It is time to review the year's most significant horological achievements. The results of the jury awards of the largest watch shows in Germany, Austria and Switzerland were recently announced. They included a selection of prestigious top watches - GPHG being one of them - as well as the results of other prestigious awarding bodies. Munich Time and Vienna Time have both honoured the best timepieces across six categories. These include Discrete charm, Best Luxury Ladies's, Classic Elegance and Sport Dynamics. The most significant category is Big Complication. Both exhibitions had similar results in terms of the winners. Both shows' juries selected the Jaeger LeCoultre Duometre Spherotourbillon watch as the best in the main category. A.Lange & Sohne Datograph auf/Ab was chosen twice as the runner up. The jury in Munich chose Chopard L.U.C. for third place, the prize for most significance. Lunar One was chosen by the Austrian jury, while IWC Schaffhausen Big Pilot’s Watch Perpetual Calendar top gun piece was selected by the Austrian juror.

Even though the two shows took place in November, the awards for the best timepieces were announced in December. The two events are the biggest watch shows in their respective countries and take place in venues that are more than 1,400 metres.Roger Dubuis Replica Since 1996, the show in Vienna has been held annually under the patronage "Die Presse", a specialized magazine. This year, the partnering event in Munich celebrated its fifth anniversary. Comme the German event was the first chronologically, we will start with the watches awarded in each category at the Munich watch show.

MunichTime AwardsDiscrete CharmThe Discrete Charm award recognizes the best watch under 10,000 Euros (nearly 13,200 dollars). The jury of the watchshow in the Bavarian capital selected the recently presented Nomos Glashutte Orion 32 Rose. This elegant ladies' timekeeper features a pink dial that is galvanized, silver-plated and has a small seconds counter on the bottom. The face of the watch, which features gold-plated hands,IWC Portofino Replica is protected by a sapphire dome. Nomos Glashutte Orion 33 rose is equipped with a three-part stainless case (32.8mm wide by 8.54mm thick), with an exhibition back, and paired up with a beige Velour strap. Alpha manufacturing caliber is the beating heart of this timekeeper that has the most discrete charm. The movement has 17 jewels and Incablock shock-protection. It also features a 43-hour power reserve. The price is just shy of $1900.

Erwin Sattler Regulateur Classica Segunda Medium is the runner-up of this category. This timepiece is a smaller version of another Erwin Sattler model, with a diameter reduced from 44mm down to 38mm. The Regulateur Classica Segunda is a medium-sized timepiece from the Munich brand. It features a manually wound ES 02 calibre with a deadbeat seconds complication, where the second hand moves at increments of 1 second. This allows for an interesting way of displaying the time. Separate indications for minutes, seconds, and hours. The central hand shows minutes while the hours, seconds and subsidiary dials are displayed on the subsidiary dials. This model, which is housed in a stainless-steel case with a clear caseback and has a 42-hour power reserve, costs around $1,800.