Tag: Voutilainen
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Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève, the most prestigious watchmaking awards, announced winners
22nd awards ceremony of the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève announced the winners of the most prestigious awards in watchmaking. 2022 PRIZE LIST – GPHG: MB&F WINS THE “AIGUILLE D’OR” GRAND PRIX. Created in 2001 and overseen since 2011 by a Foundation recognised as a public interest organisation, the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG)…
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The 2020 prize list of the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) rewarded watchmaking expertise and creativity
The 2020 prize list of the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) was unveiled on Thursday November 12 at the 20th GPHG awards ceremony, a poetic digital show masterfully hosted by actor Edouard Baer. Watchmaking excellence and vitality were saluted by the Jury and the new GPHG Academy, which handed out 19 prizes and…
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Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 2019: The watchmaking universe’s big winners
Aiguille d’Or” Grand Prix is awarded to Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Selfwinding Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin. Watchmaking excellence was honoured this Thursday November 7th in Geneva at the 19th Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) prize-giving ceremony, brilliantly hosted by actor Edouard Baer. The GPHG’s independent jury awarded 19 prizes and attributed the “Aiguille…
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2019 Voutilainen Vingt-8 combines respect for longevity with classical watchmaking tradition
The elegant and strong mechanism of the Voutilainen Vingt-8 wristwatch is housed in a stylish and robust case. The in-house movement of the Vingt-8 was designed, built, fabricated, finished and assembled in its entirety in Kari Voutilainen’s workshops. The movement has a very large balance wheel manufactured in-house, allowing perfect regulation of the…
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SIHH 2018: Voutilainen 217QRS is introducing a retrograde date mechanism of a unique construction
Total series of 30 Voutilainen 217QRS watches : 10 platinum, 10 white gold, 10 rose gold. Kari Voutilainen, born in 1962, is a Finnish watchmaker residing in Môtiers, Switzerland. He started an independent watchmaking business in 2002, building a limited number of handmade timekeepers. His latest creation presented at 2018 SIHH – Salon International de…
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The Chopard L.U.C Full Strike, winner of the top prize in the Oscars of watchmaking
Chopard took home the overall grand prize and the top prize for the year’s best jewelry watch at the 2017 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève ceremony. The GPHG 2017 ceremony was held at the Théâtre du Léman in Geneva, reuniting more that 1500 invitees and awarding 15 horological creations of the year. The prize-winners…