Taking A Look At The GPHG 2024 Winners

Let's see how many of our favorite picks claimed victory in their respective categories

November 22, 2024

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We published an article with our favorite picks for this year’s GPHG 2024 awards ceremony two weeks ago. Then, during last week’s ceremony, we got to see whether our favorites won. We were happy to see several of our picks take home the award in their respective categories. But we also were completely wrong about some others. Also, some watches we picked ended up winning in different categories. Let’s go over all the winners of the GPHG 2024 and find out how well we did!

As watch enthusiasts, we were eager to discover the winning timepieces of the GPHG 2024 awards ceremony. This event is a yearly celebration of the wide variety of watch brands and their creations, and it highlights the technical and artistic wizardry in the watch industry. This year, however, we were extra interested. As mentioned, we made a list of our top picks to win each category. Of course, we wanted to determine whether the Academy agreed with us. But another fun thing is that there were awards in more categories than initially announced. Because of this, we saw some of our picks take home different prizes. This element of surprise helps keep things exciting. Now, without further ado, let’s find out what the winners of this year’s GPHG 2024 are and finish with some closing thoughts.

Ladies’: Van Cleef & Arpels Lady Jour Nuit

Ladies’ Complication: Van Cleef & Arpels Lady Arpels Brise d’Été

Time Only: H. Moser & Cie. Streamliner Small Seconds Blue Enamel

Men’s: Voutilainen KV20i Reversed

Men’s Complication: De Bethune DB Kind Of Grande Complication

Iconic: Piaget Polo 79

Tourbillon: Daniel Roth Tourbillon Souscription

Calendar & Astronomy: Laurent Ferrier Classic Moon Silver

Mechanical Exception: Bovet 1822 Récital 28 Prowess 1

Chronograph: Massena Lab Chronograph Monopoussoir Sylvain Pinaud × Massena Lab

Sports: Ming 37.09 Bluefin

Petite Aiguille: Kudoke 3 Salmon

Challenge: Otsuka Lotec No.6

Aiguille d’Or Grand Prix: IWC Schaffhausen Portugieser Eternal Calendar

Jewellery: Chopard Laguna High-Jewellery Secret

Artistic Crafts: Van Cleef & Arpels Lady Arpels Jour Enchanté

Eco-Innovation: Chopard L.U.C Qualité Fleurier

Audacity: Berneron Mirage Sienna

Horological Revelation: Rémy Cools Tourbillon Atelier

Chronometry: Bernard Lederer 3 Times Certified Observatory Chronometer

Image: Akrivia

Special Jury Prize: Jean-Pierre Hagmann

Final thoughts on the award winners of the GPHG 2024

There you have it — the full list of winners for this year’s GPHG! Looking at the results, Van Cleef & Arpels was the night’s biggest winner, taking home three awards, followed by Chopard with two awards. It was also fun to see that we predicted the victory for the Otsuka Lotec No.6, Kudoke 3 Salmon, Daniel Roth Tourbillon Souscription, and Piaget Polo 79 in their respective categories. We also called wins for the IWC Schaffhausen Portugieser Eternal Calendar and the Bernard Lederer 3 Times Certified Observatory Chronometer, but they ended up winning different prizes.

Rather than the Calendar & Astronomy award that we predicted it would win, the IWC won the Aiguille d’Or Grand Prix, which goes to the show’s overall winner. It’s a well-deserved award for an exceptional watch. As I explained in the article about our GPHG 2024 picks and Robert-Jan did in his longer article about the watch, it is a mind-blowing technical tour de force.

The Lederer 3 Times Certified Observatory Chronometer won the bonus Chronometry award, though we had predicted it would win in the Time Only category. However, as I said in the previous article, we feel that Lederer’s stunning creations should win any award for which they are nominated. So it was great to see that this incredibly accurate mechanical timepiece still won a prize, just in a different category.

All in all, we did pretty well! Were there any watches we felt deserved an award but didn’t get one? Well, we would have loved to see the Singer Reimagined Divetrack and Louis Vuitton × Rexhep Rexhepi LVRR-01 Chronographe à Sonnerie win awards for pushing the boundaries in watchmaking. But we certainly do not want to disparage the watches that won awards instead of them. If anything, the GPHG showed plenty to admire in all the categories, and the IWC Portugieser Eternal Calendar is a worthy overall winner.

What did you think of the GPHG Awards 2024? Let us know in the comments, and we will see you next week for one of our regular lists.

I like my horology simple with a focus on accurate, precise timekeeping so for me it’s the Chopard L.U.C QF vs. the Lederer. The Ming is probably the model I’ve lied the most so far and fair props to IWC winning the main prize.

The ones I am really happy about are the Kudoke and the Otsuka. They are both just so… cool, original and still pretty, wearable, relatively affordable. They constitute a very, very cool two-watch-collection-the classic yet different Kudoke, the cool, fun, almost prototype-looking Otsuka. So cool… I adore Kudoke’s work, never heard of Otsuka before.

The Cools and the Lederer too, but these are… easy, obvious to appreciate, admire, award.

Kudos for Kudoke and Otsuka!

It’s a bit…….. that for the last… 5? 7? years the men’s category has been won only by Voutilainen or Rexhepi… not to take anything away from these two masters, it seems odd… suspicious? Have there really not been equally good, better time only men’s watches for years? Hmm..

Doesn’t Massena just partner up with a real watchmaker, scratch his name on the dial or caseback somewhere, and then call it a Massena “Lab” collab??

If that’s all it takes….

I’ve always loved the IWC PPC and the Eternal Calendar brings it to new levels of amazing.

None of the three I initially cared about – the Chopard 1860 Tourbillon, Asaoka Tsunami, or Furlan Marri Perpetual – won their categories, but the winners of those were certainly nae bad. The only winner I didn’t care for in any way was the Otsuka Lotec, just not my cup of tea to put it politely.

I predicted (in my head, honestly) that the Piaget Polo ’79 and Ferrier Classic Moon would win Iconic and Calendar as nothing else in their categories struck me as having a chance. The Ferrier reminded me that he has perfected classically beautiful watch design – perhaps better than anyone else.

I was surprised that nothing from Parmigiani won, not surprised in a disappointed way as I’m not really a fan, more in that they had a watch nominated in six of the fifteen main categories and didn’t land one. Bad year for Sandoz.

Lots to love in each category for those who can afford this level of craftsmanship and exclusivity! I’m an LF fanboy, and the way he continues to distill and enhance lessons learned over 27 years, chez Patel Philistine checks all the boxes for me. However, the one that really stands out is the young Remy Cools. At only 26, the nicest, down-to-earth guy working with his girlfriend in the idyllic Annecy and cutting pinions on 19th-century machines produces some fantastic stuff. Yes, a team of 2 putting larger maisons to shame!

For myself, the Ariel’s Bris d’Été, LUCQF and Remy Cools are the freshest and cleanest. If that Arpels is as bright and luminous in real life as it is in the photograph, it’s a tour de force

I find the Van Cleef & Arpels watches fascinating pieces of art. I am wondering how one can actually read the time on the Brisé d’Eté. I can’t see any seconds, minutes or hour hands.