SpotlightThe 2024 GPHG Awards: Nominees In The Calendar And Astronomy, Sports Categories

GPHG Category: Calendar and Astronomy

Frederique Constant Slimline Perpetual Calendar Manufacture

Essentially a display of the inner workings of perpetual calendar functions on a timepiece, the Frederique Constant Slimline Perpetual Calendar Manufacture is a stunning collaboration between the Swiss watch brand and British designer Peter Speake. The 42mm steel case features a thickness of 12.05mm, and is paired with a deep grey nylon strap. Inside is the FC-775 automatic manufacture movement, whose components have been skeletonised down to the bare essentials. Even hour and minute hands, while coated with Super-LumiNova, are skeletonised to let the date, day, month, moonphase and leap year indicators on sub-dials shine through.

Frederique Constant Slimline Perpetual Calendar Manufacture In A Nutshell

• Case: 42mm, steel
• Glass and caseback: Sapphire crystal
• Dial: Skeleton; hour ring, sub-dials for moon-phase, leap year indicator, months, day, date; skeleton hands filled with SLN
• Functions: hours, minutes, month, day, date, leap year indicator, moon-phase
• Movement: FC-775
• Strap: Grey, nylon

Hour and minute hands are skeletonised to better highlight date, day, month, moonphase and leap year on the Frederique Constant Slimline Perpetual Calendar

The 42mm steel case of the Frederique Constant Slimline Perpetual Calendar designed by Peter Speake features a thickness of 12.05mm

GPHG Category: Calendar and Astronomy

H. Moser & Cie. Endeavour Chinese Calendar

Having already won a GPHG for their minimalist perpetual calendar in 2006, H. Moser decided to up the challenge. Enter the H. Moser & Cie. Endeavour Chinese Calendar. A lunar-solar calendar that auto-corrects itself via two cams that account for Chinese months with 29.5 or 30 days. This is made possible by the HMC 210 calibre, developed with Agenhor SA, and which offers a 72-hour power reserve. Information from both Chinese and Gregorian calendars are displayed—in Moser’s minimal style—on the midnight blue fumé dial. Leaf hands, indexes, moon phase display and other accents in red gold offset the case 40mm Endeavour case.

H. Moser & Cie. Endeavour Chinese Calendar In A Nutshell

• Case: 40mm, red gold
• Glass and caseback: Sapphire crystal
• Dial: Midnight blue fumé; red-gold leaf hands; crescent windows with retrograde hands for Chinese lunisolar months on the left, days and the moon phase on the right; Chinese lunisolar year and zodiac animal at 12 and embolismic 13th month; Gregorian calendar window and small seconds at six
• Functions: Hours, minutes, seconds, date, month, year, moon phases, Chinese years/embolismic month
• Movement: HMC 210
• Strap: Leather, brown

Information from both Chinese and Gregorian calendars are displayed on the midnight blue fumé dial of the H. Moser Endeavour Chinese Calendar. Leaf hands, indexes, moon phase display and other accents in red gold offset the case 40mm Endeavour case

GPHG Category: Calendar and Astronomy

IWC Portugieser Eternal Calendar

Perhaps the coolest new perpetual calendar on a wristwatch, the IWC Shaffhausen Portugieser Eternal Calendar needs no manual adjustment to the calendar function till the year 3999, at least. Mechanical wonders of this timepiece include a 400-year gear that completes a revolution once every 400 years, and a double moon indication powered by a reduction gear train that will require an adjustment after 45 million years. That’s not all, though. The frosted glass dial is lacquered white before sub-dials are placed on the base plate, printed and then applied indexes added. All this is housed in a polished and brushed platinum case that considerably elevates the elegance of the watch. Inside is the IWC manufacture calibre 52640 with a power reserve of seven days.

IWC Portugieser Eternal Calendar In A Nutshell

• Case: 44.4mm, platinum
• Glass and caseback: Sapphire crystal
• Dial: Frosted glass; sub-dials with date, days of the week, small seconds, month, year, double moon indication with lunar calendar
• Functions: Hours, minutes, seconds, date, day, month, year, moon phases, power reserve indicator, perpetual calendar
• Movement: 52640 automatic calibre
• Strap: Black alligator leather

Housed in the 44.4mm platinum case of the IWC Portugieser Eternal Calendar are mechanical wonders such as a 400-year gear that completes a revolution once every 400 years, and a double moon indication powered by a reduction gear train that will require an adjustment after 45 million years

GPHG Category: Calendar and Astronomy

Laurent Ferrier Classic Moon Silver

An annual calendar and a moon phase display housed within a smooth 40mm case in red gold, the Laurent Ferrier Classic Moon Silver timepiece features an exhibition caseback that showcases the brand’s LF126.02 calibre. The new manual-winding movement offers a power reserve of 80 hours. On the periphery of the vertically brushed silver dial is the date ring that corresponds with a central cherry-red pointer. Just under this is a railroad minute track that encircles the hour ring. On the upper half of the dial, the day of the week and month are displayed prominently. At six is the sub-dial housing a dual moon phase complication against aventurine glass that also functions as the small seconds.

Laurent Ferrier Classic Moon Silver In A Nutshell

• Case: 40mm, red gold
• Glass and caseback: Sapphire crystal
• Dial: Silver, vertically brushed; central pointer date, day and month windows on upper half, small seconds and moon phase display in sub-dial at six
• Functions: Hours, minutes, seconds, date, day, month, moon phases, power reserve indicator
• Movement: LF126.02 manual-winding calibre
• Strap: Brown, calf leather

GPHG Category: Calendar and Astronomy

Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda PF Hijri Perpetual Calendar

Parmigiani Fleurier’s Tonda PF Hijri Perpetual Calendar is an expression of the Islamic calendar, developed in the eighth century. The 30-year lunar cycle, including the 19 ‘common years’ of 354 days (in white) and 11 ‘abundant years’ of 355 days (in yellow), are denoted in an Arabic font on a sub-dial at 12 o’clock. A sub-dial at three displays the months, with the ninth month—marking Ramadan—stands out in red. At nine is a sub-dial for the days of the month. Here, an aperture indicates a 30-day ‘bountiful’ month or a 29-day ‘common’ month. And on a sub-dial at six is the blue aventurine moon phase indicator. All this information is set against a hand-guilloche backdrop in viridian green.

Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda PF Hijri Perpetual Calendar In A Nutshell

• Case: 42mm, steel, platinum bezel
• Glass: Sapphire crystal
• Dial: Grain d’Orge hand-guilloche in green; skeletonised hands, facetted indexes; sub-dials at 12, three and nine o’clock; moon phase display at six
• Functions: Hours, minutes, seconds, date, day, month, year, moon phases
• Movement: PF009, automatic calibre
• Strap: Steel

Other nominees for the GPHG Calendar and Astronomy prize

• Anton Suhanov Chronotope

GPHG Category: Sports

IWC Pilot’s Watch Performance Chronograph 41 Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team

A timepiece dedicated to the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One team, the IWC Pilot’s Watch Performance Chronograph 41 was created by IWC, the team’s official ‘engineering partner’. The purpose-driven chronograph timepiece features a 41mm case and caseback ring crafted from Ceratanium, a titanium alloy that is both lightweight and scratch-resistant. Its black ceramic bezel is clearly marked with a tachymeter scale. A tinted black sapphire crystal window on the caseback offers a view of the automatic 69385 calibre housed within. A polished lacquer finish decorates the black dial, and blackened nickel indexes and hands are filled with Super-LumiNova. Highlights in teal include the minutes/seconds track around the periphery, the day and date in an aperture at three o’clock, the arrow for the small seconds at six, and a teal-tipped blackened central chronograph hand.

IWC Pilot’s Watch Performance Chronograph 41 Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team In A Nutshell

• Case: 41mm, Ceratanium case, caseback ring
• Glass and caseback: Sapphire crystal, tinted window on caseback
• Dial: black, polished lacquer, white markings, teal highlights; blackened nickel indexes and hands; sub-dials at 12, nine and six o’clock, day and date aperture at three
• Functions: Hours, minutes, central chronograph, tachymeter, small seconds, 30-minute and 12-hour recorders, date, day
• Movement: 69385, automatic calibre
• Strap: Black rubber

The purpose-driven IWC Pilot’s Watch Performance Chronograph 41 watch features a 41mm case crafted from Ceratanium, a lightweight and scratch-resistant titanium alloy

A tinted black sapphire crystal window on the caseback offers a view of the automatic 69385 calibre housed within

GPHG Category: Sports

Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda PF Sport Chronograph

Among the dressier sports watches out there, the Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda PF Sport Chronograph Arctic Grey is powered by the brand’s high-frequency integrated chronograph movement. The automatic, COSC-certified PF070 movement offers a power reserve of 65 hours and can be viewed through the caseback. Sized at 42mm, the case features polished and brushed finishes, and a knurled bezel. The dial is framed by the minutes/seconds track in an icy blue-grey that matches sub-dials at three, six and nine o’clock. A discreet date window at 4:30 only seems to appear when one looks for the date. A ‘triangular stud’ guilloché dial offsets the arctic grey of the sub-dials and the matching, textured rubber strap. Skeletonised timekeeping hands enhance the overall dressy aesthetic of the timepiece, and are tipped with lume for better legibility.

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Parmigiani Fleurier Tonda PF Sport Chronograph In A Nutshell

• Case: 42mm, steel
• Glass and caseback: Sapphire crystal
• Dial: Silver, triangular guilloche nail pattern, blue-grey sub-dials at three, six, nine o’clock; skeleton hour and minutes hand, central chronograph hand
• Functions: Hours, minutes, central chronograph, small seconds, 30-minute and 12-hour recorders, date
• Movement: PF070, automatic calibre
• Strap: Textured rubber, blue-grey

GPHG Category: Sports

Tudor Pelagos FXD Chrono ‘Cycling Edition’ 45100

The Tudor Pelagos FXD Chrono ‘Cycling Edition’ was specifically designed for the brand’s Pro Cycling Team. Besides being a high-performance chronograph, the watch is also easy to operate on the go by a professional. Its 43mm case is crafted from carbon composite as a nod to some of the fastest cycles in the world. And a black bezel is marked with the minutes/seconds scale in white. Powering this timepiece is the COSC-certified MT5813 automatic calibre with a silicon escapement wheel and a 70-hour power reserve. The tachymeter scale and the chronograph markings on the periphery of the dial are specifically graded for cyclists. And chronograph markings are displayed in a red spiral, making it easy to read at a single glance.

Tudor Pelagos FXD Chrono ‘Cycling Edition’ In A Nutshell

• Case: 43mm, carbon fibre
• Glass: Sapphire crystal
• Dial: Black, snowflake hands filled with Super-LumiNova; central chronograph hand, chronograph markings in a red spiral designed for cyclists; small seconds sub-dial at nine, date aperture at six o’clock
• Functions: Hours, minutes, chronograph, small seconds, date
• Movement: MT5813, automatic calibre
• Strap: Black fabric

The Tudor Pelagos FXD Chrono ‘Cycling Edition’ was specifically designed for the brand’s Pro Cycling Team

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Its 43mm case is crafted from carbon composite as a nod to some of the fastest cycles in the world

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Chronograph markings on the periphery of the dial—displayed in a red spiral, making it easy to read at a single glance—are specifically graded for cyclists

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Powering this timepiece is the COSC-certified MT5813 automatic calibre with a silicon escapement wheel and a 70-hour power reserve

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GPHG Category: Sports

Zenith Defy Extreme Diver

An updated version of the 1969 Defy Diver, the Zenith Defy Extreme Diver features a contemporary El Primero movement. It also boasts a 600m water resistance rating. The 42.5mm brushed titanium case is equipped with a helium escape valve at nine. This case includes a fixed dodecagonal bezel and a notched unidirectional ring marked with a diving scale. Decorated with four pointed stars—a signature of the Defy collection—the blue dial is framed by a bright orange chapter ring. And oversized indexes and timekeeping hands are generously filled with Super-LumiNova. Powering the Defy Extreme Diver is the brand’s El Primero 3620-SC automatic high-frequency manufacture calibre, which offers a 60-hour power reserve and is visible through an exhibition caseback.

Zenith Defy Extreme Diver In A Nutshell

• Case: 42.5mm, brushed titanium
• Glass and caseback: Sapphire crystal
• Water resistance: 600m
• Dial: Blue, decorated with four pointed stars; chapter ring in bright orange; oversized indexes and hands filled with Super-LumiNova; date window at three
• Functions: Hours, minutes, seconds, date
• Movement: El Primero 3620-SC
• Strap: Textile, made from recycled fishing nets

An updated version of the 1969 Defy Diver, the Zenith Defy Extreme Diver boasts a 600m water resistance rating

The 42.5mm brushed titanium case is equipped with a helium escape valve. Decorated with four pointed stars, the blue dial is framed by a bright orange chapter ring

Powering the Defy Extreme Diver is the brand’s El Primero 3620-SC automatic high-frequency manufacture calibre, which offers a 60-hour power reserve

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Other nominees for the GPHG Sports prize

• Singer Reimagined Divetrack
• Formula One Team
• MING 37.09 Bluefin