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BackThe Oscars of the watch industry are announced! Independent watchmaker wins Golden Hand Award, Louis Vuitton and Piaget are also on the list
The Oscars of the watch industry are announced! Independent watchmaker wins Golden Hand Award, Louis Vuitton and Piaget are also on the list
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The Oscars of the watch industry are announced! Independent watchmaker wins Golden Hand Award, Louis Vuitton and Piaget are also on the list

Audemars Piguet, Chopard and Ferdinand Berthoud each won two awards, and brands such as Louis Vuitton and Piaget were also on the list.

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  • The 26th Geneva Watch Awards (GPHG) was announced on November 7 in Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Independent watchmaker Rexhep Rexhepi won the Golden Pointer Award with the Chronograph Flyback chronograph watch; Audemars Piguet, Chopard and Ferdinand Berthoud each won two awards, and brands such as Louis Vuitton and Piaget were also shortlisted for the award.

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The 26th Geneva Watch Awards (GPHG), known as the "Oscars of the watch industry", was announced on November 7 in Geneva, Switzerland. This year, a total of 20 awards were awarded, covering multiple categories such as the Golden Pointer Award, the Classic Watch Award, the Tourbillon Watch Award, and the Jewelry Watch Award.

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(Photo taken from GPHG official website)

The “Oscars of the watch industry” are here again. The 26th Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) was announced on November 7 in Geneva, Switzerland. This year’s highest honor, the “Golden Hand Award”, was won by independent watchmaker Rexhep Rexhepi. Audemars Piguet, Chopard and Ferdinand Berthoud each took home two awards. Louis Vuitton (Louis Vuitton) Brands such as Vuitton and Piaget are also on the list.

Independent watchmaker wins Gold Pointer Award

This year’s Golden Pointer Award was won by independent watchmaker Rexhep Rexhepi for his Chronograph Flyback chronograph watch. The work took four years to develop and is equipped with a new self-made manual winding movement and has an instant jump chronograph minute display, allowing the chronograph hands to instantly return to zero and restart during operation. The diameter of the watch is 38.8mm and the thickness is only 9.7mm. The slim case contains a complex mechanical structure. It is paired with a grand feu enamel dial and fine manual decoration, demonstrating the independent watchmaking's insistence on movement research and development and traditional craftsmanship.

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Rexhep Rexhepi Chronograph Flyback flyback chronograph watch, with a blue-gray dial and three eccentrically arranged display panels, won this year's Golden Pointer Award. (Photo taken from GPHG official website)

Rexhep Rexhepi Chronograph Flyback flyback chronograph watch, the see-through back shows the clearly layered movement bridges, precision gears and delicate hand-polished craftsmanship. (Photo taken from GPHG official website)

Multiple brands win two awards at once

Swiss watchmaker Audemars Piguet won two awards in one fell swoop this year. Among them, the Royal Oak "Jumbo" RD#5 150th Anniversary Watch won the Classic Watch Award. It combines the brand's iconic octagonal case with an ultra-thin self-winding flying tourbillon chronograph mechanism. Another 150 Heritage pocket watch won the calendar and astronomical watch award. It is equipped with the 1150 manual winding movement composed of 1,099 parts. It integrates complex functions such as perpetual calendar, split-seconds flyback chronograph, timekeeping and flying tourbillon, showing the brand's 150 years of watchmaking heritage.

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak "Jumbo" RD#5 150th anniversary watch, classic plaid dial with dual chronograph counters and flying tourbillon at 6 o'clock. (Photo taken from GPHG official website)

The Audemars Piguet 150 Heritage pocket watch has a dark blue dial surrounded by multi-layered calendar scales, showing a complex astronomical calendar display. (Photo taken from GPHG official website)

Chopard straddles the two fields of jewelry and watchmaking. Mystery Nut won the Jewelry Watch Award for its walnut-shaped jewelry pendant combined with a hidden moon phase timepiece; L.U.C 1860 won the Pure Timepiece Award for its simple appearance and precision mechanical craftsmanship, demonstrating the brand's creative strength in different aspects. Ferdinand Berthoud, who also took home two awards, won the Tourbillon Watch Award for his Chronomètre FB 2TV, and the Precision Timing Award for his Naissance d'une Montre 3. The two works respectively demonstrate technical strength in terms of complex mechanical structure and travel time accuracy, and also highlight the important position of traditional high-end watchmaking technology in the contemporary watch industry.

The Chopard Mystery Nut jewelry timepiece is paved with warm-toned diamonds in a walnut shell, turning the jewelry pendant into an exquisite timepiece secret box. (Photo taken from GPHG official website)

When the Mystery Nut jewelry timepiece is unfolded, the blue dial and diamond decoration complement each other, cleverly hiding the time display. (Photo taken from GPHG official website)

Chopard L.U.C 1860 watch has a blue engraved dial and a small seconds dial. The simple configuration presents elegant watchmaking aesthetics. (Photo taken from GPHG official website)

The Ferdinand Berthoud Chronomètre FB 2TV Tourbillon watch has an open dial showing a precision mechanical structure and a dark blue leather strap. (Photo taken from GPHG official website)

Ferdinand Berthoud Naissance d'une Montre 3 watch, the golden movement structure and blue steel hands are in sharp contrast, and the open dial shows gears, chains and traditional watchmaking techniques. (Photo taken from GPHG official website)

LV and Piaget show their artistic craftsmanship

In addition to movement technology, artistic creation is also a highlight of this year. Louis Vuitton won the Art Craft Watch Award with the Tambour Taiko Arty Automata. The dial is decorated with 23 colors of enamel and is paired with a movable mechanical device, making the timepiece like a dynamic work of art. Piaget won the Gem-Inlaid Watch Award with the Swinging Pebble, which combines sculptural shapes with exquisite jewelry inlays to showcase the creativity of the intersection of high-end jewelry and watchmaking techniques. It also outlines a diverse look from precision machinery to artistic aesthetics for this year's GPHG.

The Louis Vuitton Tambour Taiko Arty Automata watch displays an interesting artistic style with bright colors and playful lip patterns. (Photo taken from GPHG official website)

Piaget's Swinging Pebble jewelry timepiece uses blue natural stone to create a drop-shaped pendant, with a diamond-encrusted bezel and a woven chain strap, showing a unique jewelry aesthetic. (Photo taken from GPHG official website)

The complete list of winners of the 2026 GPHG 26th Geneva Watch Awards (the following 20 awards are checked against the official GPHG list)

1. Golden Pointer Award: Rexhep Rexhepi｜Chronograph Flyback

2. Classic Watch Award: Audemars Piguet｜Royal Oak “Jumbo” RD#5 150th Anniversary Watch

3. Special Jury Award: Patek Philippe｜Watch Art Grand Exhibition

4. Creative Boldness Award: Konstantin Chaykin｜ThinKing Mystery

5. Precision Timing Award: Ferdinand Berthoud｜Naissance d'une Montre 3

6. Watchmaking Rookie Award: Dominique Renaud｜Pulse60 Titanium Black

7. Excellence in Mechanical Watch Award: Blancpain｜Grande Double Sonnerie

8. Complication Watch Award: Cleguer｜Inspiration One

9. Chronograph Award: Parmigiani Fleurier｜Tonda PF Chronographe Mystérieux

10. Tourbillon Watch Award: Ferdinand Berthoud｜Chronomètre FB 2TV

11. Sports Watch Award: Grand Seiko｜Spring Drive U.F.A. Ushio 300 Diver

12. Calendar and Astronomical Watch Award: Audemars Piguet｜150 Heritage

13. Basic Watch Award: Daniel Roth｜Extra Plat Rose Gold Skeleton

14. Pure Timepiece Award: Chopard｜L.U.C 1860

15. Jewelry and Watch Award: Chopard｜Mystery Nut

16. Arty Crafts Watch Award: Louis Vuitton｜Tambour Taiko Arty Automata

17. Gem-Inlaid Watch Award: Piaget｜Swinging Pebble

18. Small Pointer Award: Otsuka Lotec｜No.8

19. Challenge Award: SpaceOne｜SpaceOne X Baltic - Seconde Majeure

20. Mechanical Clock Award: La Vallée｜Cosmo

Further reading:

Black enamel meets century-old watchmaking craftsmanship! Moritz Grossmann's seventh commemorative watch shows classic charm

A new twist on independent watchmaking equipped with 2 movements at a time! Louis Erard's new collaboration has a super eye-catching double porthole design

Open Questions

  • Specific selection criteria and jury composition for each award
  • Market pricing and limited quantities of the winning watches
  • Each brand’s official reaction to the award results and follow-up marketing plans

Related Topics

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PeopleRexhep RexhepiKonstantin ChaykinDominique RenaudDaniel Roth
OrganizationsAudemars PiguetChopardFerdinand Berthoud
PlacesGenevaSwitzerland
TopicsGPHGgolden pointer awardRexhep RexhepiAudemars PiguetChopardFerdinand Berthoud
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