The 9th Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève watch contest is ready to present the results. The winners were awarded in presence of 1500 watchmaking professionals and guests of the event. The most prestigious prize – the Grand Prix of L’Aiguille d’Or (Golden Arrow) was given to the Lange Zeitwerk watch by A. Lange & Söhne. We’ll remind you that this year Lange Zeitwerk has already been awarded as the winner of the Complicated Mechanics category at the MunichTime 2009 watch fair.

Other results of the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève are as follows: the special prize from the jury was given to the director of the International museum of Watchmaking – Ludwig Oechslin.

The prize in the category of the best watch chosen by the audience was given to the Meccanico dG no 3 by de Grisogono with both analogue and digital displays. This watch was chosen by the audience during the on-line vote and by the visitors of the event.

The winner in the category Best Sportive Watch is RM 025 divers’ watch by Richard Mille.

The first prize in the category of the Best Men’s Watch was given to the Jules Audemars timepiece by Audemars Piguet.

The Best Ladies’ Watch prize of the event was given to the elegant Limelight Twice watch by Piaget with double dial.

In the category of Best Design the winner is Opus 9 by Harry Winston. This watch indicates the time with the help of two sliding diamond chains.

The winner in the category Best Complicated Watch is a tourbillon watch Double Tourbillon Technique by Greubel Forsey.

The Best Jewellery Watch winner is dazzling One Million $ Black Caviar Bang by Hublot.

And finally the prize in the category Best Watchmaker was given to Anthony Randall.

Designers from Audemars Piguet have long been looking for the solution how to erase the border between the outer sides of the timepiece and it inner “heart” and step aside from the classical idea of the movement being hidden beneath the dial. The new watch - Millenary Carbon One Tourbillon Chronograph – presents a concept of a three-dimensional timepiece and opens to the view the structure of the movement, the symmetry of barrels and bridges.

One more goal pursuit n the new watch by Audemars Piguet watchmakers was to combine different modern materials. For example the bridges visible from the dial are made of black steel, and their back side is crafted from a special type of aluminium. The main plate is made of carbon. This material preserves its durability under different temperatures and is compatible with metals.

The new watch by Audemars Piguet is produced in a limited edition of 120 copies. The watch is assembled from details created and produced on the premises of Audemars Piguet manufactory in Le Brassus and Le Locle. The new watch is powered by an oval movement Audemars Piguet Calibre 2884 which is assembled at the manufactory for 15 day and then undergoes different tests.

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The organizer of the SIHH 2010 in Geneva has recently announced two new participants of the salon. This year reputable watchmakers Greubel Forsey and Richard Mille are joining the international salon of Haute Horlogerie.

The SIHH 2010 will take place on January 18-22, 2010, in Geneva. The visitors will enjoy the watchmaking masterpieces from the most reputable and prestigious watchmaking brands as A.Lange & Söhne, Alfred Dunhill, Audemars Piguet, Baume & Mercier, Cartier, JeanRichard, Girard Perregaux, IWC, Jaeger LeCoultre, Montblanc, Officine Panerai, Parmigiani Fleurier, Piaget, Ralph Lauren Watch & Jewellery Co, Roger Dubuis, Vacheron Constantin, Van Cleef & Arpels.

In 2010 the 20th salon will occupy 30,000 square meters of exhibition space. We’ll remind you that the first salon was held in 1991: then there were only 5 participants which presented their watches on 4500 square meters of exhibition space.

At a conference that took place on September 25, 2009, a new partnership agreement was announced: the head of Audemars Piguet board of directors Ms. Jasmine Audemars and Geral Manager of Russian Bolshoi Theatre Mr. Anatoly Iksanov have signed the partnership agreement for the next three theatre seasons.

Mr. Philippe Merk, CEO Audemars Piguet, commented: “The partnership with the Bolshoi Theatre gives our brand an invaluable possibility to link its name with the time-tested institution which adheres to the same values namely Tradition, Excellence and Audacity. The Bolshoi Theatre is the symbol of Russia and its great culture. It conquered its unprecedented fame relying on the principles that are similar to our own: that is creativity, perfection and thoroughness of work, high quality and originality of performances staged in Moscow and in the best theatres of the world”.

Besides, it was announced that the Bolshoi’s prima ballerina Svatlana Zakharova will become the new ambassador of Audemars Piguet. Svetlana Zakharova is widely considered among the greatest living ballerinas today.

“We are extremely proud and honoured to have the talented Svetlana Zakharova as one of our new ambassadresses. She embodies high standards, rigorous discipline and excellence, three values deeply cherished by our brand. Svetlana is considered to be one of the greatest dancers of this century and her international reputation gives her opportunities to perform around the world”, Philippe Merk said.

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Antiquorum has announces the results of the New York Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, Pocket Watches & Clocks event held on September 17, 2009. The auction in New York witnessed two more price records established by the traditional auction-price-record-breaker Patek Philippe.

The bidding fetched total sum of $9,214,974 for 414 rare watches. The competitive bidding for the outstanding Patek Philippe Matsuda watches has become the real highlight of the sale. The platinum Matsuda Ref. 5013 (lot 412) was sold for $ 564,000 while the platinum Matsuda Ref. 5016 achieved $ 780,000 which a world record price for this model as well as $ 684,000 for one more platinum Matsuda watch Ref. 3939.

Seiko GMT Spring Drive Spacewalk timepiece has become one more highlight of the Thursday sale. The extraordinary watch that was made in a limited edition of 6 pieces especially for the 12 day Space Mission “Soyuz TMA-13” and worn by Private Space Explorer and renowned Video Game Designer, Richard Garriott was sold for $ 45,600.

This Antiquorum sale has also fetched remarkable sums for other timepieces as Cartier Tortue XL Tourbillon Chrongraph Monopossoir (sold for $ 186,000), Audemars Piguet Jules Audemars-Grande Complication Automatique (sold for $ 228,000), Breguet Sympathique, No. 2 (sold for $ 564,000), Omega chronograph of 1942 (sold for $ 36,000) and Omega Speedmaster (sold for $ 45,600) and Marlon Brando’s watch by Vacheron Constantin (sold for $ 18,000).