Our Predictions In The Sports Category Of The 2018 Grand Prix d'Horlogerie De Genève: Our 6 ...

The GPHG foundation describes the Sports category for watches entered as: "Linked to the field of sports, whose functions, materials, and design are suited to physical activities Smartwatches are admissible here." JM: The sports category is always a good one from a purpose perspective because the watches are supposed to be good for sporting activities and thus anything that seems delicate or hard to read can immediately be taken out of the running Perhaps because three of the six watches are re-issues of vintage watches? While all of them are very well made, it seems that innovation in this category is a bit lacking in 2018.

Maybe the watches in this category are also a large part of what customers want nowadays from a sports watch? IS: Are you kidding me? A brand poetically describes a pocket watch as being inspired by those used in mountain exploration a century ago and it is pre-selected as a top-six sports watch of the year? I suppose it does have a compass so orienteering? With a pocket watch? As a look, I do not consider a pocket watch a serious sports watch unless in the dress code of a Distinguished Gentlemen's Penny Farthing race IS: Au contraire, Ashton: timing sports is what makes a chronograph a "Sports watch." It doesn't require the words "Motor sports" to be stamped on the dial to be a sports' watch. . Source