Launch of the GPHG

The sixteenth edition of the Grand prix d’horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) has been launched and the list of 72 timepieces preselected by the jury can be consulted on the event’s Internet site (www.gphg.org). Connoisseurs and watch lovers are invited to vote in the public prize category.

The independent jury of this 16th edition of the GPHG, composed of 28 experts from a wide range of horizons, undertook its first round of voting this summer in order to choose six watches in twelve categories. The 72 pre-selected watches are vying to win one of the 15 prizes - including the prestigious «Aiguille d’or» Grand Prix - that will reward the year’s finest watch creations. The jury will meet behind closed doors in early November, ahead of the prize-giving ceremony, in order to examine each of the pre-selected watches, to deliberate and to render its second and last verdict via secret ballot.

The 2016 prize list will be revealed on November 10th at the Théâtre du Léman in Geneva, the new scene of a prize-giving ceremony that will be jointly presented for the second year running by Gaspard Proust and Frédéric Beigbeder.

In keeping with a now established annual custom, a travelling exhibition presenting the pre-selected watches will make stopovers in various capitals. The 2016 exhibition will begin its journey in South Korea, where it will take up residence from October 10th to 13th at the Lotte Hotel, an iconic venue at the heart of Seoul. The pre-selected watches will then fly to Rome, where they will be on show from October 26th to 29th in the famous Palazzo Colonna. This first GPHG exhibition in Italy is organised in partnership with BMW Italy and supported by the Swiss Embassy in Rome. Upon returning to Geneva, the 72 watches will be presented from November 2nd to 12th at the Cité du Temps, the long-serving «home ground» showcase for the official pre-selection.

After the ceremony, the 15 prize-winning watches will be exhibited in Dubai from November 15th to 19th within the context of the second Dubai Watch Week (DWW).

September 22, 2016