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Thursday the 18th of November was the gala occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève
The Laureates of the evening were: Grand Prix de «L’Aiguille d’Or»: Greubel Forsey - Double Tourbillon 30° Edition Historique Prix spécial du jury: AHCI - Académie Horlogère des Créateurs Indépendants Prix de la montre dame: Van Cleef & Arpels - Le Pont des Amoureux Prix de la montre homme: Laurent Ferrier - Galet Classic Tourbillon Double Spiral Prix de la montre design & « concept watch »: MB&F - Horological Machine N°4 Thunderbolt Prix de la montre joaillerie: Chopard - High Jewellery Owl Watch Prix de la haute complication: F.P. Journe - Chronomètre à Résonance Prix de la montre sport: Seiko - Spring Drive Spacewalk Commemorative Edition Prix de « La Petite Aiguille »: TAG Heuer - CARRERA Calibre 1887 Chronograph Prix du meilleur horloger concepteur: Jean-François Mojon And this is what it all looked like on the night . . . . 
Geneva's Grand Theatre, home of the 2010 Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève 
Show girls provided colourful interludes to the evening 
Tag Heuer's Christophe Babin accepting the award for « La Petite Aiguille » (watches under 5,000 Swiss francs) 
CARRERA Calibre 1887 Chronograph 41mm by Tag Heuer's Tag Heuer wins the «La Petite Aiguille» (watches under 5,000 Swiss francs) 2010 
Laurent Ferrier accepting the award for best Men's watch for his Galet Classic Tourbillon Double Spiral 
Laurent Ferrier's Galet Classic Tourbillon Double Spiral wins award for best Men'swatch 2010 
The audience (well some of them at least) at the 2010 Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève 
Max Büsser accepting the award for best Concept/Design watch for the MB&F HM4 Thunderbolt 
Best Concept/Design watch for the MB&F HM4 Thunderbolt 
Seiko's Shu Yoshino accepting the prize for best Sports watch 2010 for the Seiko Spring Drize Spacewalk. Shu's speech was one of the most entertaining and humorous of the evening 
The Seiko Spring Drive Spacewalk, winner of the best Sports watch 2010. The Seiko is a great watch, but if more deserving of the prize than the Richard Mille RM27 is still being much debated. 
Musical interlude 
Stanislas de Quercize accepting the award for Best Ladies watch 2010 for the Van Cleef & Arpels, Le Pont des Amoureux 
Best Ladies watch 2010 went to the Van Cleef & Arpels Le Pont des Amoureux 
Caroline et Karl-Friedrich Scheufele accepting the award for best Jewellery watch for the Chopard Owl 
Chopard's High Jewellery Owl Watch was awarded best Jewellery watch 
François-Paul Journe accepting the award for best Complicated watch for the F.P. Journe Chronometre a Resonance. Journe was as controversial as ever. 
F.P. Journe Chronometre a Resonance picked up the award for best Complicated watch 
The Public prize (voted by the public online and at the exhibitions of all of the pre-selected watches) went to Vacheron Constantin's Historique Ultra-fine 1955 
The Special Jury prize went to AHCI - Académie Horlogère des Créateurs Indépendants. AHCI president, Philippe Wurtz and co-founder Svend Andersen were on hand to accept the award. 
Stephen Forsey accepting the biggest prize of the evening, the «L’Aiguille d’Or» for Greubel Forsey's Double Tourbillon 30° Edition Historique 
The «L’Aiguille d’Or» for Greubel Forsey's Double Tourbillon 30° Edition Historique 
There might be a few faces you recognise 
All of the prize winners on stage after the award ceremony 
Jean-François Mojon took home the prize for best watchmaker for his Opus 10 for Harry Winston 
All of the prize winners on stage after the award ceremony 
Svend Andersen/AHCI, Shu Yoshino/Seiko, Stephen Forsey/Greubel Forsey, Philippe Wurtz/AHCI, Max Büsser/MB&F 
AHCI co-founder Svend Andersen and current AHCI president Philippe Wurtz 
The after-awards cocktail party was jam packed as usual 
After the cocktail party, invited guests made their way upstairs for the after-awards dinner 
Eric Giroud/watch designer and Peter Speake-Marin at the after-awards dinner 
Denis Giguet/MCT, Laurent Picciotto/Chronopassion and Yacine Sar/URWERK at the after-awards dinner All in all an excellent evening with the winners all deserving of their prizes. Next year the Grand Prix will be run as a foundation to maximise its independence. Video highlights www.worldtempus.com/fr/actualites/a-la-une/detail/article/1290163477-gphg-2010-best-of/ edited by marks : fixed typos Ian Skellern -Revolution Online moderator www.facebook.com/underthedial twitter.com/underthedial Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/20/2010 11:53AM by MarkS.
It's good to know you there.
What did Shu Yoshino and FP Journe say ? I'm not sure if the girls have their place at this event though. As I did not attend the award, it is hard to tell from pictures if they fit into the program. I do not mind watching girls dance, not at all on the contrary  . I simply wonder if the association "prestigious watch award / cabaret girls" is something matching together.MarkS Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/21/2010 03:30AM by IanS.
The most regular winner in Geneva GP...
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