The 2025 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) prize presentation ceremony is at 7pm (CET) Thursday the 13 of November, and you can watch the prize-giving ceremony live here on Quill & Pad.

Below are all of the watches in the running for a prize, there are six watches preselected in each of the 15 categories.

Let us know who you think will win, or should win, in the comments below.

Ladies’ 2025 GPHG

Ladies’: feminine watches comprising the following indications only – hours, minutes, seconds, date (day of the month), power reserve indicator, classic moon phases – and that may potentially be adorned with a maximum 9-carat gemsetting. 

Ladies’ Complication 2025 GPHG

Ladies’ Complication: feminine watches that are remarkable in terms of their mechanical creativity and complexity. These watches may feature all kinds of classic and/or innovative complications and indications (e.g. annual calendar, perpetual calendar, equation of time, complex moon phases, tourbillon, chronograph, world time, dual time or other types of model) and do not fit the definition of the Ladies’ and Mechanical Exception categories.

Time Only 2025 GPHG

Time Only: watches displaying only analogue time indications (hours, minutes, seconds) by means of two or three hands on a solid dial, devoid of any other type of indication, complications or gemsetting.

Men’s 2025 GPHG

Men’s: masculine watches comprising the following indications only – hours, minutes, seconds, date (day of the month), power reserve indicator, classic moon phases – and that may potentially feature a digital/retrograde display or be adorned with a maximum 9-carat gemsetting.

Men’s Complication 2025 GPHG

Men’s Complication: masculine watches that are remarkable in terms of their mechanical creativity and complexity. These watches may feature all kinds of classic and/or innovative complications and indications (e.g. world time, dual time, annual calendar, perpetual calendar, equation of time, complex moon phases display or other types of model) and do not fit the definition of the Men’s and Mechanical Exception categories.

Iconic 2025 GPHG

Iconic: watches stemming from an emblematic collection or model that has been exercising a lasting influence on watchmaking history and the watch market for more than 20 years or offering a contemporary reinterpretation.

Tourbillon 2025 GPHG

Tourbillon: mechanical watches comprising at least one tourbillon. Additional indications and/or complications are admissible.

Mechanical Exception 2025 GPHG

Mechanical Exception: watches featuring a special mechanism, such as an innovative or sophisticated display, an automaton, a striking or any other acoustic function, a special escapement, a belt-driven movement or comprising another original and/or exceptional horological concept.

Chronograph 2025 GPHG

Chronograph: mechanical watches comprising at least one chronograph indication. Additional indications and/or complications are admissible.

Sports 2025 GPHG

Sports: watches linked to the world of sport, whose functions, materials and design are suited to physical exercise.

Jewellery 2025 GPHG

Jewellery: watches demonstrating exceptional mastery of the art of jewellery and gemsetting, and also distinguished by the choice of stones.

Artistic Crafts 2025 GPHG

Artistic Crafts: watches demonstrating exceptional mastery of one or several artistic techniques such as enamelling, lacquering, engraving, guilloché (engine-turning), marquetry, skeleton-working, etc.

Petite Aiguille 2025 GPHG

Petite Aiguille: watches with a retail price between CHF 3,000 and CHF 10,000. Smartwatches are admissible in this category.

Challenge 2025 GPHG

Challenge: watches with a retail price equal to or under CHF 3,000. Smartwatches are admissible in this category.

Mechanical Clocks 2025 GPHG

Mechanical Clock: mechanical instruments whose main function is time measurement, such as longcase clocks and table clocks.

For the full list and details of the preselected watches, please visit https://gphg.org/en/gphg-2025/nominated-timepieces