A. Composition of the 2013 official jury
For the 2013 edition of the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève, the jury is composed as follows:
President :
Aurel Bacs, international director of the watch department of Christie's / Switzerland
Members :
Carlos Alonso, publisher and editor-in-chief of Tiempo de Relojes and director of the Salon Internacional Alta Relojeria / Mexico
Jean-Philippe Arm, editor-in-chief of Watch Around / Switzerland
Viren Bhagat, jeweler, collector / India
Benjamin Clymer, founder and editor-in-chief of Hodinkee / USA
Elizabeth Doerr, freelance specialised watch journalist / Germany
Moritz Elsaesser, watchmaker CW 21, president and owner of Mainly Watches, collector / USA
Dominique Fléchon, historian and expert with the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie / Switzerland-France
Nick Foulkes, historian, author, contributor to the Financial Times / United Kingdom
Herbert Grönemeyer, musician, collector / Germany
Tomoko Kayama, editor-in-chief of World Wrist Watch (World Photo Press) / Japan
Nazanin Lankarani, independent art writer, contributor to the International Herald Tribune and New York Times / France-Iran
Sean Li, editorial director of Revolution Hong Kong, collector / China
John Mayer, musician, singer, producer and collector / USA
Marcel Philippe, Assistant District Attorney for New York City, collector/ USA
Paola Pujia, editor-in-chief of Orologi-Le Misure del Tempo / Italy
Claude Sfeir, collector, gemologist, jeweler / Lebanon
Antoine Simonin, watchmaker, teacher, former director of Wostep / Switzerland
Philippe Starck, creator / France
Alexey Tarkhanov, journalist for Kommersant magazine / Russia
Patrick Wehrli, expert, Passion for Watchmaking / Switzerland
Jean-Michel Wilmotte, architect, town-planner, designer / France
Stephane Linder, CEO of TAG Heuer, brand laureate of the 2012 "Aiguille d'Or" Grand Prix, out of competition in 2013. By way of a reminder: the brand that wins the "Aiguille d'Or" Grand Prix is automatically ineligible for the competition the following year, and its founder or CEO is invited to sit on the jury for one year.
B. Jury Commissioners
1. For the 2013 edition of the Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix, the commissioners of the jury are:
Patrick König, CEO, Embassy Jewel AG, Lucerne
Ludwig Oechslin, curator, MIH, Musée International d'Horlogerie, La Chaux-de-Fonds
The jury commissioners ensure compliance with the rules and that competing watches meet admission criteria.They serve as consultative role with the jury. They have no voting rights.