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The winners of this 12 months’s “Oscars of watchmaking” have been chosen, with a variety of timepieces acknowledged for his or her engineering perfection and enticing design.
An business jury selected the world’s finest watches in fifteen completely different classes, together with sports activities, jewelery and journey watches, with the awards introduced by the Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix (GPHG) in Geneva earlier this month.
The grand prize for the perfect watch on this planet, the Grand Prix Aiguille d’Or, was awarded to Ferdinand Berthoud’s Chronomètre Ferdinand Berthoud FB 1.
Promoting for over $200,000, this limited-edition white gold and titanium timepiece has a leather-based strap and is powered by a guide motion made up of over 1,120 parts.
The Viewers Award, chosen by votes submitted internationally on-line and at chosen worldwide watch exhibitions, was awarded to 33 bis Quai des Bergues de Czapek Genève.
The successful timepieces have been displayed in Seoul, Rome and Geneva earlier than arriving in Dubai on November 15 for his or her remaining go to to the Dubai Watch Week.
Watches from the manufacturers Audemars Piguet, Montblanc, MB&F, Piaget, TAG Heuer and Tudor, together with Chanel, Eberhard & Co, Fabergé and Grönefeld, have been additionally honored by this 12 months’s 27-person worldwide jury.
Try the gallery above to see the total listing of this 12 months’s winners.