Jury 2014
A. Composition of the 2014 official jury
For the 2014 edition of the Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève, the jury is composed as follows:
President :
Aurel Bacs, watchmaking and vintage watches expert / 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
René Beyer, co-owner and CEO of Beyer Chronometrie AG and of the Watch and Clock Museum in Zurich / Switzerland
Benjamin Clymer, founder and editor-in-chief of Hodinkee / USA
Zhixiang Ding, publisher and editor-in-chief of Chronos China / China
Elizabeth Doerr, freelance specialised watch journalist / Germany
Philippe Dufour, watchmaker / Switzerland
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
John Goldberger, watch collector, author and publisher of books on vintage watches / Italy
Nazanin Lankarani, independent art writer, contributor to the International Herald Tribune and New York Times / France-Iran
Sean Li, watch collector, editor in chief of Revolution Hong Kong and editorial director of watches of Tatler Asia / China
Takeshi Matsuyama, author, history of watch, contributor to the Men's EX /Japan
John Mayer, musician, singer, producer and collector / USA
Paola Pujia, editor-in-chief of Orologi-Le Misure del Tempo / Italy
William Rohr, collector, managing director TimeZone.com, watch expert at Bonhams Auctioneers / Unites States
Abdul Hamied Seddiqi, vice-president of Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons / Dubai
Claude Sfeir, collector, gemologist, jeweler / Lebanon
Antoine Simonin, watchmaker, teacher, former director of Wostep / Switzerland
Michael Tay, Executive director of The Hour Glass Limited / Singapore
Patrick Wehrli, expert, Passion for Watchmaking / Switzerland
Jean-Michel Wilmotte, architect, town-planner, designer / France
Stefano Macaluso, Product development Director of Girard-Perregaux, brand laureate of the 2013 "Aiguille d'Or" Grand Prix, out of competition in 2014. 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
For the 2014 edition of the Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix, the commissioners of the jury are:
Patrick König, CEO, Embassy Jewel AG, Lucerne
Ludwig Oechslin, watch expert and former 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.