See the 15 GRAND PRIX D’HORLOGERIE DE GENÈVE 2016 WATCH AWARD WINNERS

The leading names from the world of fine watchmaking came together in November 2016 for the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genéve. The ceremony – akin to the Oscars for luxury timepieces – celebrates the most beautiful, cutting-edge and technically complex watches on the market - with fine jewellery watches, limited edition timepieces and super-accurate chronometers all present in this year’s list of winners. Click through to see the most coveted watches in the world right now…

“Aiguille d’Or” Grand Prix: Chronomètre Ferdinand Berthoud FB 1

Case: 18 carat white gold, 44mm
Strap: Leather
Movement: Calibre FB-T.FC mechanical hand-wound
Waterproof: 30 metres
Functions: Large seconds, power reserve indicator, tourbillon
Limited edition: 50
Price: €220,000

Case: 18 carat rose gold and diamond, 32mm
Strap: 18 carat rose gold Milanese
Movement: Piaget 690P quartz
Price: $34,500

Case: Platinum, 44mm
Strap: Alligator
Movement: Custom** **hand-wound movement by MB&F and Stephen McDonnell
Functions: Day, retrograde date, month, retrograde leap year, power reserve indicator
Limited edition: 25
Price: $176,000

Case: 18 carat rose gold, 43mm
Strap: Alligator
Movement: Calibre 6924 self-winding
Waterproof: 30 metres
Functions: Central GMT second timezone
Price: $29,500

Case: Titanium, 44mm
Strap: Rubber
Movement: Calibre 2937 hand-wound
Waterproof: 20 metres
Functions: Minute repeater, tourbillon, 30-minute counter, chronograph with central seconds
Price: $597,400

Case: Bronze, 43mm
Strap: Leather
Movement: Calibre MT5601 self-winding mechanical
Waterproof: 200 metres
Functions: Seconds
Price: $3,975

Case: Steel, 43mm
Strap: Rubber
Movement: ETA 2824-2 self-winding
Waterproof: 300 metres
Functions: Date, seconds
Price: €2,490

Case and strap: 18 carat white gold, diamonds, orange sapphires, 52.61 carat carmine garnet
Movement: Quartz
Limited edition: 1
Price: CHF 759,000

Case: Grade 5 titanium, 42mm
Strap: Calfskin
Movement: Calibre 17 automatic
Functions: Pulsometer, tachymetric scale, chronograph with 30-minute and 60-second counters, seconds
Limited edition: 2,000
Price: €4,950

Case: Red gold, 42.5mm
Strap: Alligator
Movement: Calibre SXH1 hand-wound
Waterproof: 30 metres
Functions: Seconds, small seconds, power reserve indicator with weekdays
Price: CHF 25,900