World’s best luxury watch award for 2017 goes to Chopard

Nov 9 , 2017

Chopard's LUC Full Strike Watch has won the top award, the Aiguille d’Or Grand Prix, at the 17th Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève.

The Swiss brand’s L.U.C Full Strike Watch wins top prize at annual ’Oscars of watchmaking industry’, the 17th Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Geneve

The Swiss luxury watch and jewellery manufacturer Chopard won the most prestigious award at Wednesday’s annual “Oscars of the watchmaking industry” – the 17th Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Geneve (GPHG) in Switzerland.

The prize winners at Wednesday’s Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 2017 awards ceremony, held in Geneva.

The event – honouring 2017’s best horological creations – saw 72 watches competing for 16 prizes at Geneva’s Théâtre du Léman, with a jury of international experts selecting the winners by secret ballot.

Chopard won the most prestigious award, the “Aiguille d’Or” Grand Prix, for its L.U.C Full Strike Watch.

Chopard’s L.U.C Full Strike, which has won the Aiguille d’Or Grand Prix , at the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève.

Karl-Friedrich Scheufele and Caroline Scheufele, co-presidents of Chopard, celebrate the company’s “Aiguille d’Or” Grand Prix success.

Chopard also won the Jewellery Watch Prize for its Lotus Blanc Watch.

Zenith claimed the Innovation Prize for its Defy Lab, which the Swiss watchmaker says is “the most precise mechanical watch worldwide ever made”.

The Defy Lab is powered by Zenith’s new oscillator, which is being marketed as “a major innovation in the watch industry since the 1675 invention of the balance and hairspring principle by scientist Christiaan Huygens”.