The 2024 Grand Prix D’Horlogerie De Genève (GPHG) award ceremony recognises bold and relentless innovation with its winning watches
The Grand Prix D’Horlogerie De Genève (GPHG), so often referred to as the “Oscars of watchmaking”, delivered yet again for its 2024 edition. Glitz, applause, and no small measure of horologically inclined stardust were on full display at the award ceremony, in which 21 prizes were presented across 15 categories.
The evening’s top accolade, the “Aiguille d’Or” Grand Prix, went to IWC Schaffhausen for its work on the Portugieser Eternal Calendar. A watch that lives up to its name, the Eternal Calendar features an exceptionally engineered complication that can compute the date differences of months and leap year cycles up to the year 3999. Additionally, the moon phase display will be accurate to a staggering 45 million years.
Other noteworthy winders include the Récital 28 Prowess 1 by Bovet 1822, which won the Mechanical Exception Watch Prize, and Chopard L.U.C, which took the Eco-innovation Prize.
Robb Report Singapore’s cover star for our August 2024 issue, Bovet’s Récital 28 Prowess 1 is, indeed, an exceptional complication. Making history as the world’s first mechanical timepiece to circumvent the problem posed by Daylight Saving Time (DST), only eight pieces of the highly complex and ornamental watch will be produced.
The Eco-Innovation Prize to Chopard L.U.C, on the other hand, is truly an award of the times. The recognition is well-deserved for Chopard, a luxury house that has been at the forefront of environmental advocacy, committing to the use of sustainable materials like ethical gold and its propriety recycled Lucent steel.
Robb Report Singapore congratulates the winning brands, and we look forward to greater feats of creativity and imagination for 2025.
GPHG 2024 Prize List
“Aiguille d’Or” Grand Prix: IWC Schaffhausen, Portugieser Eternal Calendar
Audacity Prize: Berneron, Mirage Sienna
Eco-innovation Prize: Chopard, L.U.C Qualité Fleurier
Chronometry Prize: Bernhard Lederer, 3 Times Certified Observatory Chronometer
“Horological Revelation” Prize: Rémy Cools, Tourbillon Atelier
Iconic Watch Prize: Piaget, Piaget Polo 79
Tourbillon Watch Prize: Daniel Roth, Tourbillon Souscription
Calendar and Astronomy Watch Prize: Laurent Ferrier, Classic Moon Silver
Mechanical Exception Watch Prize: Bovet 1822, Récital 28 Prowess 1
Chronograph Watch Prize: Massena Lab, Chronograph Monopoussoir Sylvain Pinaud x Massena Lab
Sports Watch Prize: Ming, 37.09 Bluefin
Men’s Complication Watch Prize: De Bethune, DB Kind Of Grande Complication
Men’s Watch Prize: Voutilainen, KV20i Reversed
Time Only Watch Prize: H. Moser & Cie, Streamliner Small Seconds Blue Enamel
Jewellery Watch Prize: Chopard, Laguna High-Jewellery Secret Watch
