GPHG nominees take the centre stage at Dubai Watch Week

The seventy two pre-selected timepieces vying for the coveted Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) awards will be exhibited during the much-awaited Dubai Watch Week

Under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Latifa Bint Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum and the support of Dubai Culture & Arts Authority, and in partnership with the GPHG, Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons, the Middle East’s largest luxury watch retailer, has organised the much-awaited Dubai Watch Week, an extraordinary five-day affair that celebrates the achievements of the watch industry through a cultural and educational horology programme that includes forums, workshops and an auction. Taking place at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), from the 18^th to 22^nd of October, 2015, the Dubai Watch Week will also highlight the GPHG exhibition that will present the seventy two pre-selected timepieces that are competing for the prestigious GPHG awards.

Created in 2001 to celebrate the 12^th Art, under the patronage of the City and State of Geneva, and officially established as a foundation recognised as a public interest organisation from 2011, the GPHG annually highlights and awards theexcellence of contemporary watchmaking creations. For the past fifteen years, it has enabled an international audience to follow the evolution of this art through a competition culminating in a prize-giving ceremony, which is held in autumn of each year in Geneva. This annual competition is open to all brands, involves several hundred watches that are launched during the course of the year, and awards the highest honours in the watchmaking field.

An international and independent jury composed of acknowledged specialists establishes the list of prize winners. This year, chaired by Aurel Bacs, twenty six personalities known for their watchmaking expertise make up the multidisciplinary, international GPHG 2015 jury, joined for the first time by artists and musicians Dieter Meier (Yello) and Eric Singer (Kiss).

In order to pay tribute to the contemporary creative talent and watchmaking expertiseas well as the diversity of various watchmaking creations, the GPHG 2015 has opened a total of twelve categories including the five new categories such as the Tourbillon, Calendar, Chronograph, Striking and Mechanical Exception. In addition to the prizes which correspond to these categories, the notable awards also include the prestigious “Aiguille d’Or” Grand Prix, the Innovation Watch Prize, the Horological Revelation Prize which rewards a creation by a youthful brand, the Revival Prize which recognises the best contemporary reinterpretation of an iconic model, as well as the Special Jury Prize and the Public Prize.

The watches pre-selected for the GPHG, as well as the winners, take part in a travelling exhibition inviting to discover and admire the finest timepieces of the year, exceptionally united on this occasion, and to share precious moments of horological culture. A travelling exhibition that features the seventy two timepieces will be viewed in Hong Kong, Seoul, Dubai, Geneva and London before and after the GPHG 2015 awarding ceremony that will take place on the 29^th of October, 2015 at the Grand Théâtre de Genève.

The GPHG exhibition during the Dubai Watch Week will be hosted at the Opera Gallery at the DIFC from the 19^th to 21^st of October, 2015.

Ladies

• Audemars Piguet Millenary
• DeLaneau Rondo 42 Peony
• Hermès Arceau Petite Lune with diamonds
• Hublot Big Bang Broderie
• Piaget Limelight Gala
• Ulysse Nardin Jade

Ladies High-Mech

• Bulgari Il Giardino Notturno
• Chaumet Hortensia Creative Complication
• Fabergé Lady Compliquée Peacock
• Jaquet Droz Lady 8 Flower
• Montblanc Bohème Perpetual Calendar Jewellery
• Piaget Altiplano 1200S

Men’s

• Bulgari Octo Finissimo Small Seconds
• Laurent Ferrier Galet Square
• Louis Vuitton Escale Time Zone
• MB&F HMX
• Piaget Altiplano 900P
• Voutilainen Voutilainen GMR

Chronograph

• Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept Laptimer Michael Schumacher
• Longines The Longines Column-Wheel Single Push-Piece Chronograph
• Louis Moinet Memoris
• Montblanc Heritage Chronométrie ExoTourbillon Minute Chronograph Vasco da Gama – Limited Edition 60
• Piaget Altiplano Chrono
• Tag Heuer Carrera Calibre 18 Chronograph

Tourbillon

• Antoine Preziuso Tourbillon of Tourbillons
• Blancpain L-evolution C, Tourbillon Carrousel
• Bovet 1822 Braveheart®
• Greubel Forsey Tourbillon 24 Secondes Vision
• MB&F Horological Machine N°6
• Ulysse Nardin Ulysse Anchor Tourbillon

Calendar

• Blancpain Villeret, Quantième Complet
• Claude Meylan Full Calendar
• Hermès Slim d’Hermès QP
• Hublot Classic Fusion Aeromoon
• Tiffany & Co CT60™ Annual Calendar
• Ulysse Nardin FreakLab

Striking

• A. Lange & Söhne Zeitwerk Minute Repeater
• Akrivia Tourbillon Chiming Jump Hour
• Christophe Claret Allegro
• Franc Vila Inaccessible Tourbillon Minute Repeater
• Girard-Perregaux Minute Repeater Tourbillon with Gold Bridges
• Hublot Big Bang Alarm Repeater

Mechanical Exception

• Christophe Claret Maestoso
• DEWITT Academia Mathematical
• Emmanuel Bouchet Complication One
• Hautlence Vortex
• HYT H3
• Jaquet Droz The Charming Bird

“Petite Aiguille”

• Bulgari Diagono Magnesium
• Habring2 Felix
• Hermès Slim d’Hermès
• Montblanc Heritage Spirit Orbis Terrarum
• Tudor North Flag
• Zenith Elite 6150

Sports

• Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Selfwinding Tourbillon Chronograph
• Blancpain Fifty Fathoms, Bathyscaphe
• Harry Winston Project Z9
• Seiko Prospex Marinemaster Professional Diver’s 1000m Hi-Beat 36000
• Tudor Pelagos
• Zenith El Primero Sport

Jewellery

• Audemars Piguet Diamond Punk
• Bulgari Mvsa High Jewellery Watch
• Chaumet Joséphine Aigrette Impériale
• de Grisogono Grappoli
• Fabergé Summer in Provence Multicoloured Sapphire
• Piaget Extremely Piaget Double Sided Cuff Watch

Artistic Crafts

• Blancpain
• Villeret, cadran Shakudo
• Girard-Perregaux The Chambers of Wonders – The New World
• Harry Winston Premier Precious Butterfly Automatic 36mm
• Hermès Slim d’Hermès Koma Kurabé
• Piaget Altiplano Scrimshaw
• Romain Gauthier Logical one Secret Kakau Höfke