The Main Event

Each year, for the last five years, an international jury of watch experts from all walks of the industry gather together and select the year’s best in 10 categories from a short-listed collection of timepieces by the world’s most prestigious watchmakers.

Prix de ‘L’Aiguille d’Or’ (Winner) : Vacheron Constantin, Tour de l’lle

This year, Vacheron Constantin took top prize for their Tour de l’lle which sold for a record $1.5 million in an auction this year. This was the most ever paid for a wristwatch.

The other winners were:

Prix Spécial du Jury (Jury’s Prize) : Breguet, Tradition Breguet 7027

Prix de la Montre Dame ex-aequo (Favourite Lady’s Watch ex-aequo) : Tag Heuer – Diamond Fiction

Prix de la Montre Dame ex-aequo (Favourite Lady’s Watch ex-aequo) : Van Cleef & Arpels. Secret

Prix de la Montre Homme (Favourite Men’s Watch): F.P.Journe Invenit et Fecit, Chronometre Souverain

Prix de la Montre Design (Favourite Designer’s Watch): Hublot “BIG BANG” White Ceramik

Prix de la Montre Compliquée (Favourite Watch with Complication): Patek Philippe, Chronographe rattrapante réf. 5959P

Prix de l’Innovation (Favourite Watch with Technical Innovation): DeWitt, Le Tourbillon Différentiel Academia

Prix de la Montre Sport (Favourite Sport’s Watch): Jaeger-LeCoultre, Master Compressor Extreme World Chronograph

Prix du Public (Public’s Prize): Cartier, Diagonale

Prix du Public du Moyen-Orient (Middle-East Public’s Prize): Franck Muller, 7885 RMT QP

related links

World Tempus: Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Geneve