| Horological Meandering

The nominations made by the GPHG Academy only serve to approach brands and encourage them to enter their watches, but ultimately it is entirely made up of brand entries in the first round. The GPHG will not accept an entry based purely on nominations alone as there is a fee to be paid, a small amount for the first round, then an additional fee if the watch is selected for the second round.
If there is a direct link between a jury member (jury being those selected from within the academy that particular year), they cannot vote on the categories which that brand entered in the second round. They're free to do so in the first round though, but then, most of the time the composition of the jury is not finalized until after the first round.

2022 Grand Prix D'Horlogerie De Geneve Canidates Announced

By: enjoythemusic : July 25th, 2022-15:17

They just announced their 2022 candidates at gphg.org ; ...

Saw them and I doubt that this self nomination process is a fair reflection of excellence.

By: shortys home : July 25th, 2022-16:00

Is that the way it has always been?

By: ArmisT : July 25th, 2022-16:23

But a brand can’t nominate its own watch, can it? You mean just their colleagues. Actually, since people can vote for themselves, I guess a brand can do the same. But there still needs to be a minimum number of votes I would think.

By: Sean : July 26th, 2022-02:47

Thank you for explaining that so clearly. I believe it is important to understand such processes…

By: ArmisT : July 27th, 2022-14:54

to at least be aware of any possible biases.

By: Sean : July 28th, 2022-03:26

Apologies, the jury restriction is actually in the third round, i.e. when there are only six watches per category. At that point, the jury must meet in person to make their votes, while the GPHG Academy also votes again, but the entire academy of more tha...

VERY interesting…thank you for the additional details 🙏🏼

By: ArmisT : July 28th, 2022-12:24

Yes, it is a pay-for-play scheme just like the EISA. Apologies, next year i'll be sure to notate that within the topic.

By: enjoythemusic : July 28th, 2022-11:28

It's getting more 'normal' for these types of pay-for-play schemes to self-reinforce the industry. It's a great way to bring in paid press members too, to self-reinforce the scheme. Hypebeast and the like... you know.

An award based on paying fees for having your watch represented seems cheesy.

By: Dchang81 : July 26th, 2022-04:37

That Frozen Star is new to me and quite impressive.

By: ArmisT : July 25th, 2022-16:26

But I just looked it up and see it is out of my sphere of possibility, even though I like their watches.

Some good ones

By: TeutonicCarFan : July 25th, 2022-17:02

For me I never understand bovet. It is a brand I don't know much about, their design aesthetic is not my style, and I see their prices and I am blown away at how high they are. . I'm sure a super high quality watchmaker, but really amazed.