Jury
President & Vice-president
Aurel Bacs / President
Expert in collector's watches, Co-Founder and Partner with Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo / Switzerland
Gianfranco Ritschel / Vice-president
Consultant and trainer in watchmaking / 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
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
Jack Forster
Editor-in-chief of Hodinkee / USA
Nick Foulkes
Historian, author, contributor to the Financial Times / United Kingdom
Dody Giussani
Editor-in-chief of L’Orologio / Italy
Emmanuel Gueit
Watch and jewellery designer / Switzerland
Heekyung Jung
Publisher, journalist and trainer / South Korea
Masaki Kanazawa
Watchmaker of Musée international d’horlogerie (MIH) / Japan - Switzerland
Eric Ku
Watch collector, vintage watch expert / USA - Taiwan
Nazanin Lankarani
Independent journalist specializing in art, watches and the luxury industry; contributor to the International New York Times and Vanity Fair on Time / USA - Iran
Pierre Maillard
Editor-in-chief of Europa Star and filmmaker / Switzerland
Gaël Monfils
Collector, tennis player / France
William Rohr
Collector, managing director of TimeZone.com / USA
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
Roger Smith
Independent watchmaker / Isle of Man
Kim-Eva Wempe
Owner and personally liable partner of the Gerhard D. Wempe KG based in Hamburg / Germany
Suzanne Wong
Editor-at-large of Revolution Asia / Singapore - Switzerland
Tina Zegg
Owner and managing Partner of Zegg & Cerlati / Monaco
Karl-Friedrich Scheufele
President of Chronométrie Ferdinand Berthoud, brand laureate of the 2016 "Aiguille d'Or" Grand Prix, out of competition in 2017.
By way of 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. If this person is directly related to one or more other brands, he or she will not take part in voting in the categories in which watches from this brand(s) participate.
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.