{"id":114104,"date":"2021-11-11T03:58:02","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T08:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/all-destinations\/gphg-quand-lhorlogerie-devient-un-art\/"},"modified":"2021-11-11T04:32:36","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T09:32:36","slug":"gphg-watchmaking-as-an-art-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/en\/so-barnes-en\/gphg-watchmaking-as-an-art-form\/","title":{"rendered":"GPHG: watchmaking as an art form"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>The Grand Prix d\u2019Horlogerie de Gen\u00e8ve 2021 (GPHG) awards ceremony handed out prizes to astounding creations.<strong> SoBARNES presents its top picks<\/strong>.<\/h4>\n<p>Every year, the watchmaking world holds its breath for the announcement of the GPHG prize list. The Grand Prix d\u2019Horlogerie de Gen\u00e8ve unveils talents, sets trends, rewards audacity and applauds the creativity not only of designers unknown to the general public but also major international brands that dare to think outside the box.\u00a0 The 2021 edition, marking the 20<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the GPHG, was no exception. The \u201cAiguille d'Or\u201d Grand Prix was awarded to Bulgari for the\u00a0<em>Octo Finissimo <\/em>watch which, at a thickness of just 5.8mm, is the world\u2019s thinnest Perpetual Calendar. A feat of horological engineering:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BVLGARI OCTO FINISSIMO - 7 years, 7 world records\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fDymj4XdbiI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Audemars Piguet, Bernhard Lederer, Chopard, Christiaan Van Der Klaauw, CIGA Design, De Bethune, Furlan Marri, Grand Seiko, Louis Vuitton, MB&amp;F, Piaget, Tudor, Van Cleef &amp; Arpels and Zenith brands were also saluted by the Jury and the GPHG Academy (*) for the quality of their creations in the various categories.<\/p>\n<p>Our first SoBARNES favourite (entirely subjective, of course) is the <em>LMX Titanium<\/em> by MB&amp;F, which won the Men\u2019s Complication Watch Prize. You have to admit its two white lacquer dials tilted at an angle, each with its own display of hours and minutes, certainly cut a fine figure:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MB&amp;F : LMX - Celebrating 10 years of Legacy Machines\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JbxgYR0j7N8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It may not sound much, but tilting the dials required the transfer of energy from horizontal to vertical planes using conical gears. Which is quite an achievement, we\u2019re sure you\u2019ll agree.<\/p>\n<p>In the same style, we tip our hat to the winner of the Tourbillon Watch Prize: De Bethune, <em>DB Kind of Two Tourbillon<\/em>. Entirely reversible, one face displays central hours and minutes with a 30-second tourbillon at 6 o\u2019clock, while the other, more traditional dial, has neither a tourbillon nor second display but central hour and minute hands:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DB Kind of Two Tourbillon\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7Io7aAHi0JE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A subtle technical challenge not immediately apparent at first glance. But therein lies the elegance of this timepiece.<\/p>\n<p>Our third congratulations go to the watch awarded the Audacity Prize: the Louis Vuitton <em>Tambour Carpe Diem<\/em>, a sublime mix of automata echoing the classic Vanitas theme, <a href=\"https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/en\/so-barnes-en\/tambour-carpe-diem-a-reinvented-vanitas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">which SoBARNES readers discovered ahead of the rest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tambour Carpe Diem Watch | LOUIS VUITTON\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QBYVzwpESFM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The watches preselected for the GPHG 2021, including the 18 prize winners, are on display at the Mus\u00e9e Rath in Geneva until 14 November then will be exhibited at Dubai Watch Week from 24 to 28 November, before travelling to Paris from 2 to 5 December 2021 (exhibition calendar available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gphg.org\/horlogerie\/en\/gphg-2021\/2021-calendar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>). Don't say we don't keep you in the loop!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:laurent@sobarnes.com\">laurent@sobarnes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(*) Full GPHG 2021 prize list: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gphg.org\/horlogerie\/en\/prize-list-21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GPHG.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Grand Prix d\u2019Horlogerie de Gen\u00e8ve 2021 (GPHG) awards ceremony handed out prizes to astounding creations. SoBARNES presents its top picks. Every year, the watchmaking world holds its breath for the announcement of the GPHG prize list. The Grand Prix d\u2019Horlogerie de Gen\u00e8ve unveils talents, sets trends, rewards audacity and applauds the creativity not only of designers unknown to the general public but also major international brands that dare to think outside the box.\u00a0 The 2021 edition, marking the 20th anniversary of the GPHG, was no exception. The \u201cAiguille d&#8217;Or\u201d Grand Prix was awarded to Bulgari for the\u00a0Octo Finissimo watch [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6568,"featured_media":114102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[553,511],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v16.4 (Yoast SEO v16.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>GPHG: watchmaking as an art form - SoBarnes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/en\/so-barnes-en\/gphg-watchmaking-as-an-art-form\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"GPHG: watchmaking as an art form - SoBarnes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Grand Prix d\u2019Horlogerie de Gen\u00e8ve 2021 (GPHG) awards ceremony handed out prizes to astounding creations. 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