
As the most prestigious, the most authoritative and influential founder of the highest honor in Swiss watch industry, the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève will be first debut in Shanghai and Hong Kong, the major two big cities of China.
Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève organized by Edipresse Group and Geneva state has always been known as the most prestigious, the most authoritative and influential highest honor of Swiss watch industry. It is known as the watch industry “Academy Awards” of reputation. The annual award recognizes the world’s top watch industry’s most innovative and most outstanding works of watchmakers. Ownership of the brand can open the watch entries, each of about three hundred brands participate in the competition.

As in previous years, in 2011, organizers will select the best performers from the participating brands. And the grand ceremony will be held on 19th November. When collectors from around the world, experts, reporters and watch more than a thousand guests will come together, this grand feast. Award ceremony will be the world’s largest watch and professional website www.worldtempus.com Chinese website www.worldtempus.cn, and the Grand Prix official website www.gphg.org live.

The tenth Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève held in 2010 presented 11 awards in total. They are the Best Ladies Watch Award, best men’s watch award, Best Design Awards and the concept of the watch, watch the best prize of complex functions, best Jewelry Watch Award, the best movement winning, the best watchmaker, Special Jury Prize, a small pointer award, the Public Prize and the gold hands award, as an expression of talent within the watch industry creative, historical heritage and sought-after watchmaker respect. It is worth mentioning, small pointer award for the last year, new award, the 2009 financial crisis Ebb Tide brand stand out so down to earth, the organizers will award special praise in this best-selling but the price does not exceed 5,000 francs watch. The Public Prize is the Geneva exhibition by the audience and Internet users in http://www.gphg.org or www.worldtempus.com vote directly on the site generated. Gold hands mid-course awards are the highlight of this advanced watch from the Geneva Award trophy will be evident.
The independent jury is consisting of experts from haute horlogerie industry. They set a unified list of winners. Race Results for watch enthusiasts the most true this year the most direct understanding of the latest design and technology, see the watch top collectors purchase options, in a way that the Swiss watch industry is announced year-end report card. Geneva Watches Awards as an important part of activities by the jury in the first round of voting for the top 70 when the meter will do the tour in Switzerland and abroad. 2010 tour of the city in addition to reaching outside Geneva, as well as Singapore, Zurich and Paris. This year, it is worth looking forward to the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève will be the first tour to China, in Shanghai and Hong Kong open to watch enthusiasts. Chinese audiences will be fortunate enough to enjoy the close of the year for a good many of them unique, because the watch show the surface, is the first time in China, showing the watch.

Shanghai exhibition will be undertaken by www.worldtempus.cn. 2011 October 27 to October 30 at the Shanghai Exhibition Center opened. The event is once again in Geneva Watch Awards cooperation with the Belles Montres in Paris after another following the performance side by side, form powerful alliances that fans look forward to! I believe the opening preview and reception will be the relevant target groups to further understand the high-level Chinese watch industry, to understand the Swiss channel.
Since last year, there is no doubt that Asia became the largest consumer market of Swiss watches. More than half of sales come from Asia (mostly Chinese buyers), and the growth rate up to 34.6%, easily beating the United States (14.5% ) and Europe (10.4%). One of the fastest growing regions of Hong Kong, the use of re-export center, annual growth rate of 46.9%, to 3.19 billion Swiss francs of exports imports sit tight watch line market position. However, imports amounted to 1.01 billion Swiss francs of the China market as high as 57% annual growth rate has been higher than Hong Kong. China on the Swiss watch industry, has undoubtedly become the most potential and strength of the region to buy. At this time, by this wave, Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève went to Shanghai, no doubt reap the favorable factors.