Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix - Finest Watches for 2011

De Bethune took the supreme award with the eleventh Grand Prix d'horlogerie de Geneve, for its stunning DB28 product. Boucheron's Crazy Jungle Hathi won the Ladies' Watch from the replica rolex submariner Year prize. The Men's View trophy went to Hermes. Tag Heuer received another wonderful honor for its revolutionary Mikrotimer Flying 1000 Chronograph. This prestigious event, organized in the city's Grand Theatre hosted more than 1,500 individuals.

Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix is the major event for that complete watchmaking industry that highlights the best achievements in terms of technological innovation, layout and inventiveness. This November, for your 1st time, it absolutely was organized from rolex watches replica the Foundation in the Grand Prix d'horlogerie de Geneve, consisting of 5 members (Republic and Canton of Geneva, City of Geneva, International Watch Museum of La Chaux-de-Fonds, Timelab as well as the Edipresse Group), which took the event on an even increased level.

De Bethune's trio, David Zanetta, Denis Flageollet and Pierre Jacques received the major prize, "Aiguille d'or", for its DB28 model, an ultra-light titanium view with an over-sized dial which beauty reveals both, the heart of the movement, along with the platinum and blued-steel spherical moon stage, rotating on its own axis. Its in-house DB2115 automatic movement is developed of 276 components, including a self regulating twin-barrel and a slick silicon and platinum balance wheel. The price of this masterpiece is around 80,000 Swiss Francs (around 87,600 US dollars).

The jury with the eleventh Grand Prix d'horlogerie de Geneve determined to award Boucheron with all the Ladies' View Prize, for Crazy Jungle Hathi view. This extra- luxurious timepiece, available both in white or rose gold, presents an incredible shimmering style that takes a breath away. Directly inspired with India, the country that had sturdy links with all the luxury watchmaker within the past, the Crazy Jungle Hathi shows a ceremonial elephant with the royalty, paved with shining white diamonds, blue or yellow sapphires and green tsavorites. The wonderful luxurious of hundreds sparkling stones, striking design as well as a colorful story are not all that this view provides. Its GP4000 Caliber automatic movement with an additional "Crazy Seconds" module, displayed by means of delicate gold, tear drop shaped apertures, is another proof that the prize went to the very best. It really is available for around 72,000 US dollars.

Yet another ladies' timepiece that won the prize with the Geneva 2011 Watchmaking Grand Prix is Van Cleef & Arpels Polar Landscape Seal Deco - Finest Jewel and Arts & Crafts View. The Men's View with the Year is Hermes Temps Suspendu (read my review of Hermes Only Watch Arceau Time Suspended Watch), even though the Urwerk's UR-110 took the honor for the very best style.

Just 2 months soon after it won the SIAR "Best Concept in the Year" in Mexico City, the world's fastest mechanical chronograph, Tag Heuer Mikrotimer Flying 1000 was honored again, taking the prize within the Very best Sports View category. The prize for the top grand complication went to Zenith for its Academy Christophe Colomb Equation of Time view.

Thanks for the public votes, Audemars Piguet's Millenary 4101 went for the top. The Star Worldtime GMT Automatic view brought Montblanc among the top, wining the "Petite Aiguille", while the imitation rolex watches Special Jury Prize honored the Patek Philippe Museum, which retraces much more than 500 years of watchmaking historical past.

In the end, we ought to mention that Vianney Halter received the prestigious award because the very best view designer, while Benjamin Gacond was honored for getting the very best student in the Geneva School of Watchmaking.

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