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Deva Lee

The Swiss luxury watch and jewellery manufacturer Chopard won the most prestigious award at Wednesday’s annual “Oscars of the watchmaking industry” – the 17th Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Geneve (GPHG) in Switzerland.
The event – honouring 2017’s best horological creations – saw 72 watches competing for 16 prizes at Geneva’s Théâtre du Léman, with a jury of international experts selecting the winners by secret ballot.
Chopard won the most prestigious award, the “Aiguille d’Or” Grand Prix, for its L.U.C Full Strike Watch.





Chopard also won the Jewellery Watch Prize for its Lotus Blanc Watch.

Zenith claimed the Innovation Prize for its Defy Lab, which the Swiss watchmaker says is “the most precise mechanical watch worldwide ever made”.
The Defy Lab is powered by Zenith’s new oscillator, which is being marketed as “a major innovation in the watch industry since the 1675 invention of the balance and hairspring principle by scientist Christiaan Huygens”.

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The Ladies’ Watch Prize went to Chanel for its Première Camélia Skeleton. The maison celebrated the 30th anniversary of its first Première watch this year, and launched the Première Camélia Skeleton in three versions – all powered by the Calibre 2, which resembles the curves of a camellia flower.

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Van Cleef & Arpels won the Ladies’ High-Mech Watch Prize for the Lady Arpels Papillon Automate, which was launched at this year’s Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH).

A delicate automaton flutters on the dial of this model, which also features pavé diamonds, mother of pearl and enamel.

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The Men’s Watch Prize went to Bulgari for its Octo Finissimo Automatic, the slimmest self-winding watch on the market. Unveiled at Baselworld 2017, the watch is only 5.15 millimetres thick. A newly developed in-house movement, the calibre BVL 138, is only 2.23mm thick.

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Bulgari also claimed the Tourbillon and Escapement Watch Prize for its Finissimo Tourbillon Skeleton, which is possibly the world’s thinnest tourbillon wristwatch.

The Mechanical Exception Watch Prize was won by Vacheron Constantin’s Les Cabinotiers Celestia Astronomical Grand Complication 3600, which has two dials that keep time using 23 complications.



The front dial has 15 complications, including civil time, solar time and a mareoscope indicating tide level and the earth-moon-sun alignment.

On the back dial is the sidereal time, an astronomical time scale, which is based on the Earth’s rotation.
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Ulysse Nardin’s Marine Regatta won the maison the Sports Watch Prize. Armed with a rubber strap and rubberised bezel and pushers, the watch is powered by an in-house automatic calibre UN-155 which, like all of Ulysse Nardin’s recent movements, uses silicium technology.

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GPHG was created in 2001 “to contribute, thanks to its label, to promoting Swiss watchmaking and its values around the world,” its website says.
All the winning timepieces will be exhibited at Dubai Watch Week from November 16 to 20.


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Timepieces

World’s best luxury watch award for 2017 goes to Chopard

Chopard's LUC Full Strike Watch has won the top award, the Aiguille d’Or Grand Prix, at the 17th Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève.

The Ladies’ Watch Prize at the 17th Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève goes to Chanel's Première Camélia Skeleton.

Chopard, L.U.C Full Strike wins “Aiguille d’Or” prize at the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève

Karl-Friedrich Scheufele and Caroline Scheufele (Co-Presidents of Chopard, winner of the “Aiguille d’Or” Grand Prix)

Ulysse Nardin’s Marine Regatta wins the maison the Sports Watch Prize at the 17th Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève.

Lady Arpels Papillon Automate The movements of the delicate butterfly follows that of the wearer. The butterfly's wings, powered by a random automaton, flaps more frequently when the wearer is more active. However, the butterfly's wings can also be activated on demand at the push of a button. The self-winding mechanical timepiece comes in a numbered edition and led to four patent applications.

***ONE TIME USE ONLY, PLEASE CLEAR THE COPYRIGHTS BEFORE RE-USE - OTUO*** Bulgari - Octo Finissimo Automatic. Baselworld 2017

*** ONE TIME USE ONLY *** Les Cabinotiers Celestia Astronomical Grand Complication 3600 9720C-000G-B281

Van Cleef & Arpels. Lady Arpels Papillon Automate watch. SIHH 2017.

***ONE TIME USE ONLY, PLEASE CLEAR THE COPYRIGHTS BEFORE RE-USE - OTUO*** 102762_LUP23WGL/12-Lucea Lady

Chopard’s Lotus Blanc Watch.

The Prize winners of the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 2017 : Kari Voutilainen (Founder of Voutilainen), Eric de Rocquigny (International Operations & Métiers Director of Van Cleef & Arpels), Louis Ferla (CEO of Vacheron Constantin), Eric Pirson (Director of Tudor), Steve Amstutz (Vice-President CCO of Parmigiani Fleurier), Michel Parmigiani (President and Founder of Parmigiani Fleurier), Guido Terreni (General Manager Horlogerie of Bvlgari), Jean-Christophe Babin (CEO of Bvlgari), Suzanne Rohr, Patrick Pruniaux (CEO of Ulysse Nardin), Karl-Friedrich Scheufele (Co-President of Chopard), Walter von Känel (President general director of Longines), Anita Porchet, Nicolas Beau (International Watch Director of Chanel), Julien Tornare (CEO of Zenith), Stephen Forsey (Co-Founder of Greubel Forsey), Carlo Lamprecht (President of the Foundation of the GPHG), Caroline Scheufele (Co-President of Chopard)

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The Swiss brand’s L.U.C Full Strike Watch wins top prize at annual ’Oscars of watchmaking industry’, the 17th Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Geneve