The Timepieces We’re Eyeing From The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 2025
Shiny, sparkly, timeless… We want them all.
The biggest night in watchmaking was simply one to watch this year (no pun intended). Celebrating the best craftsmanship and excellence in the industry, the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève handed out awards to indie darlings and luxury maisons across fifteen categories. Here are the standouts we can’t stop thinking about:
1. Dior’s La D de Dior Buisson Couture
Winner: Jewellery Watch Prize
A diamond garden is in full bloom on Dior’s new La D de Dior. Drawing from Christian Dior’s lifelong love for flowers and gardening, this watch features a rose gold dial set with precision-cut diamonds, pink sapphires, rubies and tsavorite garnets to form a lush bouquet. Complete with a diamond-studded bezel and crown, it looks like a piece right out of a princess fantasy. Someone call Glinda the Good – she needs to see this one.
2. Bvlgari’s Octo Finissimo Ultra Tourbillon
Winner: Tourbillon Watch Prize
Sleek doesn’t even begin to cover it. Sitting at just 1.85mm in thickness, Bvlgari’s Octo Finissimo Ultra Tourbillon is now the world’s thinnest in its class. With a skeleton tourbillon that allows light to glide beautifully through its titanium, tungsten carbide and steel architecture, it’s a masterclass in making engineering look sexy.
3. Audemars Piguet’s Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar
Winner: Iconic Watch Prize
Integral to Audemars Piguet since its founding in 1875, the perpetual calendar has now been reimagined for the brand’s 150th anniversary. With this one, the devil’s in the details: an all-in-one crown that corrects all watch functions within one movement, the brand seamlessly weaves innovation into storied traditions with the Calibre 7138 movement. Entering the scene on the Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar in both stainless steel and sand gold, this piece has to be on every collector’s wishlist.
All the Winners of The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 2025
1. “Aiguille D’Or” Grand Prix: Breguet’s Classique Souscription 2025
2. Ladies’ Watch Prize: Gérald Genta’s Genetissima Oursin Fire Opal
3. Ladies’ Complication Watch Prize: Chopard’s Imperiale Four Seasons
4. Time Only Prize: Daniel Roth’s Extra Plat Rose Gold
5. Men’s Watch Prize: Urban Jürgensen’s UJ-2: Double wheel natural escapement
6. Men’s Complication Watch Prize: Bovet 1822’s Récital 30
7. Mechanical Exception Watch Prize: Grubel Forsey’s Nano Foudroyante
8. Chronograph Watch Prize: Angelus’ Chronographe Télémètre Yellow Gold
9. Sports Watch Prize: Chopard’s Alpine Eagle 41 SL Cadence 8HF
10. Artistic Crafts Watch Prize: Voutilainen’s 28GML SOUYOU
11. “Petite Aiguille” Prize: M.A.D. EDITIONS, M.A.D.2 Green
12. Challenge Watch Prize: Dennison, Natural Stone Tiger Eye In Gold
13. Mechanical Clock Prize: L’Epée 1839’s Albatross L’Epée 1839 X MB&F
14. Audacity Prize: Fam Al Hut’s Möbius
15. Horological Relevation Prize: Anton Suhanov’s St. Petersburg Easter Egg Tourbillon Clock
16. Chronometry Prize: Zenith’s G.F.J. Calibre 135