This past weekend in Geneva, the Grand Prix d’ Horlogerie Genève 2014 (GPHG) was held with about 1,500 top watch industry people in attendance. Considered the largest watch competition, GPHG is often dubbed the Academy Awards of the industry. This year witnessed 72 top watches competing in more than a dozen different categories for winning placements.
Capturing the top prize of the entire competition was Breguet, a brand we are proud to carry in our store. The Breguet Classique Chronométrie won the “Aiguille d’Or” Grand Prix prize. Crafted in 18-karat pink gold, the manually wound mechanical watch offers hours, minutes, seconds and power reserve indicator in a stunning, classic presentation. Breguet’s mastery of silicon enables the watch movement to be fitted with a double balance spring pallet lever and escapee wheel in silicon. The high-frequency movement has a power reserve of 60 hours.
The major innovation of this Classique Chronométrie model is the brand’s the use of magnetic pivots designed to control the negative effects of magnetism in a watch, and to improve the rotation and stability of the balance staff. The result is a balance that is insensitive to gravity, and more stable and resistant to shocks. The watch has six patents on its various technical achievements.
Interestingly enough, Breguet also won another prize at the GPHG. The Public Prize – voted on by the public via on-line and at-exhibition voting – went to Breguet for its Classique Dame watch. The Classique Dame 9068 model is a particularly slim watch crafted in 18-karat white gold that shows the hours, minutes and seconds as well as a date aperture. The mechanical movement features a silicon balance spring and the bezel and lugs are set with brilliant-cut diamonds.
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