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In 2025, he would have celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of his Ga\u00efa Award. The “Great Watchmaker<\/em>” has decided otherwise… Our sincere sympathy goes out to his family and friends. Condolences…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jo\u00ebl A. Grandjean, JSH Magazine & Swiss-Watch-Passport.ch’s editor in chief<\/em>
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Time is your Legacy
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The same year Antoine Simonin received his award for “Entrepreneurship<\/em>“, he walked the stage with Michel Parmigiani and Ludwig Oechslin, who won in the “Craftsmanship and Creation<\/em>” and “History and Research<\/em>” categories respectively. This was in 1995, two years after the Ga\u00efa Prize<\/a> was created by Catherine Cardinale, then curator of the MIH<\/a>, the International Watchmaking Museum<\/em> in La Chaux-de-Fonds.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

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Official media partner of the Ga\u00efa Prize, the international watchmaking magazine Watchonista, features his biography<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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The Wostep Foundation, the mythical school<\/a> of which he was director and through which countless watchmakers have graduated, has just paid tribute to him on Linkedin<\/a>. This is how I heard about this sad news on 20 May 2024 and, on behalf of the entire editorial team, I express my deepest sympathy to his family. RIP, Antoine.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

Editions Simonin<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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