Rules of the Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix - 2010 Edition

The prize-giving ceremony of the 2010 Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix will take place on Thursday 18 November 2010 at the Geneva Grand Théâtre under the presidency of the City and State of Geneva.

ARTICLE 1
The Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix is open free of charge to all watch brands, without distinction of nationality or criteria of price.

ARTICLE 2
The Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix comprises eleven awards:

- The Grand Prize of “L’Aiguille d’Or” (the “Golden Hand”) (1)

- Special Jury Prize
- Ladies’ Watch Prize
- Men’s Watch Prize
- Design and Concept Watch Prize
- Jewellery Watch Prize
- Complicated Watch Prize
- Sports Watch Prize
- Prize of « La Petite Aiguille » (the Small Hand) (2)
- Best Watchmaker Prize (3)
- Public Prize

In addition, a special prize will be awarded to the best first-year student at the Geneva Watchmakers' School.

(1) The Grand Prize of "L’Aiguille d’Or" is awarded to the best watch overall (all categories).
(2) The Prize of « La Petite Aiguille » rewards the best watch of the year whose price is under 5'000 Swiss francs.
(3) The Best Watchmaker Prize is awarded to the most creative watchmaker of the year (no registration needed for this prize).

ARTICLE 3
In order to participate, watch brands must submit their candidacies by 30 June 2010 (see article 11). Participation will be limited to watches commercialized after March 2009 – apart from the Complicated Watch Prize, open to watches commercialized after March 2008 – and at the latest by 31 December 2010. The jury reserves the right to propose models that are not spontaneously selected by the watch brands themselves. Photos and descriptions of the competing watches will be presented on the www.worldtempus.com website from 15 July 2010.

ARTICLE 4
A multidisciplinary and international jury has been established, composed of:

President:
Sebastian Whitestone, historian of watchmaking and director of Bobinet / London

Members:
Aurel Bacs, international director of Christie’s watch department / Geneva
Jonathan Betts, curator of horology, Royal Observatory, National Maritime Museum / Greenwich
Gisbert Brunner, writer and freelance journalist / Germany
Bernard Cheong, doctor of medicine, collector and journalist / Singapore
Gillian de Bono, editor-in-chief of How To Spend It magazine, supplement of the Financial Times / London
Dominique Fléchon, director of the Research and Survey Center, Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie / Geneva
Ludwig Oechslin, curator, Musée International d’Horlogerie / La Chaux-de-Fonds
Marcel Philippe, collector and Deputy Attorney of New York County District  / New York
Jean-Claude Sabrier, expert and historian of watchmaking / France
Alexey Tarhanov, journalist for Kommersant magazine / Moscow
Goro Yamada, journalist and historian of watchmaking / Tokyo
Eugenio Zigliotto, journalist, editor-in-chief of the seven international editions of Orologi da Polso magazine / Italy

Out of competition and jury member:
Walter Lange, founder of A.Lange & Söhne, brand winner of the 2009 "Aiguille d’Or" Grand Prize.
The winner of the "Aiguille d’Or" Grand Prize is automatically out of competition and member of the jury the following year.

Commissaire:
Denis Asch, director of L’Heure Asch SA, Geneva

ARTICLE 5
For the first round of voting, the members of the jury shall select ten watches from each category and, on ballot cards carrying their names, give each watch a grade from 1 to 10. The watches with the highest scores shall be the ones taken into account. The counting of the votes shall be done under the supervision of a bailiff. This first round shall serve to preselect ten watches in each category.

ARTICLE 6
A second round of voting shall take place. On secret ballots, the jury shall grade the watches selected during the first round of voting. The counting of the votes shall be done under the supervision of a bailiff.
The members of the jury, assisted by the bailiff, shall meet on the afternoon of 17 November, the eve of the prize-giving ceremony, in order to validate the results. The names of the prize-winners shall be revealed at the prize-giving ceremony held in the Grand Théâtre.

ARTICLE 7
The Public Prize is awarded by the visiting public at the exhibition of preselected watches or online at www.worldtempus.com and partner websites.

ARTICLE 8
The watches preselected by the jury, according to article 5, shall be exhibited in Singapore (end of September 2010), in Zürich (beginning of October 2010) and in Geneva (October to mid-November 2010).
The three nominated watches in each category and the winners of the Grand Prize “L’Aiguille d’Or” and the Public Prize will be exhibited in Paris at the Salon International de l’Horlogerie de Prestige, Belles Montres (26 - 28 November 2010). (1)

The preselected watches unavailable for the exhibitions will be disqualified.

The Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix is responsible for all costs of the exhibition. As a participation of the travel costs of the watches to Asia, an amount of CHF 1200 will be requested for each preselected watch.

(1) The organizer reserves the right to change this schedule depending on external circumstances.

ARTICLE 9
The winners of the various prizes shall be invited to donate a specimen of each winning watch to the Watchmaking and Enamelling Museum of the City of Geneva, which will dedicate a showcase to the history of the Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix.

ARTICLE 10
The name "Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève" and the associated logo are trademarks of the organizer of the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève.
The prize-winners are authorized to use these trademarks on condition of imperatively respecting the following requirements:
- the trademarks may appear only in association with the watch which obtained the prize and on a well defined support or in a well bounded frame (whatever the nature and the shape of these), any other watch being excluded on the same support or in the same frame ;
- specific mention must be made of the category and the year in which the prize was won, directly below the respective trademarks ;
- prize-winners wishing to use these trademarks in any other way must obtain the prior written approval of the organizer, who can refuse it without justification.

ARTICLE 11
Candidacies must be submitted by 30 June 2010 at the latest to:
GPHG Organisation – 11 rue des Rois – CP 5320 – 1211 Geneva 11.

The following documents will be required (in both digital and paper formats):
- Photos of each watch (minimum 300 dpi, JPEG, RGB colors)
- Descriptive text of each watch, obligatorily in both English and French (Word or PDF)
- Duly completed application form (to be downloaded from www.worldtempus.com), specifying in which category the watch is competing (the same model cannot compete in different categories).
- Duly completed Excel File “GPHG Candidature” (to be downloaded at www.worldtempus.com and sent with others digital documents).
- Brand logo (EPS and AI).

For further information, please send an email to the following address: organisation(at)gphg.org

ARTICLE 12
Participation in the Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix automatically implies adherence to all the aforementioned rules and regulations.