Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève 2024: IWC Schaffhausen wins prestigious Aiguille d’Or Prize

The 2024 edition of the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) saw 57 luxury Swiss watch brands go head-to-head at a glittering award ceremony hosted by actress Carole Bouquet on 13 November. 

At the event, dubbed the ‘Oscars of watchmaking’, the makers of these exceptional timepieces vied for prizes including ladies’, men’s, calendar and astronomy, jewellery and iconic. 

For the first time, there was also an eco-innovation prize awarded which celebrates developments in sustainability and traceability.

Introducing the ceremony, GPHG president Raymond Loretan reminded the audience of watchmaking’s prestige as UNESCO intangible heritage. 

“This is a visionary industry and craft, an infinite quest for beauty while remaining true to centuries-old tradition,” he said.

IWC Schaffhausen walked away with this year's prestigious Grand Prix de l'Aiguille d'Or best-in-show award for their Portugieser Eternal Calendar, pictured below. 

Taking place in Geneva’s Théatre du Léman, the ceremony gathered together a jury of 30 experts with historian, author and journalist Nick Foulkes as president joined by watch collectors, watchmakers, journalists, auctioneers and Ilaria Resta, CEO of Audemars Piguet, last year’s winner of the top prize, the Aiguille d’Or.

90 watches were in the running this year - here are all the winning timepieces from the 24th spectacular ceremony. 

The most distinguished award at the GPHG, the Aiguille d’Or, went to IWC Schaffhausen.

The jury recognised the Portugieser Eternal Calendar for pushing the boundaries in fine watchmaking. It has been officially recognised by Guinness World Records as the “most precise lunar phase wristwatch”.

With a theoretical deviation of just one day in 45,361,055 years, the Double Moon