Horological Meandering

Jury 2013

President :

Aurel Bacs, international director of the watch department of Christie’s / Switzerland

Members :

Carlos Alonso, publisher and editor-in-chief of Tiempo de Relojes and director of the Salon Internacional Alta Relojeria / Mexico

Jean-Philippe Arm, editor-in-chief of Watch Around / Switzerland

Viren Bhagat, jeweler, collector / India

Benjamin Clymer, founder and editor-in-chief of Hodinkee / USA

Elizabeth Doerr, freelance specialised watch journalist / Germany

Moritz Elsaesser, watchmaker CW 21, president and owner of Mainly Watches, collector / USA

Dominique Fléchon, historian and expert with the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie / Switzerland-France

Nick Foulkes, historian, author, contributor to the Financial Times / United Kingdom

Herbert Grönemeyer, musician, collector / Germany

Tomoko Kayama, editor-in-chief of World Wrist Watch (World Photo Press) / Japan

Nazanin Lankarani, independent art writer, contributor to the International Herald Tribune and New York Times / France-Iran

Sean Li, editorial director of Revolution Hong Kong, collector / China

John Mayer, musician, singer, producer and collector / USA

Marcel Philippe, Assistant District Attorney for New York City, collector/ USA

Paola Pujia, editor-in-chief of Orologi-Le Misure del Tempo / Italy

Claude Sfeir, collector, gemologist, jeweler / Lebanon

Antoine Simonin, watchmaker, teacher, former director of Wostep / Switzerland

Philippe Starck, creator / France

Alexey Tarkhanov, journalist for Kommersant magazine / Russia

Patrick Wehrli, expert, Passion for Watchmaking / Switzerland

Jean-Michel Wilmotte, architect, town-planner, designer / France

Stephane Linder, CEO of TAG Heuer, brand laureate of the 2012 “Aiguille d’Or” Grand Prix

Grand Prix de l'horologerie 2013

By: moc : September 3rd, 2013-09:30

The nominees have been announced........ Pleased,?disappointed?you do not care? Thoughts? Personally I find the line up quite satisfying ,even if I would have preferred some other watches in the categories,but I am biased..... Look forward to your comment...

I think...

By: andrewluff : September 3rd, 2013-10:46

There is a good selection, a few missing and a few oddies. Mens complication... The Tudor heritage? I love this Tudor but put it next to the logical one or skybridge... I can put my number 1 in most catagories... But whether they will be the final winners...

Hummm....

By: moc : September 3rd, 2013-23:30

Strange non-selection of some of this years highlights..... I am happy for some watches to be there though,I suppose you can t make everybody happy. Mo

Gross mistake

By: Timewarp : September 3rd, 2013-10:56

If one sees the website of GPGH the pictures in the entry list are wrong. There are many mismatches. I was shocked to see the same. I played the game of match the pictures and words like we did as children. This is not expected at this level. Take a look....

I don't even pay attention to that ' non event '. [nt]

By: amanico : September 3rd, 2013-10:58

One Word...

By: elliot55 : September 3rd, 2013-17:45

... Payola! pay·o·la noun. 1. Bribery of an influential person in exchange for the promotion of a product or service, such that of disc jockeys for the promotion of records. 2. A bribe or a number of bribes given to an influential person in exchange for a...

Maybe,who knows....

By: moc : September 3rd, 2013-23:34

Harmless though........I just take it for what it is,a bit of fun to look at. Corruption in the watch world? The collectors know better ,I am sure.. Mo

Agree fully! This is a joke

By: jkingston : September 3rd, 2013-19:48

Honestly this "prize" is in a death spiral of increasing absurdity. Incompetent is another word that comes to mind. So does bizarre. So, Nico I join in doing my best to avert my gaze and ignore the whole idiotic exercise.

You know what....

By: moc : September 3rd, 2013-23:33

Why don t we have a nice watch award here on purist? We will be even more legitimised as a community....and it will be fun. As for the GPHG.....well it is what it is.....like reading gossip magazine...... Mo

Agreed. Let's think about that! [nt]

By: amanico : September 3rd, 2013-23:45

Hey Salar, I couldn't agree more...

By: elliot55 : September 3rd, 2013-17:31

... and I'm very surprised by the list of entries at all levels. Let me see if I've got this straight: Kari Voutilainen's VR-8 is part of the "Men's Watch" category. Maybe I'm just a dumb ol' Purist, but last time I checked, a power reserve was a complica...

I didn't t notice that....

By: moc : September 3rd, 2013-23:31

I will check now.....if so..well,not so good.... Mo

Jury 2013

By: AndrewD : September 3rd, 2013-15:04

I am on the record...

By: Gary G : September 3rd, 2013-17:18

...expressing my doubts on the makeup of this panel. Perhaps an upgrade from the "tasteless twelves" of prior years, but perhaps not -- time will tell. Best, Gary

looking at the jury list , it appears to me to comprise

By: dreamer8 : September 3rd, 2013-23:05

a well balanced group of individuals from various disciplines including musician John Mayer. I am only familiar with a few names from that list, Aurel Bacs, Philippe Starck , John Meyer , Elizabeth Doer ( a great writer and contributor to magazines and ne...

What do you think Andrew?

By: moc : September 3rd, 2013-23:35

A few from the "industry" a few outsiders.....more like a beauty contest....... Mo

And sans a single...

By: pplater : September 5th, 2013-08:54

...Seiko-singing satisfied Singaporean specialist seen sitting solicitously somewhere in the scene? Tokyo's loss.... Cheers, pplater.