Created in 2001 and overseen since 2011 by a foundation recognised as a public interest organisation, the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève highlights and annually rewards the most remarkable watchmaking creations. 72 pre-selected watches (see all the watches here) for the 17th edition of the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève are competing to win one … Read more
SIHH 2017: Audemars Piguet unveiled its new high jewelry watch called Diamond Outrage. For 2017, boasting the power of her predecessors and hundreds of brilliant-cut diamonds, Audemars Piguet presented Diamond Outrage – the third and final design in the trilogy of one- of-a-kind Haute Joaillerie timepieces. The watch manufacturer is once again disrupting traditional ideas … Read more
SIHH 2017 in figures: 40 000 of exhibition space; 17 historic watchmaking Maisons; 13 independent artisan-creators; 1 200 accredited journalists. Each year, SALON INTERNATIONAL DE LA HAUTE HORLOGERIE (SIHH) transforms Geneva, Calvin’s city, into a hotbed of innovation while reconnecting it with centuries of history. Since 1991, SIHH has been the one event not to … Read more
The “Aiguiile d’Or” Grand Prix to Ferdinand Berthoud for the Chronomètre Ferdinand Berthoud FB 1 model. The watchmaking art was in the spotlight this Thursday November 10th at the Théâtre du Léman, on the occasion of the prize-giving ceremony for the 16th Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG). The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève annually … Read more
A perpetual calendar complication allows watch aficionados to track the date, day of the week, month, year, leap year, and sometimes even more. Being one of the most practical of complications, a perpetual calendar is an intricate mechanism very praised in Haute Horlogerie. Discover the complex and exceptionally ingenious movements. CHOPARD L.U.C PERPETUAL CHRONO watch … Read more
