Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix - A look at the 2014 jury
Under the chairmanship of Aurel Bacs, an expert in watchmaking and watch collecting, who recently penned his first article as a new contributor for Worldtempus, the jury will face the challenge of picking the winners in each of the twelve categories of the competition, including for the new prizes of best chronograph, tourbillon, calendar watch, chiming watch, mechanical exception, ladies' mechanical watch and watches with a retail price of under 8,000 Swiss francs.
Watch brands need to make their submissions by 23 June and here are the people that they will need to win over with their arguments:
Chairman : Aurel Bacs, expert in watchmaking and watch collecting / Switzerland
Members:
Carlos Alonso, publisher and editor-in-chief of and director of the / Mexico
Jean-Philippe Arm, editor-in-chief of / Switzerland
Rene Beyer, co-owner and CEO of and the Zurich / Switzerland
Benjamin Clymer, blogger, founder and editor-in-chief of / USA
Zhixiang Ding, publisher and editor-in-chief of / China
Elizabeth Doerr, specialist freelance watch journalist / Germany
Philippe Dufour, watchmaker and conceptor / Switzerland
Moritz Elsaesser, CW21 watchmaker/repairer, president of , collector / USA
Dominique Flechon, historian and expert for the / Switzerland-France
Nick Foulkes, historian, author and writer on luxury, in particular for the / United Kingdom
John Goldberger, watch collector, author and publisher of books on collector's watches / Italy
Nazanin Lankarani, freelance journalist, writer on art, in particular for the / France-Iran
Sean Li, collector, editor-in-chief of and watchmaking editorial director of / China
Takeshi Matsuyama, author, watch historian and writer for / Japan
John Mayer, singer, guitarist, producer and collector / USA
Paola Pujia, editor-in-chief of / Italy
William Rohr, collector, director of , watch expert for / USA
Abdul Hamied Seddiqi, vice-president of / Dubai
Claude Sfeir, collector, gemmologist, jeweller / Lebanon
Antoine Simonin, watchmaker, teacher, former director of / Switzerland
Michael Tay, director of / Singapore
Patrick Wehrli, watchmaking expert, / Switerzland
Jean-Michel Wilmotte, architect and town planner / France
Michele Sofisti, CEO of , the winner of the Golden Hand in 2013, which is out of competition in 2014. As a reminder, the winner of the Golden Hand at the Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix is automatically out of competition for the following edition and its founder or manager is invited to sit on the jury for one year.