On Friday, November 9, local time, the 18th GPHG Awards Ceremony was held at the Léman Theatre in Geneva. An international jury composed of 31 industry experts announced the winners of 17 awards. The long-established watchmaking brand Powell won the highest honor with the 1822Récital22GrandRécital astronomical watch-the gold pointer award.
Van Cleef & Arpels also received the Best Complicated Women’s Watch Award and the Best Jewellery Watch Award, demonstrating the brand’s profound expertise in watchmaking technology and craftsmanship. This year, independent watch brands shine, and traditional well-known brands have revived. The differences in skills, aesthetics and price of the award-winning timepieces explain the diversity, openness and tolerance of the watchmaking industry, with different styles in full bloom. The jury’s special award was finally awarded to Jean-Claude Beaver, the non-executive president and Hublot Hublot of Zenith Group and the chairman of Zenith, in recognition of his work for the watchmaking industry Outstanding contribution.
Winners of the 2018 Geneva Haute Horlogerie Awards
Aiguilled’Or Timepiece
Bovet 1822 Récital22 Grand Récital Astronomical Watch (Model: R220001)
Ladies’award-winning timepiece
Chanel Boy-friend Skeleton Skeleton Watch (Model: H5255)
Best Ladies’Complication Award-winning Timepiece
Van Cleef & Arpels LadyArpels Planétarium Poetic Complication Watch (Model: VCARO8R500)
Best Men’s Watch
AkriviaChronomètreContemporain watch (model: RR01)
Best Men’s Complication Winning Timepiece
LaurentFerrierGaletAnnualCalendarSchoolPiece watch (model: LCF025)
Best Chronograph
SingerReimaginedSingerTrack1HongKongEdition Watch (Model: SR003)
Best Chronometry Winning Timepiece
DeBethuneDB25StarryVariusChronomètre Tourbillon Watch (Model: DB25STTIS3)
Best Mechanical Innovation Watch (MechanicalException)
GreubelForseyGrandeSonnerie Grandson (Model: P048)
Best Sports Watch (Award)?
Seiko Prospex1968Diver’s Re-creation Watch (Model: SLA025)
Best Jewellery Timepiece
Van Cleef & Arpels SecretdeCoccinelle Watch (Model: VCARO9WU00)
Best Craft Watch (ArtisticCrafts) Winning Timepiece
Hermès ArceauRobedusoir watch (model: 046075WW00)
PetiteAiguille Winning Timepiece
Habring² Doppel-Felix watch
Award-winning timepiece for Challenge
NomosTangenteneomatik41Update watch (model: 180)
AudacityPrize winning timepiece
KonstantinChaykinClown watch (model: K.18-2.WATCH.00.00Clown)
Revival Timepiece
Vacheron Constantin Historiques Triplecalendrier 1942 Triple Calendar (model: 3110V / 000A-B426)
Innovation Award-winning timepiece
KrayonEverywhereHorizon Watch (Model: 1720B)
Special Jury Award
Jean-Claude Beaver
