{"id":12818,"date":"2021-11-28T20:55:24","date_gmt":"2021-11-28T19:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/prix-gaia-2012-eric-coudray-lorsque-le-genie-se-lache\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T00:04:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T22:04:49","slug":"gaia-award-2012-eric-coudray-when-the-genius-lets-loose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/en\/gaia-award-2012-eric-coudray-when-the-genius-lets-loose\/","title":{"rendered":"Ga\u00efa Award 2012: Eric Coudray, when the genius lets loose"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong>1801-2021, le Tourbillon est plus que bicentenaire! L\u2019invention d\u2019Abraham-Louis Breguet a lanc\u00e9 \u00e0 des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations de grands horlogers, notamment ces 40 derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es, de v\u00e9ritables challenges. L\u2019am\u00e9liorer, le respecter au point de le d\u00e9passer&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Par Jo\u00ebl A. Grandjean \/ Editeur et R\u00e9dacteur en chef de JSH\u00ae Magazine &amp; Swiss Watch Passport<\/em><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/swisswatchpassport\/\">Insta SWP<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jshmagazine1876\/\">Insta JSH\u00ae<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JSH1876\/\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tagpress\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/jsh-archives-patrimoine\/\">Linkedin<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-image align_none meta_simple\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2076\" height=\"1284\" src=\"https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/02a_JSH-Swiss-Watch-Passport-Tec-Group-\u00a9Jerome-Saillard_JS_1774_LR.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/02a_JSH-Swiss-Watch-Passport-Tec-Group-\u00a9Jerome-Saillard_JS_1774_LR.jpg 2076w, https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/02a_JSH-Swiss-Watch-Passport-Tec-Group-\u00a9Jerome-Saillard_JS_1774_LR-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/02a_JSH-Swiss-Watch-Passport-Tec-Group-\u00a9Jerome-Saillard_JS_1774_LR-600x371.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2076px) 100vw, 2076px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"w-image-meta\"><div class=\"w-image-title\">The Spherillon invention, by the watchmaker Eric Coudray: extreme micromechanical complications, fascinating and magical kinetics. A Potter escapement (anchor wheel with inverted teeth) | Photo \u00a9Jerome-Saillard<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"g-cols wpb_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-6 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>lls ne sont pourtant que quelques-uns \u00e0 s\u2019y \u00eatre exerc\u00e9s, \u00e0 y avoir mis tout leur c\u0153ur et leur talent, et \u00e0 \u00eatre capables de le r\u00e9aliser et de le r\u00e9gler. \u00c9ric Coudray est l\u2019un de ces \u2018doigts d\u2019or\u2019. Le Prix Ga\u00efa, alias le Nobel de l\u2019Horlogerie, le distingue en 2012 dans la cat\u00e9gorie \u00abArtisanat-Cr\u00e9ation\u00bb en ces mots: \u00ab<em>Le jury a reconnu dans les travaux du laur\u00e9at une ma\u00eetrise totale et innovante de la construction horlog\u00e8re, faisant de l\u2019improbable une r\u00e9ussite technique.<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Et son laudatio soulignait quelques-uns de ses faits d\u2019armes: pendulette t\u00e9tra\u00e8dre, montres r\u00e9p\u00e9tition minute, g\u00e9ographiques, chronographe, calibres miniatures, Atmos R\u00e9gulateur, Atmos myst\u00e9rieuse et, ce fameux \u00abGyrotourbillon\u00bb qu\u2019il ne cesse d\u2019am\u00e9liorer et qui le rend c\u00e9l\u00e8bre chez les collectionneurs du monde.<\/p>\n<p>Arm\u00e9 de sa qu\u00eate d\u2019un absolu chronom\u00e9trique &#8211; il remporte une deuxi\u00e8me place au Concours de Chronom\u00e9trie en 2009 &#8211; c\u2019est \u00e0 Vallorbe, au sein de Tec Group (Arnaud Faivre), qu\u2019il \u00e9crit l\u2019une des pages les plus prometteuses de l\u2019apr\u00e8s-tourbillon. Le Sph\u00e9rillon est n\u00e9, et m\u00eame d\u00e9j\u00e0 le double-Sph\u00e9rillon&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:abo@jsh.swiss\"><em>Recevoir un exemplaire du journal suisse d&#8217;horlogerie JSH\u00ae<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-6 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-image align_none meta_simple\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1096\" height=\"1418\" src=\"https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/01_Cover-JSH2021-01-Spherillon_1p_LR-copie-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/01_Cover-JSH2021-01-Spherillon_1p_LR-copie-2.jpg 1096w, https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/01_Cover-JSH2021-01-Spherillon_1p_LR-copie-2-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/01_Cover-JSH2021-01-Spherillon_1p_LR-copie-2-464x600.jpg 464w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1096px) 100vw, 1096px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"w-image-meta\"><div class=\"w-image-title\">Swiss Watch Journal JSH June 2021 cover featuring the invention of the Ga\u00efa Award Eric Coudray, watchmaker at Tec Group (Arnaud Faivre) - Order the edition - Subscribe (abo@jsh.swiss)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-4 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-btn-wrapper align_none\"><a class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_1\" title=\"S&#039;abonner au JSH Magazine, 2 \u00e9ditions \/ an - CHF 18.76\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jsh-journal-suisse-horlogerie.org\/443209045\/product\/3998012\/jsh-mag-abo-2-\u00e9dition?catid=1341413\"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">S&#039;abonner \u00e0 JSH\u00ae<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-4 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-btn-wrapper align_none\"><a class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_1\" title=\"Lire le journal suisse d&#039;horlogerie JSH (Juin 2021) en ligne et en plein \u00e9cran\" href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/tagpress41\/docs\/2021-0615_jsh2021-01-mr?fr=sOTNjMzQyMDkzMjY\"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">Lire JSH\u00ae online<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_col-sm-4 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-btn-wrapper align_none\"><a class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_1\" href=\"https:\/\/tec-groupswiss.ch\"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">TEC Group Officiel<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-image align_none meta_simple\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1840\" src=\"https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/UNE_SJH_Juin2021_R_LR-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/UNE_SJH_Juin2021_R_LR-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/UNE_SJH_Juin2021_R_LR-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/UNE_SJH_Juin2021_R_LR-600x431.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"w-image-meta\"><div class=\"w-image-title\">Image of the Spherillon developed by the watchmaker Eric Coudray, on the cover of the Swiss watchmaking magazine JSH\u00ae (June 2021) | Photo \u00a9Jerome-Saillard<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n<!--change the width and height value as you want.--> \r\n<!-- Do change \"index.htm\" to your real html name of the flippingbook--> \r\n<iframe  style=\"width:100%;height:450px\"  src=\"\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/flipbook\/20\/flipBook.html\"  seamless=\"seamless\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen  webkitallowfullscreen ><\/iframe>\r\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"1801-2021, le Tourbillon est plus que bicentenaire! 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