Europa Star - The "Aiguille d’Or" Goes to Tag Heuer for the Mikrogirder Watch

Organised in a link-up with New York and broadcast live with English interpreting for aficionados the world over, especially via the Euronews.org website, this event which has established itself as a stellar fixture on the international watchmaking calendar offers an annual salute to the excellence of worldwide watch production.

The Aiguille d’Or winner: Tag Heuer for its Mikrogirder Watch

The international jury of this 12th edition, composed of watch industry professionals, awarded the “Aiguille d’Or” Grand Prix, the supreme distinction honouring the finest timepiece of the year, to the Mikrogirder model by TAG Heuer.

The Winners (from left to right): Ladies’ Watch Prize: Chanel, Flying Tourbillon Première - Men’s Watch Prize: MB&F, Legacy Machine N°1 - Innovation Watch Prize: HYT, H1 Titanium Black DLC - Jewellery and Artistic Crafts Watch Prize: Chopard, Imperiale Tourbillon Full Set - Best Complicated Watch Prize: Greubel Forsey, Invention Piece 2 - Sports Watch Prize: Habring2, Doppel 2.0 - “La Petite Aiguille” Watch Prize: Zenith, Pilot Big Date Special - Public Prize: MB&F, Legacy Machine N°1 - Best Watchmaker Prize: Carole Forestier Kasapi - Special Jury Prize: Société Suisse de Chronométrie (SSC)

Created in 2001 and overseen since 2011 by a Foundation, the Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix contributes to the international renown and influence of the watch industry and of its values: innovation, perpetuating expertise across generations and a constant quest for excellence. These shared core values are also upheld by the main partner of the GPHG Foundation, the Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild. Since 2011, the latter annually rewards the best young student at the Geneva Watchmaking School by granting a scholarship.

2012 PRIZE-WINNERS

“Aiguille d’Or” Grand Prix: TAG Heuer, Mikrogirder
Ladies’ Watch Prize: Chanel, Flying Tourbillon Première
Men’s Watch Prize: MB&F, Legacy Machine N°1
Innovation Watch Prize: HYT, H1 Titanium Black DLC
Jewellery and Artistic Crafts Watch Prize: Chopard, Imperiale Tourbillon Full Set
Best Complicated Watch Prize: Greubel Forsey, Invention Piece 2
Sports Watch Prize: Habring2, Doppel 2.0
“La Petite Aiguille” Watch Prize: Zenith, Pilot Big Date Special
Best Watchmaker Prize: Carole Forestier Kasapi
Special Jury Prize: Société Suisse de Chronométrie (SSC)
Public Prize: MB&F, Legacy Machine N°1