it a bit complicated that watches don’t need to win their class however can nonetheless go residence with the Audacity, Innovation, Revelation, and even the Aiguille d’Or awards. What does that say concerning the watches that did win their classes? Are they actually the runners-up?
ED: Not essentially, Martin, however fairly presumably. We’ll by no means know.
GG: One other November Geneva watch week within the books, and with all of the craziness on the varied auctions the GPHG appeared to take a little bit of a again seat this time. I assumed that the sector of finalists was weaker general this yr than in previous years and proceed to hope that extra manufacturers and makers will conform to enter their work sooner or later as there have been many nice watches launched since final yr that weren’t even within the beginning discipline.
As they are saying, you need to be in it to win it, so kudos to those that did take the time and to the winners chosen from amongst them by the jury and Academy.
MG: I did surprisingly nicely this yr when it comes to our predictions! Out of the 14 classes (15 for those who depend the Aiguille d’Or) I guessed 5 appropriately. Not unhealthy, and maybe it’s time for the GPHG to make me a part of the jury. This yr, I had just one watch that I used to be baffled with: the Furlan Marri Mr. Gray, which received the Horological Revelation prize. I suppose lots of people had been expressing their disappointment that Patek Philippe doesn’t take part!?
JM: The 2021 GPHG awards have accomplished and my typical 50-percent success in predictions was slashed once more with solely 5 out of 14 classes going my means, although with 4 extra classes I used to be elated to see different watches win anyway. Sadly, I used to be slightly late to watching the present this yr with my day job maintaining me from the primary hour, so I can’t remark an excessive amount of on the move of the present as much as that time. As soon as I tuned in it did appear to move significantly nicely, some audio system did linger a bit an excessive amount of however general a few of the pacing enhancements from the “social distancing GPHG” in 2020 fortunately carried into this yr.
I felt that the present typically again to regular this yr now that we’re submit vaccine and have already had profitable Geneva-based watch occasions by now. I’m assured that 2022 will see an nearly absolutely back-to-normal honest schedule, and this GPHG version could possibly be the signal that the watch world is again.
ED: I attended the GPHG in particular person and I can attest that all the factor felt totally regular this yr. A bit too regular maybe, which I hope was not untimely (this was the largest occasion I’ve attended in additional than two years). However it actually felt good.
IS: I used to be shocked to see all the seats within the mask-free auditorium taken, Elizabeth, moderately than each second seat. However not less than they screened for vaccine or take a look at earlier than entry.
ED: I used to be likewise shocked, Ian, and stored my masks on all through the occasion. And the vaccine certification/take a look at screening was vigilant, which was wonderful.
JM: I used to be glad to see so many manufacturers in attendance and honored and located just a few jokes really touchdown fairly nicely with the viewers from the host, presenters, and winners. General the present was a pleasant sight after a yr and a half of weirdness throughout the business and the broader world, and I used to be glad to easily watch what felt acquainted and see individuals I favored successful awards to honor their achievements.
ED: Now let’s transfer on to the person prizes.
Women: Piaget Limelight Gala Valuable Rainbow
GG: We begin off with an actual headscratcher for me, because the Piaget Limelight has been round in just about equivalent type to this yr’s variation for so long as I can bear in mind; for me this alternative landed with a boring thud. It was certainly one of a number of circumstances by which the selectors appeared to lack historic context, rewarding rehashes of longstanding designs or forgetting that basically equivalent watches had been entered – and even awarded – beforehand. An absence of continuity on the jury could also be considerably responsible, however it additionally appeared to me that some of us merely didn’t do their homework.
Piaget Limelight Gala Valuable Rainbow
ED: I’m actually unsure what number of Limelights can win this prize! Whereas this can be a stunning watch – and each new iteration is not less than as charming because the final – I’m barely dumbfounded as to how this will maintain successful this class, particularly when there have been newer, utterly authentic watches out there which can be not less than equally as fascinating. Maybe as a result of so few of the jury bear in mind what had already received up to now?
MG: My runner-up received, which occurs to be one of the vital gorgeous watches by Piaget in recent times. Nonetheless, I assumed that the Armin Strom Girl Beat had higher playing cards, being one thing decisively totally different, however maybe that can be one thing that the jury wants a while to get used to. Piaget had a very good night, going residence with two prizes, tying them with Louis Vuitton and MB&F in that respect.
IS: I’m off the road quick by selecting the Piaget Limelight Gala to win. And bless its coronary heart, it did! Whereas a Limelight Gala received the GPHG Women’ watch prize again in 2016, I assumed that 5 years is more likely to be lengthy sufficient to warrant one other win. It’s extraordinarily fairly and elegantly eye-catching.
JM: I acquired this one incorrect largely primarily based on assumptions from years previous. I’m glad for Piaget to be awarded a prize for this, it really is a surprising watch.
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Fast Information Piaget Limelight Gala Valuable Rainbow
Case: 32 x 10 mm, pink gold, bezel set with 5 brilliant-cut inexperienced tsavorites and 37 brilliant-cut sapphires starting from pink by orange, yellow, blue, indigo and violet (8.812 ct)
Dial: hand-engraved pink gold
Motion: automated Caliber 501P1 (530P base), 3.63 mm in top, 40-hour energy reserve, 4 Hz/28,800 vph frequency
Features: hours, minutes
Value: $102,000 / 99,000 Swiss francs
Women Complication: Van Cleef & Arpels Girl Féerie
MG: Life is difficult on this class when you need to tackle Van Cleef & Arpels. There’s something about these very whimsical watches, that are nonetheless very critically executed, that’s irresistible. To some extent maybe that can be a pity because the competitors was sturdy. Bovet’s Récital 23 could be very authentic, though I really feel that oval watches are all the time at an obstacle. And each Chopard and Piaget entered some very critical tourbillons.
ED: You’re right in all of that, Martin. It’s actually a disgrace concerning the Bovet Récital 23 – a really deserving and authentic watch.
Van Cleef & Arpels Girl Féerie
GG: I picked the Van Cleef, so I can’t be too sad right here!
IS: Whereas I assumed that the Bovet 1822 Récital 23 turquoise would win this class, I take slightly comfort in the truth that the Van Cleef & Arpels Girl Féerie was my runner-up, and as I wrote in my prediction, “. . . the one purpose that it’s not on the prime of my podium is that, whereas I admire it’s a brand new design, I really feel that I’ve seen it too many occasions earlier than.” Lesson realized.
JM: I appropriately predicted this one and it felt like an in depth battle with a number of improbable watches. I’ll all the time be glad when the Girl Féerie wins as a result of I do know that a few of my favourite individuals within the business are additionally behind it, and it’s such a enjoyable timepiece!
Additional studying: Our Predictions In The Women Complication Class Of The 2021 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG): As soon as Once more Almost Unanimous
Fast Information Van Cleef & Arpels Girl Féerie
Case: 33 x 13.14 mm, white gold; bezel, case, dial and buckle set with brilliant-cut diamonds (4.7 ct)
Dial: plique-à-jour and grisaille enamel over guilloche, mother-of-pearl
Motion: undisclosed automated caliber, 36-hour energy reserve, 4 Hz/28,800 vph frequency
Features: soar hours, retrograde minutes
Value: 104,000 Swiss francs
Males’s: Grand Seiko Hello-Beat 36000 80 Hours
IS: I picked the comparatively flamboyant MB&F LM101 Stainless Metal to win right here. The subdued Grand Seiko Hello-Beat 36000 80 Hours is at the exact opposite finish of the charisma scale. Nonetheless, it was my (tied) runner-up.
In my predictions, I assumed, “I can simply see the Grand Seiko Hello-Beat 36000 80 Hours Caliber 9SA5 successful this class. It’s not solely an outstanding watch with a chronometer-beating precision motion with an modern escapement, and it’s the one traditional-looking males’s watch right here. 40 mm is an ideal sized case for practically all wrists, 80 hours of energy reserve is beneficiant, and at 10,500 Swiss francs the worth could be very aggressive. This Grand Seiko shall be a troublesome one to beat, however it’s my tied runner-up within the Males’s class.”
Grand Seiko Hello-Beat 36000 80 Hours
GG: I’m positive that the Grand Seiko is a pleasant watch, and there appears to be a cult of GS on the market that’s certainly glad about this alternative, however there was nothing about it that shouted “winner” to me; maybe within the steel it actually popped in ways in which the others didn’t.
ED: I discover that the majority Grand Seikos are fairly beautiful within the steel, one thing that’s far much less seen on two-dimensional photographs. Particularly, these textured dials go an extended technique to endearing themselves.
GG: In quite a lot of conversations in the course of the week I used to be shocked on the quantity of vitality in individuals’s views of H. Moser & Cie; there have been as many who dismissed the Swiss Alp Ultimate Improve as an expensive gimmick as who noticed it as intelligent and nicely finished.
I picked the MB&F LM101, however maybe the purposeful and beauty adjustments to this yr’s new mannequin weren’t sufficiently distinct from the previous to compel the jurors.
JM: I predicted it could possibly be a toss-up between this and the MB&F, so I used to be very glad that it acquired honored. It really felt prefer it was essentially the most broadly interesting watch within the class, presenting a few of the most excellent worth as nicely, so it’s greater than deserving of the prize!
MG: I’m very shocked that Grand Seiko received the prize for one of the best males’s watch. It was not that it didn’t deserve it – on the contrary – however moderately that it’s by far essentially the most extraordinary wanting among the many six nominated watches. Maybe that’s its superpower? Maybe additionally partly explains the nice success that the model is having fun with within the markets.
Additional studying: Our Predictions In The Males’s Class Of The 2021 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG), Once more Shut However Not Fairly Unanimous In Our Choose For Winner
Fast Information Grand Seiko Hello-Beat 36000 80 Hours Caliber 9SA5
Case: 40 x 11.7 mm, stainless-steel, 100 m water resistance
Dial: polished lacquer
Motion: automated Caliber 9SA5, 36,000 vph/5 Hz frequency, 80-hour energy reserve
Features: hours, minutes, seconds; date
Value: 10,500 Swiss francs
Males’s Complication: MB&F LMX Titanium
JM: Like a lot of our crew, I predicted this one to win and was under no circumstances shocked that it did. It was by far essentially the most excellent piece in a really aggressive class. And with MB&F taking residence two trophies this yr I used to be additional glad for the crew behind this unimaginable watch.
MB&F LMX Titanium
MG: An awesome and well-deserved win for MB&F, particularly given the competitors. I additionally assume it’s nice to see a model that has been considering outdoors of the field for thus lengthy embraced by such a big portion of the watch group. What does this watch have that the others didn’t? I feel the correct sprint of eccentricity, though that is now so well-loved that I don’t know for positive that you would be able to nonetheless name it eccentric.
ED: There was a number of stiff competitors on this class. I really feel the winner might have been any of the six. I’m glad I guessed proper!
IS: I assumed that the Chopard L.U.C Quattro Spirit 25 would win right here, however the MB&F LMX Titanium is each a superb alternative and proof that the jury is turning into extra open to rewarding atypical watches.
GG: Right here the MB&F did win out over my sturdy choice, the Chopard soar hour piece. I can’t say that the LMX was undeserving, however it could have been nice to see a watch that’s only a actually enticing, wearable, and finely made timepiece take the trophy. The Chopard stays the watch on this yr’s competitors apart from my already-purchased LM101 that I’d be more than likely to purchase.
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Fast Information MB&F LMX
Case: 44 x 21.4 mm, grade 5 titanium
Motion: guide winding LMX caliber with three spring barrels, 168 hours (7 days) energy reserve, 18,000 vph/2.5 Hz frequency
Features: hours, minutes, second time zone hours and minutes; hemispherical rotating vertical energy reserve
Limitation: 33 items
Value: $112,000 / CHF 106,000 / €92,000
Iconic: Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Jumbo Additional-Skinny
GG: Didn’t anybody within the room keep in mind that the Royal Oak received within the oddly structured Iconic class simply two years in the past? If you’re going to acknowledge a permanent product, do it as soon as and be finished with it. Luc Pettavino did one other nice job this yr with Solely Watch, however I didn’t see him up there receiving one other GPHG Particular Jury Prize. Apart from, the Vacheron Constantin American 1921 was the higher watch in my opinion.
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Jumbo Additional-Skinny
ED: Sure, I discover this one slightly stunning given the centennial anniversary of the Vacheron Constantin American 1921 particularly. To your level about Audemars Piguet successful this class two years in the past with one other Royal Oak. I simply assume that there are too few skilled jury and Academy members maintaining observe.
IS: Congratulations to Martin on selecting this one. My alternative was the IWC Large Pilot’s Watch 43. I wasn’t a fan of the inexperienced dial of this Royal Oak Jumbo Additional-Skinny, however my principal gripe about it was its value of round $100,000 for a time-only watch.
MG: So the Royal Oak is essentially the most iconic this yr. Yippie! To me nonetheless essentially the most pointless class within the GPHG. I’ll really blame it on the inexperienced dial that it received! 😉
JM: An fascinating winner, but throughout the grand scheme of issues not that stunning {that a} model of the Royal Oak received. AP has all the time been common as has the Royal Oak, although it has grow to be extraordinarily common within the final decade as luxurious sport watches have taken off. The inexperienced dial could have helped this one take the trophy, however I’ll let others opine as to why that could possibly be.
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Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Jumbo Additional-Skinny
Case: 39 x 8.1 mm, platinum
Motion: automated Caliber 2121; 40-hour energy reserve; 19,800 vph/2.75 Hz frequency
Features: hours, minutes; date
Value: 97,100 Swiss francs; boutique-only version
Tourbillon: De Bethune DB Form of Two Tourbillon
IS: This was a straightforward choose. I really like De Bethune’s eye-catching, space-age dials, however there are occasions when the event requires one thing tamer and fewer obtrusive. Till now, that meant having two totally different watches. However the Form of Two Tourbillon offers you two very totally different wanting watches in a single. A five-day energy reserve with a 30-second tourbillon is spectacular, however much more so is the lower than ten-millimeter thickness.
The De Bethune DB Form of Two Tourbillon was my runaway choose to win the 2021 GPHG Tourbillon class.
Two dials and case rotation of the De Bethune DB Form of Two Tourbillon
GG: No dispute right here with the De Bethune; a cool concept fantastically executed.
JM: This was no contest in my e-book, and it’s superior to see such an unimaginable watch take the prize. De Bethune has been and can possible all the time be certainly one of my favourite manufacturers, and this watch actually captures a number of what De Bethune is about. I’ve little question that the jury understood this and that’s the reason it took residence a trophy. Huzzah, De Bethune, huzzah!
MG: Quite a lot of fascinating entries, however the De Bethune was in my e-book arduous to beat. Its complete idea could be very modern and really nicely executed. Now I have to say that the 2 watches for the worth of 1 all the time appeals to me, and I suppose the jury felt the identical.
ED: Additionally my hands-down winner; it’s good to really feel backed up in that.
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Fast Information De Bethune DB Form of Two Tourbillon
Case: reversible in grade 5 titanium, 42.8 x 9.5 mm; floating lugs, crown at 6/12 o’clock
Motion: manually wound Caliber DB2579 with 30-second tourbillon with titanium stability wheel and white gold inserts, silicon escape wheel, self-regulating twin spring barrels, silicon escape wheel, 5 Hz/36,000 vph frequency, five-day energy reserve
Features: twin hours, minutes; seconds on one aspect
Limitation: 10 items
Value: $250,000 / 215,000 Swiss francs
Calendar and Astronomy: Christiaan van der Klaauw Planetarium Eise Eisinga
ED: That is the primary time Christiaan van der Klaauw has entered a watch into the GPHG, and all I can say to that’s: it’s about time!
Christiaan Van Der Klaauw Planetarium Eise Eisinga on the wrist
JM: Oh, how splendidly and gladly incorrect I used to be as a result of I completely love this watch. All the time have, really, because the Planetarium from CVDK is certainly one of my prime three favourite astronomical watches of all time. My choose for winner – the Bulgari Octo Finissimo Perpetual Calendar – went on to win the Aiguille d’Or, by which case I’d have hoped that both Arnold & Son or CVDK might catch the jury’s consideration and fortuitously the Planetarium did!
GG: One other context-free alternative as Van der Klaauw has been making this watch, minus the wood-ceiling dial, for a technology. I used to be reminded that this was CVDK’s first-ever GPHG entry, so we are able to not less than say that the identical watch wasn’t beforehand a competitor for awards. It might even be that when the Bulgari that was promoted to the highest prize, the Van der Klaauw had the second-most votes within the discipline.
ED: We’ll by no means know, Gary. Maybe that blue dial actually caught individuals’s eyes, too.
IS: But once more I missed selecting the winner as a result of I positioned an excessive amount of emphasis on the truth that I assumed (incorrectly) {that a} related mannequin had been entered earlier than. I picked the Arnold & Son Luna Magna to win, however stated of the Planetarium Eise Eisinga, “None of us are resistant to the attraction of a reasonably face. In watches, few do design higher than Christiaan Van Der Klaauw, and that is highlighted by the drop-dead beautiful Planetarium Eise Eisinga, which takes its inspiration from a planetarium Mr. Eise Eisinga constructed on his front room ceiling 240 years in the past. I’m not selecting it right here as a result of it’s a variation on an current mannequin, however I adore it.”
ED: Christiaan van der Klaauw has by no means entered the GPHG earlier than, Ian. The mannequin you had been considering of was the Van Cleef & Arpels Midnight Planetarium, which does use the van der Klaauw motion and was entered into the 2014 GPHG’s Calendar class.
That was, by the best way, a completely classic yr for calendar watches within the GPHG: the Midnight Planetarium competed in opposition to the A. Lange & Söhne Terraluna, the Breguet Classique Tourbillon Quantième Perpétuel, the Jaquet Droz Perpetual Calendar Éclipse Ivory Enamel, the Montblanc Meisterstück Heritage Perpetual Calendar, and the Zenith Captain Winsor Annual Calendar!
The Van Cleef & Arpels Midnight Planetarium didn’t win that class in 2014, dropping out to the A. Lange & Söhne Terraluna – that was a troublesome yr on this class, and I bear in mind the jury room discussions fairly nicely.
So I’m even happier that the primary day out with its personal unbelievable wrist-size planetarium, Christiaan van der Klaauw took residence the prize for this mechanical marvel, which additionally occurs to be very enticing.
MG: Sure!! A Dutch victory!! Sorry, simply let my nationalistic aspect go for a second. That being stated, a really deserved win for Christiaan van der Klaauw with the sensational Planetarium Eise Eisinga. I feel that the watch itself remains to be one of the vital spectacular astronomical watches ever made, however the Eise Eisinga visuals elevate it even additional.
Additional studying:
Fast Information Christiaan van der Klaauw Planetarium Eise Eisinga
Case: 40 x 15 mm, pink gold
Dial: miniature oil portray of the ceiling of the Royal Eise Eisinga Planetarium
Motion: automated Caliber CVDK7386, twin spring barrels, 96-hour energy reserve, 4 Hz/28,800 vph frequency
Features: hours, minutes; date, month; world smallest mechanical planetarium with seven planets
Limitation: 6 items
Value: €58,450 / 59,950 Swiss francs
Mechanical Exception: Piaget Altiplano Final Computerized
IS: Congratulations to Joshua for selecting this one. I assumed that the Miki Eleta Svemir clock would romp residence right here. Once more, I’d marked the Piaget Altiplano Final Computerized down as a result of, whereas it actually contains distinctive mechanics, an analogous mannequin received the Aiguille d’Or in 2020 so I really feel it had had its place within the highlight.
Piaget Altiplano Final Computerized
JM: I used to be the lone member of Quill & Pad to guess this one proper and I used to be very near not selecting it to win for a similar causes others selected what they selected; clocks gave the impression to be a pressure to be reckoned with this yr. However I felt the jury would keep true to the overall theme of the GPHG, which is to honor wonderful “watches” and so thought that the Piaget was the one to beat. I imply, how do you argue in opposition to such a slim but succesful watch? The reply appears to be you don’t.
GG: The jury in latest historical past appears to have a factor for skinny watches, and this yr’s Piaget matches the invoice. I discover it very troublesome to consider, although, that each the Piaget and the Innovation prize-winning Lederer beat Miki Eleta’s gorgeous clock to the Mechanical Exception award.
MG: I had Lederer for the win, however he took residence the Innovation award as a substitute. Whereas I actually just like the Altiplano Final, it nonetheless feels a bit like previous wine in a brand new bottle. An awesome watch in its personal proper, however given the competitors the “solely” factor it has to supply is that it’s ultra-thin, and makes it that distinctive sufficient amongst this crowd? The jury thought it did.
ED: This wasn’t even on my radar since a variation on it had received the Aiguille d’Or simply final yr in 2020 and the CEO of Piaget was on the jury! I feel I used to be far too targeted on the clocks and my psychological confusion over them being right here.
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Fast Information Piaget Altiplano Final Idea
Case: 41 x 4.3 mm, white gold
Motion: ultra-thin automated Caliber 910P with peripheral rotor, fused with case, 21,600 vph/3 Hz frequency, 48-hour energy reserve
Features: hours, minutes
Value: 30,300 Swiss francs
Chronograph: Zenith Chronomaster Sport
IS: I went out on a colourful limb for the Le Chrono Monopoussoir Louis Erard x Alain Silberstein, however the Zenith Chronomaster Sport is a well-deserved winner. In my prediction feedback I stated, “. . . this Chronomaster Sport appears good, the totally different subdial colours work for me, and the white date wheel blends properly with the dial so the date doesn’t mess issues up (because it usually does). However (as with others right here) I can’t assist that I’ve seen its likes too usually earlier than.”
Zenith Chronomaster Sport
JM: I didn’t choose this one and truthfully felt I went out on a limb for a difficult-to-read and really avant-garde watch on this class, the Angelus U30 Black Tourbillon. And the jury proved my hesitations proper. The Chronomaster Sport is a superb watch that I used to be fortunate to have the ability to spend a while with. I can agree it’s a completely succesful and traditional chronograph. Zenith has been making superior chronographs for a half-century and I’m glad the model was supported with this prize. And, as a bonus, the Tudor Black Bay didn’t win!
ED: I additionally went out on a limb – that means in opposition to my inside voice – to choose the Breitling as a result of I assumed that’s what the others would select. I’ll follow my very own likes any more. Congratulations to Zenith for the deserved win right here! I had a while with this watch in the course of the Gstaad tennis weekend and got here away very impressed with it.
MG: One other class with fierce competitors by which Zenith has prevailed. I used to be very impressed with the watch once I first noticed it, so it was additionally my candidate to win this class. I do surprise what number of votes the opposite watches tallied up. Each IWC and Breitling are sturdy contenders, which had been nominated in a number of classes however didn’t win any.
GG: Did the Zenith win right here? This class was a little bit of a hodgepodge to me, and I suppose somebody needed to come out on prime.
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Fast Information Zenith Chronomaster Sport
Case: 41 x 13.6 mm, stainless-steel
Motion: automated Caliber 3600, 60-hour energy reserve, 36,000 vph/5 Hz frequency, column wheel management of chronograph, lateral clutch, formally licensed C.O.S.C. chronometer
Features: hours, minutes, (hacking) seconds; date, chronograph with 1/10th of a second show
Value: $10,000 / 9,900 Swiss francs
Diver’s: Louis Vuitton Tambour Road Diver Skyline Blue
JM: That is one other class that I’m so dang glad I used to be incorrect about as a result of I made it clear I used to be enamored with this watch. My principal gripe was solely referring to water resistance; in any other case, I really love this watch as a singular dive-watch aesthetic. Out of all of the Tambour fashions, that is fairly presumably my most liked as a daily-wear watch: it checks a number of packing containers for me and I’m glad for the designers at Louis Vuitton for being chosen on this class.
Louis Vuitton Tambour Road Diver Skyline Blue
MG: What a shock that the Louis Vuitton Road Diver received! Though I assumed that the Doxa would take residence the prize, I’m excited that it was the Tambour as I do know this watch fairly nicely, and it has all the time provided a recent tackle the idea of diving watch. It is usually maybe the obvious desk diver of the bunch, and I take into account {that a} good factor.
IS: That is certainly one of my, “What on earth was the jury considering?” moments. The least water-friendly watch in competitors wins the diver’s class – it even has “Road Diver” within the identify! I really like the look, although, declaring in my feedback, “The Louis Vuitton Tambour Road Diver Skyline Blue is a great-looking watch from above, however that small motion says to me that it’s extra concerning the appears (and value) than the mechanics. Nonetheless, I tip my hat to Louis Vuitton for designing such an incredible new up to date dive watch look.”
However I (mistakenly) didn’t assume it could win due to its presumably decisive (you want otherwise you don’t) up to date design.
GG: Actually? There have been 4 dive watches and one dive-ish watch (the Reservoir with its retrograde minutes show {that a} nitrogen-addled diver could be hard-pressed to learn) and the jury picked the remaining one – the Louis Vuitton with its too-small motion, odd aesthetics, and minimal water resistance.
ED: No offense to Louis Vuitton, who’s conscious that this isn’t actually a diver (by calling it a “road diver” proper within the watch’s identify), however someway I really feel an actual diver’s watch must be taking this class . . . not a watch that appears like a diver.
Alternatively, the feedback right here on this part of our roundup alone present how totally different opinions on such issues might be! Three of us assume an actual diver must be successful a prize on this class, whereas two others are completely delighted that the style piece walked away with it.
That’s the reason there are such a lot of watches on this planet!
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Fast Information Louis Vuitton Tambour Road Diver Skyline Blue
Case: 44 x 12.8 mm, stainless-steel with navy blue PVD coating, 100 m water resistance
Motion: automated Caliber ETA 2895-2, 50 hours energy reserve, 28,800 vph/4 Hz frequency
Features: hours, minutes, seconds; dive-time bezel below the crystal
Value: $7,505 / 6,350 Swiss francs
Jewelry: Chopard Flower Energy
IS: This was one other shock for me – I assumed that the Piaget Beautiful Moments Watch would win – however these are watches that have to be dealt with to be appreciated, and the jury had that benefit. I do know quartz actions shouldn’t depend in opposition to a watch right here, however I’d have most popular this Chopard with a ravishing mechanical motion.
Chopard Flower Energy
ED: Until you’re within the jury room and get to deal with these million-dollar watches, it’s actually anybody’s guess as to who will win this class. I’ve little question this watch is a really worthy winner.
GG: Apart from the over-the-top Bulgari I’d have been fairly happy with the collection of any of the items on this group, and the Chopard appears a worthy winner regardless that I didn’t choose it.
JM: A blinding creation to make certain however not my favourite, and that isn’t the primary time I’ve had differing opinions a couple of jewellery timepiece. I do know the standard goes to be there – Chopard is a grasp jeweler – I simply most popular different aesthetics on this class. Congrats to Chopard, all of us underestimated the ability of the flower.
MG: Whereas I used to be fairly taken by the Chanel ring watch, I can see why the Chopard received this class. I do assume it’s fairly a problem to put a vote in a class by which the watches are so numerous by nature. I suppose that this additionally a part of the allure, not less than on this class. I feel it turns into extra complicated when the essence of the watches differs way more, like in mechanical exception the place even two clocks had been entered. I really feel that clocks deserve a class of their very own.
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Fast Information Chopard Flower Energy
Case: 19.6 x 7 mm, moral white gold
Gem setting: pink sapphires and pear-shaped and brilliant-cut diamonds assembled into refined flower garlands totaling round 30 ct; 12 pink sapphires on dial; whole 44.576 ct
Motion: quartz
Features: hours, minutes
Limitation: one distinctive piece
Value: 489,000 Swiss francs
Inventive Crafts: MB&F x Eddy Jaquet LM Break up Escapement Jules Verne
GG: Sure! As a longtime proprietor of a watch engraved by Eddy Jaquet I’m biased, however I feel the MB&F was a transparent winner on deserves in any case.
MB&F x Eddy Jaquet LM Break up Escapement Jules Verne
IS: My predictions thus far have been extra miss than hit, however I’m glad to have picked the MB&F x Eddy Jaquet LM Break up Escapement Jules Verne Across the World in Eighty Days appropriately to win right here.
Right here’s why I assumed that this MB&F ought to win:
1. The canvas/ watch: the LM Break up Escapement is an distinctive murals in its personal proper. It has mechanisms, constructions, and indications on the dial that visually dominate.
2. The artwork: engraving hasn’t tended to do as nicely on this class in contrast with different creative crafts, however the work right here is so distinctive it transcends its type. So a vote for engraving wouldn’t have the hurdle of repetition.
3. The execution: merely sensational. LM Break up Escapement presents a mind-blowing and attention-grabbing dial extravaganza, however right here the monochromic engravings steal all the thunder, however not in an enormous means. It’ll appeal to second glances by curiosity (“what did I simply see?”). And the tales are clearly laid out and simply recognizable for followers of Jules Verne.
JM: Actually, I’m each shocked and never shocked by this one: MB&F and its LM SE are undoubtedly worthy of applause, and the engraving work is clearly second to none. However I additionally felt a bit underwhelmed with the watch in context as I used to be blown away by the Hermes and all its colour. There may be not one ounce of me that may knock the MB&F, although. I coated it earlier within the yr and the items on this very restricted version are astounding. So kudos to MB&F and Eddy Jaquet on the win!
MG: I used to be proven the Eddy Jaquet-engraved MB&F line previous to its launch in Geneva, and these watches blew me away. The main points are unimaginable, all of the extra so as a result of I’m an incredible fan of the work of Jules Verne. Though on this class I might have additionally very simply have seen the Bulgari Diva’s Dream Peacock or the Louis Vuitton Tambour Carpe Diem win. The latter secured the Audacity prize, and that’s maybe much more acceptable.
ED: I used to be positive the monochromatic nature of this watch would maintain it from successful right here, however I’m glad its creative excellence was acknowledged! It’s a really deserving winner!
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Fast Information MB&F x Eddy Jaquet Legacy Machine Break up Escapement Jules Verne Across the World in Eighty Days
Case: 44.5 x 18.2 mm, 5N pink gold
Motion: guide winding Caliber LM SE developed by Stephen McDonnell, 72 hours energy reserve, 18,000 vph/2.5 Hz frequency, break up escapement with stability suspended above dial and anchor and escapement wheel below the motion; twin spring barrels
Features: hours, minutes; energy reserve indicator, date
Limitation: one distinctive piece
Value: $162,000 / 159,000 Swiss francs
Petite Aiguille: Tudor Black Bay Ceramic
IS: Right here’s one other winner I predicted appropriately, regardless that I normally mark down watches which have (or I really feel to have) been already seen too many occasions right here earlier than in different guises. In my predictions I wrote, “The Tudor Black Bay has turned up as common as clockwork on the GPHG in lots of guises and in lots of classes, and sometimes has received. And but right here I’m predicting it that it’s going to win once more.”
I wrote of this Black Bay, “Nice watch, excellent motion, comfortably sized: if shopping for certainly one of these watches for myself, I wouldn’t hesitate to get the Black Bay. There are different watches right here that may be good to have, however the Tudor Black Bay Ceramic is the one to have. Not for the primary time, a Tudor Black Bay is my choose for winner.”
Tudor Black Bay Ceramic on the wrist
GG: I really picked the Tudor from amongst a considerably underwhelming group of finalists. Regardless, evidently the GPHG finds a technique to hand out a trophy to this model every year.
MG: One factor you possibly can depend on on the GPHG is a Tudor Black Bay wining a prize. The one years it didn’t win a prize had been 2012, 2014, 2015 (however the Tudor Pelagos received finest sports activities watch), and 2018. In opposition to the sturdy competitors, the all-black ceramic watch doesn’t actually stand out to me, providing a barely totally different tackle a really acquainted dish. I’d have thought that this contest could be between the Garrick S4 and the Louis Erard Le Régulateur Louis Erard x Vianney Halter, however I suppose individuals actually, actually just like the Black Bay.
JM: I used to be incorrect on this class solely as a result of I refuse to acknowledge one other Black Bay to win. I do know it more than likely will win some class yearly, however I’m thus far over it that I feel my suggestion in the course of the prediction part nonetheless stands: give Tudor a lifetime achievement award for the Black Bay after which retire it from clogging up the GPHG sooner or later and permit different spectacular watches to be honored.
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Fast Information Tudor Black Bay Ceramic
Case: 41 x 14.4 mm, ceramic
Motion: automated Caliber MT5602-1U, 70-hour energy reserve, 4 Hz/28,800 vph frequency, silicon hairspring, formally licensed C.O.S.C. chronometer
Features: hours, minutes
Value: 4,500 Swiss francs
Problem: Ciga Design Blue Planet
GG: I haven’t dealt with the Ciga Design however clearly the jurors had been impressed. I’m a bit shocked that the very fairly anOrdain didn’t do higher, and Ciga could have benefitted from transferring the Furlan Marri to the Revelation prize, however honest play and nicely finished to this model from China.
Ciga Design Blue Planet
ED: I felt some sense of loss on the anOrdain not taking residence this prize. I used to be so sure it could, particularly for the reason that jury acquired to see it in particular person (in distinction to 95 % of the Academy). It’s a breathtaking timepiece for the cash.
IS: This was one other shock for me – however but once more, nicely picked by Joshua. I picked the anOrdain Mannequin 1 Payne’s Gray Fumé, however once more the jury confirmed a choice for the weird. My prediction feedback had been, “The Ciga Design Blue Planet takes off from planet conventional. At first look I couldn’t work out the right way to inform the time, however it’s really fairly simple and pretty legible: that compass rose is the hour hand and the minutes are learn from the revolving minute disk at 12 o’clock. However two issues depend it out of the operating for me: that this class is normally received by extra traditional-looking watches and its huge case measurement of 46 mm.”
JM: I truthfully didn’t count on this one to win and I used to be very shocked that it did, regardless that I assumed it was the best watch within the class. It was theoretically punching means above its weight, so I assumed it deserved some recognition for that. And it appears the jury agreed. I nonetheless have but to see or maintain a watch from Ciga Design, however I nonetheless very a lot take pleasure in this piece and hope that the model can proceed to make superior and inexpensive creations sooner or later.
MG: I’m a bit shocked that the Ciga design received, but additionally perceive the attraction of seeing the planet we reside on depicted this manner. For this reason individuals with some huge cash fly by earth’s environment with Elon Musk or Richard Branson. This watch presents a less expensive, much less taxing, and extra lasting technique to see the planet from that viewpoint. Whereas there have been related watches up to now – though not that many – I discover the execution of the Ciga very pleasing, making it a really deserved win, regardless of another very good watches on this class.
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Fast Information Ciga Design Blue Planet
Case: 46 x 15 mm, titanium
Motion: undisclosed automated motion, 40-hour energy reserve, 28,800 vph/4 Hz frequency
Features: hours, minutes
Limitation: 50 items
Value: 1,800 Swiss francs
Innovation: Bernhard Lederer Central Impulse Chronometer
GG: I picked the Lederer regardless that it was a beauty repackaging of certainly one of final yr’s finalist watches and was to listen to final week from one of many watchmakers who was on this yr’s jury that he favored the Lederer as his alternative for the Aiguille d’Or.
Bernhard Lederer Central Impulse Chronometer
IS: I’m giving myself one other right choose right here for having predicted, “If neither of the clocks win the Mechanical Exception class, then I feel the Bernhard Lederer Central Impulse Chronometer will win it, and we are going to see clocks in these jury prizes.”
JM: I wasn’t shocked by this within the slightest: the Central Impulse Chronometer undoubtedly deserved some type of recognition for the unimaginable motion and newly fine-tuned design. I assumed it would get some particular award and, by golly, it did!
MG: What a well-deserved win for Bernhard Lederer! This watch ticks so many packing containers for me, and infrequently do I see a watch by which technical improvements are offered in such a ravishing means. It’s nearly as if he designed the watch first after which found out the right way to make the motion match. I solely want I might afford this marvel.
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Fast Information Bernhard Lederer Central Impulse Chronometer
Case: 44 x 12.2 mm, white gold
Motion: guide winding Caliber 9012 with twin gear prepare with twin 10-second remontoirs and pure escapements, 21,600 vph/3 Hz frequency, 38-hour energy reserve
Features: hours, minutes, seconds
Limitation: 50 items
Value: CHF 137,850 Swiss francs
Audacity: Louis Vuitton Tambour Carpe Diem
GG: Completely nobody I spoke with final week thought the Louis Vuitton Tambour Carpe Diem memento mori piece was enticing or significantly fascinating, however it’s each audacious and options some critical horological content material so I’m on board with this choose.
Louis Vuitton Tambour Carpe Diem
ED: Nicely, it actually is an audacious watch, and I’ve little question it should discover consumers.
IS: Nicely picked, Gary!
JM: I forgot concerning the Audacity prize however given the context this watch makes excellent sense. It’s a watch that takes a number of guts to place such unimaginable mechanics to a clearly distinctive design, and that makes two wins for Louis Vuitton this yr, one other nice achievement (and each for Tambour fashions). It is probably not a daily-wear look ahead to me, however I’d gladly rock it for all the month of October if Louis Vuitton wished to lend me one subsequent yr!
MG: If the Carpe Diem by Louis Vuitton didn’t win this prize, I wouldn’t know which different watch ought to. It’s excessive, full of intricate particulars, but in addition made with distinctive care and eye for element. I’m very taken by this watch and had the nice pleasure of writing extensively about it right here on Quill & Pad.
ED: These prizes – Audacity, Innovation, and Revelation – are discretionary, Martin, that means they don’t have to be given out. This meant that the jury felt moved to award it.
MG: In all honesty, along with the Bernhard Lederer Central Impulse Chronometer, these are the 2 watches that I’d like to personal and put on from this version of the GPHG.
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Fast Information Louis Vuitton Tambour Carpe Diem
Case: 46.8 x 14.42 mm, pink gold
Dial: sculpted snake head set with 2 rubies, black enamel with Monogram Flowers, sculpted cranium and snake, curved hourglass, one brilliant-cut diamond (0.03 ct)
Motion: manually winding Caliber LV 525, 100 hours energy reserve, 21,600 vph/3 Hz frequency
Features: leaping hours, retrograde minutes; energy reserve; Jacquemart animations for cranium and snake, all on demand
Value: $459,000 / 465,000 Swiss francs
Horological Revelation: Furlan Marri Mr. Gray Ref. 1041-A
JM: Undecided how I really feel about this one because it appeared just like the “revelation” was utilizing crowdfunding to assist produce a watch – and a quartz watch at that. It’s a handsome watch, don’t get me incorrect, and for the a lot wider inhabitants that doesn’t see a quartz watch as a second-tier timepiece, I feel this watch is a improbable worth. It simply doesn’t precisely do it for me. However this isn’t the “Grand Prix de Joshua Munchow.”
Furlan Marri Mr. Gray Ref. 1041-A
IS: This was an unfathomable choose for me. As good because the Furlan Marri Mr. Gray appears, placing a Patek Philippe-inspired dial on a mecaquartz motion simply doesn’t really feel to me the kind of watch that the GPHG must be selling.
ED: I’m unsure I agree with that: watchmaking must be inclusive and for everybody, so an inexpensive watch has simply as a lot proper to be right here as another. And to make it inexpensive, it wants a non-haute horlogerie motion.
Whether or not we prefer it or not, one of these watch could be very fashionable in the meanwhile. The Furlan Marri crew was very good in capitalizing on it this manner, and the watch is extraordinarily nicely executed. I do assume there could also be greater than slightly hype in play, although. And that was maybe mirrored within the Academy and jury selecting it.
IS: I’m not in opposition to this Furlan Marri as a result of it’s inexpensive, Elizabeth, however as a result of it’s a Patek Philippe knockoff. There’s nothing authentic about it.
GG: The one revelation within the Furlan Marri story is that it’s doable to assemble a enterprise mannequin to earn cash from a quartz-powered, uncredited “homage” to a classic Patek Philippe chronograph. It should be nice not having to pay these pesky designers any cash.
MG: After I google the that means of revelation, I get “a stunning and beforehand unknown truth, particularly one that’s made identified in a dramatic means.” These are exactly all of the issues that the Furlan Marri isn’t. A Patek Philippe-inspired, vintage-looking, quartz-powered, 495 CHF watch that got here from Kickstarter has for my part no enterprise successful this class.
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Fast Information Furlan Marri Mr. Gray Ref. 1041-A
Case: 38 x 11.3 mm, stainless-steel
Motion: Seiko mecaquartz
Features: hours, minutes; chronograph, 24-hour show
Value: 495 Swiss francs
Particular Jury Prize: Dubai Watch Week
IS: Improbable alternative and nicely merited. DWW has made watch festivals enjoyable!
The primary entrance to Dubai Watch Week
ED: No complaints from me in any respect. It is a nice alternative!
JM: Regardless of its comparatively brief profession to this point, Dubai Watch Week has grow to be a mainstay of the worldwide amassing group. And whereas a barely odd option to award a watch honest the Particular Jury Award, it appears becoming within the context of watch appreciation. DWW is collector-oriented and people who comply with the GPHG essentially the most intently, outdoors of manufacturers and journalists, are collectors. So this is sensible.
Aiguille d’Or: Bulgari Octo Finissimo Perpetual Calendar
IS: This was one other full shock for me. I went for the De Bethune DB Form of Two, and I might simply see the Miki Eleta Svemir clock successful right here. However hats off to Bulgari, which was my shut runner-up.
I wrote, “I’ve been an enormous fan of the Bulgari Octo Finissimo ever for the reason that assortment launched, and the Finissimo Perpetual Calendar doesn’t disappoint. Whereas a perpetual calendar displaying retrograde date, day, month, and retrograde leap years is extremely sophisticated in itself, packing all of it right into a case thinner than six millimeters is sheer genius. Plus, the dial appears clear and it’s simple to learn all the indications. The Finissimo Perpetual Calendar might simply win this class and it got here very near being my choose, however it’s my very shut runner-up.”
Bulgari Octo Finissimo Perpetual Calendar in titanium
ED: I really like how Joshua was the one certainly one of us to carry this watch up in our Aiguille d’Or spherical desk – it’s nearly as if he knew – even when he didn’t choose it as his win. None of us did.
I’m positive that the arrival at this specific watch was the sum of the discussions that went on within the jury room. Not to remove from the watch in any respect, however it’s barely much less spectacular as compared with some others that had been in competitors. However as has been famous right here earlier than, there hasn’t been a very dominant piece within the competitors in any respect. And the mechanics listed below are excellent.
JM: This was undoubtedly one piece I assumed might win and it ended up taking the prize. I’m tremendous glad for Bulgari and the Octo Finissimo line as a result of it truly is a successful mixture. I used to be additionally not shocked just because the Aiguille d’Or usually tends to be an easier watch than the ultra-complicated items, so an understated ultra-thin perpetual calendar match proper in with previous winners. It additionally completely shows what the business is about and the place it’s going. Undoubtedly nicely deserved!
GG: As soon as once more, a skinny watch takes residence the highest prize. I picked a clock to win, which tells you one thing concerning the absence in my opinion of a dominant watch amongst this yr’s finalists. Amongst our small touring group of 4 Academy members, two selected the MB&F x Eddy Jaquet Legacy Machine Break up Escapement Jules Verne Across the World in Eighty Days, a pre-existing reference amped up with an awe-inspiring show of creative craft.
MG: It will be unfair to say that the Octo Finissimo Perpetual Calendar doesn’t deserve the Aiguille d’Or as a result of it’s by all means an imposing watch. The truth is, it’s groundbreaking. However I’m afraid that I’ve gotten too used to seeing its monochrome colour scheme and angular design over time. It additionally doesn’t assist that I nonetheless assume that the unique, time-only Octo Finissimo is visually essentially the most interesting of this line. Extra problems make the watch much more a mechanical marvel, however that is one creation that truly doesn’t want it.
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Fast Information Bulgari Octo Finissimo Perpetual Calendar
Case: 40 x 5.8 mm, blasted titanium or brushed platinum
Motion: automated Caliber BVL 302, 60 hours energy reserve, 28,800 vph/4 Hz, ultra-thin 2.75 mm in top
Features: hours, minutes; perpetual calendar with retrograde date, day, month, retrograde bissextile year indication
Value: $59,000 (titanium) / 57,000 Swiss francs
So, how did we do with our predictions within the common classes?
ED: For somebody who’s really been on that jury eight occasions (2012-2019), I ended up with a less-than-stellar stability of solely 4 right predictions. However the identical goes for Gary, who was on the jury twice (2018-2019), and Ian, who has not but had the pleasure.
I’m going to place that right down to the much-evolved nature of the big, new Academy, which might make issues considerably extra unpredictable.
Congratulations to Joshua and Martin with 5 right predictions within the common classes every.
Joshua Munchow: 5
Tourbillon: De Bethune DB Form of Two Tourbillon
Problem: Ciga Design Blue Planet
Mechanical Exception: Piaget Altiplano Final Computerized
Males’s Complication: MB&F LMX
Women Complication: Van Cleef & Arpels Girl Féerie
Martin Inexperienced: 5
Chronograph: Zenith Chronomaster Sport
Inventive Crafts: MB&F x Eddy Jaquet LM Break up Escapement Jules Verne Across the World in Eighty Days
Tourbillon: De Bethune DB Form of Two Tourbillon
Calendar and Astronomy: Christiaan van der Klaauw Planetarium Eise Eisinga
Women Complication: Van Cleef & Arpels Girl Féerie
Ian Skellern: 4
Tourbillon: De Bethune DB Form of Two Tourbillon
Petite Aiguille: Tudor Black Bay Ceramic
Inventive Crafts: MB&F x Eddy Jaquet LM Break up Escapement Jules Verne Across the World in Eighty Days
Women: Piaget Limelight Gala Valuable Rainbow
GaryG: 4
Tourbillon: De Bethune DB Form of Two Tourbillon
Petite Aiguille: Tudor Black Bay Ceramic
Inventive Crafts: MB&F x Eddy Jaquet LM Break up Escapement Jules Verne Across the World in Eighty Days
Women Complication: Van Cleef & Arpels Girl Féerie
Elizabeth Doerr: 4
Tourbillon: De Bethune DB Form of Two Tourbillon
Calendar and Astronomy: Christiaan van der Klaauw Planetarium Eise Eisinga
Males’s Complication: MB&F LMX
Women Complication: Van Cleef & Arpels Girl Féerie
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