Here are the Winners of the 2025 GPHG Watch Awards

The annual Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) awards ceremony took place in Geneva last night, where it celebrated some of the finest achievements in watchmaking in 2025. In the Academy Awards equivalent of the horology world, winners across numerous distinct categories were revealed, including the most coveted Aiguille d’Or, which went to Breguet‘s Classique Souscription 2025. Selected by a panel of esteemed judges comprising collectors, journalists and watchmakers, check out all the winning timepieces from the event below.

Aiguille d’Or – Breguet Classique Souscription 2025

The Breguet Classique Souscription 2025 Edition has secured the prestigious Aiguille d’Or award, marking a monumental achievement for the Maison as it celebrates its 250th anniversary. The timepiece reinterprets Abraham-Louis Breguet’s revolutionary “Souscription” pocket watch into a modern wristwatch, featuring a 40mm case in bespoke Breguet gold, a grand feu enamel dial, and a single flame-blued steel hand above Breguet numerals and a chemin de fer minute track. Powered by the manual-winding VS00 calibre with a 96-hour power reserve, the movement showcases guilloché decoration inspired by Parisian architecture and engraved details referencing Breguet’s original advertising pamphlets.

Beyond its technical refinement, the piece carries cultural weight: the Souscription concept was once a groundbreaking model of accessibility in horology, and its revival underscores Breguet’s enduring influence on watchmaking heritage. The exceptional recognition by the GPHG jury celebrates the watch’s commitment to ancestral techniques and its profoundness in bringing a groundbreaking piece of horological history to life in the 21st century.

Time Only – Daniel Roth Extra Plat Souscription Rose Gold

Daniel Roth’s Extra Plat Souscription in Rose Gold has been crowned the winner of the Time Only award, securing a significant validation for the brand’s modern revival. This victory marks the watchmaker’s first major GPHG accolade since its relaunch, underscoring the cultural importance of the brand’s return to the haute horlogerie stage.

In a competitive category of minimalist timepieces, the Extra Plat stood out for its balance of heritage design and contemporary execution, positioning the timepiece as a modern icon of purity and craft. It exemplifies Roth’s hallmark double-ellipse case design, rendered here in 18k rose gold with a slim 38.6mm profile, paired with a finely executed guilloché dial and blued hands that emphasize understated elegance. At its heart lies the extra-thin DR001 calibre, a hand-wound movement developed with La Fabrique du Temps, offering both technical refinement and a nod to Roth’s legacy of artisanal watchmaking.

Men’s – Urban Jürgensen UJ-2 Double Wheel Natural Escapement

Urban Jürgensen’s UJ-2 with Double Wheel Natural Escapement took out the likes of Grand Seiko’s “Ice Forest” and Zenith’s G.F.J. Calibre 135 in the Men’s category, validating the Maison’s philosophy that the purest things demand the greatest efforts. The UJ-2 stood out for its balance of mechanical ingenuity and timeless design. Featuring a hand-finished 39mm case, guilloché dial and the rare double wheel natural escapement – a mechanism originally conceived by Breguet but perfected here with modern precision – the watch combines horological heritage with contemporary execution.

Men’s Complication – Bovet 1822 Récital 30

The Bovet 1822 Récital 30 has earned the Men’s Complication Watch Prize, prevailing over a category that included a complicated perpetual calendars from Audemars Piguet and Parmigiani Fleurier. This victory is significant for Bovet, whose previous top honor was the coveted Aiguille d’Or Grand Prix back in 2018 for the Récital 22. The Récital 30 is the culmination of over six years of development and represents a ground-breaking solution to the century-old Daylight Saving Time (DST) problem in world time displays.

Cased in 42 mm titanium or 18K red gold, the watch’s complexity is elegantly concealed: it uses a series of 26 rollers to accurately display 25 global time zones across the four time periods of the year (including UTC, American Summer Time, European and American Summer Time, as well as European Wintertime). This design democratizes the innovative world time system first seen in the very limited Récital 28, making the Récital 30 the perfect companion for the world traveler.

Iconic – Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar

The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar has claimed the titled as the most “Iconic ” watch this year, reaffirming the enduring cultural significance of the Royal Oak line more than 50 years after its debut. Distinguished by its octagonal bezel, integrated bracelet and refined finishing, the watch combines Gérald Genta’s legendary design with advanced horology, featuring a perpetual calendar complication that tracks day, date, month, leap year and moon phases with mechanical precision. This recognition adds to the Maison’s strong history at GPHG, where it previously won across various categories.

Tourbillon – Bvlgari Octo Finissimo Ultra Tourbillon

The Bvlgari Octo Finissimo Ultra Tourbillon has captured the jury in this year’s Tourbillon Watch, adding an eleventh world record to the Maison’s legacy of ultra-thin innovation. The watch is a horological manifesto, achieving a total thickness of just 1.85 mm while seamlessly integrating a skeleton tourbillon into the movement — a technical feat that demonstrates Bvlgari’s mastery over watchmaking’s most emblematic complication. This victory adds to the Maison’s strong track record at the GPHG, where the Octo Finissimo line has previously earned accolades in categories such as Chronograph and Mechanical Exception. It also serves as validation to the Maison’s dual mastery of high jewelry and fine horology, specifically for its Octo Finissimo line.

Chronograph – Angelus Chronographe Télémètre in Yellow Gold

Claiming the title for the Chronograph category is Angelus’ Chronographe Télémètre in Yellow Gold — securing a pivotal victory for the resurgent brand in a hotly contested category. While the historic Maison hasn’t had the blessings from GPHG honors in recent years, this win underscores its renewed relevance in contemporary haute horlogerie.

Featuring a 39mm yellow gold case, hand‑finished dial with telemeter and tachymeter scales, and the A500 calibre with column wheel and horizontal clutch, the watch blends vintage aesthetics with modern mechanical precision. Against strong competition from technically advanced chronographs in this year’s nominations, the Télémètre stood out for its cultural importance as a faithful yet modern reinterpretation of a classic complication, reaffirming Angelus’s place in the chronograph canon.

Sports – Chopard Alpine Eagle 41 SL Cadence 8HF

In a category featuring robust and technically advanced entries, the Cadence 8HF stood out for marrying cutting-edge horology with timeless design, cementing Chopard’s place in the landscape of contemporary luxury sports watches. Crafted in lightweight titanium, the 41mm model houses the Calibre 01.12-C, a COSC-certified movement beating at an impressive 57,600 vibrations per hour, ensuring exceptional precision and stability. Its design combines the Alpine Eagle’s signature integrated bracelet and textured dial inspired by the iris of an eagle with technical prowess tailored for active lifestyles. This GPHG award underscores Chopard’s commitment to technical mastery in the sports category, a theme particularly dear to Co-President Karl-Friedrich Scheufele.

Petite Aiguille – MB&F M.A.D. Editions M.A.D.2 Green

The M.A.D.2 Green reference from MB&F‘s M.A.D. Editions won the Petite Aiguille category at this year’s edition of the GPHG awards, cementing the brand’s growing reputation for accessible yet inventive horology. The Petite Aiguille title has always been a competitive category for established and emerging independent watch brands — and this year’s no exception. The 42mm stainless steel watch utilizes a bi-directional jumping hour and trailing minutes module developed by MB&F, mounted atop a La Joux-Perret calibre G101 base movement. Its complex dial is a love letter to vinyl, featuring grooves and an external track with Super-LumiNova stop pins, with two pointers indicating the time on the innovative display. This win follows the success of the original M.A.D.1 Red, which earned recognition at the GPHG 2022 — underscoring founder Maximilian Büsser’s vision of democratizing mechanical creativity beyond MB&F’s haute horlogerie offerings.

Challenge – Dennison Natural Stone Tiger Eye In Gold

The Dennison Natural Stone Tiger Eye in Gold won the Challenge Prize, a category dedicated to exquisite watches retailing under 2,000 CHF — highlighting the brand’s commitment to accessible yet distinctive craftsmanship. This marks Dennison’s first major recognition at the GPHG, positioning the brand among notable challengers in a competitive field of affordable mechanical timepieces.

Featuring a 39mm gold-plated case and a striking tiger eye natural stone dial, the watch pairs minimalist design with the richness of organic material, offering a unique aesthetic rarely seen at this price point. Beyond its technical and design merits, the win carries cultural importance as a celebration of natural materials in watchmaking, reaffirming the Challenge category’s role in spotlighting creativity and quality at accessible levels.

Chronometry – Zenith G.F.J. Calibre 135

While Zenith missed out on recognition in categories such as Iconic and Chronograph this year, it gets to take home the Chronometry Award thanks to the G.F.J. Calibre 135. The timepiece revives the legendary Calibre 135, originally produced between 1949 and 1962, which was famed for winning a record 235 chronometry prizes, including five consecutive first-place finishes at the Neuchâtel Observatory between 1950 and 1954. This modern reinterpretation features a 39mm platinum case, a deep lapis lazuli dial with gold-flecked pyrite, and a manual-winding movement re-engineered for contemporary performance, offering a 72-hour power reserve and COSC certification at ±2 seconds per day.

Audacity – Fam Al Hut Möbius

Fam Al Hut is the second Chinese watch brand to ever win a category in the history of GPHG awards. Not only that, the independent watchmaker secured Audacity Prize, a category that has always spotlighted the most creative and non-conformist timekeepers. Fam Al Hut’s Möbius is a powerful statement, being entirely developed and manufactured in China, with its victory signals the emergence of a fresh, authentic voice in global Haute Horlogerie.

The timepiece is a compact marvel, featuring a proprietary in-house, manual-winding Calibre M-01T that packs a bi-axis tourbillon into a minimalist, lug-less capsule-shaped case. The watch’s design embodies the concept of infinity – the Möbius strip – by pairing the dramatic tourbillon with a double retrograde hour and minute display and an integrated jumping hour mechanism. Housed in a compact 42.2mm x 24.3mm case, the Möbius is considered one of the smallest bi-axis tourbillon wristwatches ever created, offering surprising wearability despite its complexity.

The other winners include Dior Montres, which took the Jewelry Watch Prize with La D de Dior Buisson Couture, a dazzling creation blending haute couture and gem-setting artistry; Greubel Forsey, awarded the Mechanical Exception Prize for its Nano Foudroyante, a groundbreaking complication showcasing technical audacity; Chopard, which won the Eco-Innovation Prize with the L.U.C Full Strike Blue, crafted in ethical gold and featuring sapphire crystal gong. Gérald Genta, honored in the Ladies’ category for the Gentissima Oursin Fire Opal, a vibrant design marrying jewelry and horology.

Chopard’s poetic Imperiale Four Seasons sweeps the Ladies’ Complication category with its exquisite representation on seasonal transitions. Recognized in Artistic Crafts is Voutilainen’s 28 GML Souyou, while Anton Suhanov‘s avant-garde Petersburg Easter Egg Tourbillon Clock makes the watchmaker the winner of the Horological Revelation title. As for the Special Jury Prize, it went to Alain Dominique Perrin, the president of Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, for his enduring contributions to the watchmaking industry.

To read more about the individual winners, head over to GPHG’s official website.

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