Radar Horológico — 9 November

The day in brief

Rexhep Rexhepi's Chronograph Flyback won the Aiguille d'Or of the 26th Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève, among the 20 prizes awarded in Geneva. In the same city, Phillips held the first live watch auction above 100 million dollars, with CHF 92 million and every lot sold.

Aiguille d'Or for Rexhep Rexhepi: the GPHG 2026 winners, one by one

The GPHG 2026 prize-winners on stage at the Bâtiment des Forces Motrices, Geneva. © GPHG

The Chronograph Flyback, Rexhep Rexhepi's first chronograph, hand-wound and with a calibre designed specifically for it, won the Aiguille d'Or of the 26th Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève at the ceremony held on 7 November at the Bâtiment des Forces Motrices. Twenty prizes were awarded by a jury chaired for the first time by Wei Koh: Audemars Piguet, Chopard and Ferdinand Berthoud took two each; Parmigiani Fleurier won the Chronograph Prize with the Tonda PF Chronographe Mystérieux, Dominique Renaud the Horological Revelation Prize with the Pulse60 and Blancpain the Mechanical Exception Prize with the Grande Double Sonnerie. The 84 nominated watches are on show at the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire in Geneva until 15 November. Read the full story.

Phillips holds the first watch auction above 100 million dollars, in Geneva

Aurel Bacs auctions lot 7, the F.P. Journe Chronomètre à Résonance “Régence” in platinum, sold for CHF 8,680,500. © Phillips / Joy Corthesy

The Geneva Watch Auction: XXIV, held by Phillips in association with Bacs & Russo on 7 and 8 November at the Hotel President, totalled CHF 92,045,568, about US$112.3 million, with all 217 lots sold: it is the first live watch auction above 100 million dollars. The top lot was an F.P. Journe Chronomètre à Résonance “Régence” in platinum, sold for CHF 8,680,500, and the 13 F.P. Journe watches totalled CHF 31.8 million. A steel Patek Philippe reference 1436 made CHF 6,267,000 and Cartier's 1924 Portico Mystery Clock No. 4 CHF 4,815,000, an auction record for the brand. Read the full story.

What to watch

The Geneva auction week continues today with the Rare Watches sale at Christie's, at the Four Seasons Hôtel des Bergues, which includes F.P. Journe watches that belonged to Michael Schumacher, and with the second session at Sotheby's, at the Mandarin Oriental. After the CHF 31.8 million achieved by F.P. Journe at Phillips, these sales will show whether demand for François-Paul Journe's watches extends beyond the rarest pieces. The GPHG nominees travel from Geneva to London, where they will be at Watches of Switzerland in Knightsbridge from 18 to 23 November.