Pad's Predictions For The Aiguille d'Or (Grand Prize) Of The 2019 Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève

The GPHG foundation describes the Aiguille d'Or as " rewarding the best overall watch among all the categories, also deemed the most representative of the watch industry as a whole It is the most prestigious award." Allow me to get another detail off my chest: the GPHG foundation tries as much as possible to avoid a particular watch winning more than one prize, and as such the watch that wins the Aiguille d'Or is removed from its category To win the Aiguille d'Or, a watch needs to be a fantastic all-around watch and have that little something extra, that je ne sais quoi.

Urwerk AMC JM: The Urwerk AMC is by far the most audacious and ambitious watch in the 2019 GPHG Not only does the watch come with an entire atomic clock for reference, but a fully mechanical sympathique connection that allows the mechanical AMC to be updated every night to the most accurate possible current time.

No, the reason I don't know if it will win the Aiguille d'Or is simply because for it to be fully awesome it requires a giant atomic clock that is plugged into the wall, and that means that the watch is only half of the amazingness MB&F Legacy Machine FlyingT JM: The MB&F Legacy Machine FlyingT represents the best chance that a women's watch has to win the Aiguille d'Or since 2001, when Vacheron Constantin's Lady Kalla took the prize as the only other time a women's watch has won it.

MB&F has yet to win an Aiguille d'Or and so to win with the very first women's watch from the brand seems like a longshot. . Source