The annual Grand Prix d’Horologerie de Geneve to place last week. After months of reviewing the nominations and narrowing the finalists down to just a few in each category, the Academy and Jury voted for the final winner in each area, including the Best of Show, “Aiguille d’Or Grand Prix.” Below is the list of…
Four World-First Watches Up For Nomination At GPHG
With the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Geneve (GPHG) award ceremony around the corner, the top watches currently in the running for the win in than a dozen categories are making a traveling tour around the world — on display for watch rs in a host of countries to get a lo before…
Meet The Winners Of The Watch World’s Grand Prix Awards, GPHG 2020
This year marks the first time I could not attend the GPHG awards ceremony in person in a while — thanks to COVID-19. As a member of the Academic jury, I was bummed. But then, as it turned out, the entire event had to be held virtually because of the pandemic. I was even …
Who Are The Final 84 Watches In The 2019 GPHG (Grand Prix d Horlogerie) Competition?
The Foundation of the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) has announced its pre-selected watches — six in each of the categories — that will be going up for the final vote this fall. In total, there are 84 timepieces competing for the 18 prizes, including the prestigious “Aiguille d’Or” Grand Prix. The GPHG’s…
L’Ecole Paris Jewelry School, With Van Cleef & Arpels, Offers Classes, Exhibitions in New York
Paris-based L’Ecole, School of Jewelry Arts, fully supported by Van Cleef & Arpels, is the first of its kind to be open to everyone from novices to experts in the field of jewelry arts. Typically based in Paris, the school, which offers monthly classes in Paris in both English and French, has created a series…
Hands On With Van Cleef & Arpels Lady Arpels Planetarium Poetic Complication Watch
Very few watch brands – perhaps fewer than a handful – have the ability to offer the universe on the wrist. Sure, some offer the world, a globe, multi-hemispheres, the stars and even complete constellations – but just the upper echelon can bring an actual mechanical planetarium to the wrist. Van Cleef & Arpels is…