Jury
President & Vice-president
Aurel Bacs
Expert in collector's watches, Co-Founder and Partner with Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo / Switzerland
Members
Carlos Alonso
Publisher and editor-in-chief of Tiempo de Relojes and director of the Salon Internacional Alta Relojeria / Mexico
René Beyer
Co-owner and CEO of Beyer Chronometrie AG and of the Watch and Clock Museum in Zurich / Switzerland
David Chang
Founder of Watchina and director of Beijing Collectors' Association / China
Stephan Ciejka
Director and editor-in-chief of La Revue des Montres / France
Benjamin Clymer
Founder and editor-in-chief of Hodinkee / USA
Zhixiang Ding
Publisher and editor-in-chief of Chronos China / China
Elizabeth Doerr
Co-founder and editor-in-chief of Quill & Pad, specialized watch journalist / Germany - USA
Philippe Dufour
Independent watchmaker / Switzerland
Moritz Elsaesser
Watchmaker CW 21, president and owner of Mainly Watches, collector / USA
Nick Foulkes
Historian, author, contributor to the Financial Times / United Kingdom
John Goldberger
Watch collector, author and publisher of books on vintage watches / Italy
Heekyung Jung
Publisher, journalist and trainer / South Korea
Sean Li
Watch collector, editor in chief of Revolution Hong Kong and editorial director of watches of Tatler Asia / China
Pierre Maillard
Editor-in-chief of Europa Star and filmmaker / Switzerland
Takeshi Matsuyama
Author, historian of watchmaking, contributor to the Men's EX / Japan
Paola Pujia
Editor-in-chief of Orologi-Le Misure del Tempo / Italy
Gianfranco Ritschel / Vice-president
Consultant and trainer in watchmaking / Switzerland
William Rohr
Collector, managing director of TimeZone.com / USA
David Sadigh
Founder and CEO of Digital Luxury Group / Switzerland
Abdul Hamied Seddiqi
Vice-chairman of Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons / Dubai
Claude Sfeir
Collector, gemmologist, jeweller / Lebanon
Antoine Simonin
Watchmaking expert and teacher, publisher, bookseller / Switzerland
Chantal Thomass
Fashion designer / France
Kim-Eva Wempe
Owner and personally liable partner of the Gerhard D. Wempe KG based in Hamburg / Germany
Tina Zegg
Owner and managing Partner of Zegg & Cerlati / Monaco
Robert Greubel & Stephen Forsey
Co-founders of Greubel Forsey, brand laureate of the 2015 "Aiguille d'Or" Grand Prix, out of competition in 2016 (a single vote).
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.
Jury Commissioner
Ludwig Oechslin
Watch expert and former curator, MIH, Musée International d'Horlogerie, La Chaux-de-Fonds
The jury commissioner ensures compliance with the rules and that competing watches meet admission criteria. He serves as consultative role with the jury. He has no voting rights.