{"id":28313,"date":"2023-11-10T01:24:32","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T00:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/grand-prix-de-geneve-2023-le-sacre-des-independants\/"},"modified":"2023-11-12T00:17:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T23:17:07","slug":"2023-geneva-grand-prix-a-crown-for-independents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swiss-watch-passport.ch\/en\/2023-geneva-grand-prix-a-crown-for-independents\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Geneva Grand Prix: a crown for independents!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sven Andersen didn’t make the podium with his rather sober “Jumping Hours Rising Sun Edition<\/em>” in platinum, but shared the Jury’s special prize with Vincent Calabrese: in 2025, their baby AHCI<\/a> (Academy of Independent Creators Watchmaking) will be 40 years old!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jo\u00ebl A. Grandjean, JSH Magazine & Swiss-Watch-Passport.ch’s editor in chief<\/em>
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Let’s start with the final ceremony, an emotional sequence full of celebration: young watchmaking student Kylian-Douglass Thieulot<\/strong>‘s ascent up the steps, the passionate embodiment of a new generation’s promise, put a smile on the faces of all those who are learning in Switzerland’s watchmaking industry.<\/p>\n

Then, as the first flights take off for Dubai Watch Week<\/em><\/a>, where the award-winning timepieces will be on show from November 15 to 20, it’s no surprise that in Geneva, on the GPHG stage, it’s a line-up of CEO-stars who are rightfully collecting the honors they deserve: Scheufele, Babin, Bennahmias, Ferrier and Voutilainen..<\/p>\n

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Fran\u00e7ois-Henry Bennahmias about human genius: “Tonight, we’re celebrating the people we never see or talk about, who are the treasure not only of Audemars Piguet, but the treasure of watchmaking…<\/em>“<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In fact, it’s Fran\u00e7ois-Henry Bennahmias who takes to the stage to collect the Aiguille d’Or with the Audemars Piguet Code 11.59 Ultra-Complication Universelle RD#4.<\/em> And to give us one of his signature speeches<\/a>, such as the “coup de gueule<\/a>” he delivered in 2019 directed at the world of suppliers . The Swiss Watch Passport (by JSH) had immortalized it with a mobile phone<\/a> before it went viral.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>