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Craftsmanship category By Joel Grandjean Discover All The Laureates Since 1993 1993 • JEAN-CLAUDE NICOLET (Craftsmanship-Creation) • ANDRE MARGOT (Entrepreneurship) • HENRI-LOUIS BELMONT (History-Research) 1994 • FRANCOIS-PAUL JOURNE (Craftsmanship – Creation) • ANTON BALLY (Entrepreneurship) • FRANCOIS MERCIER (History-Research) 1995 • MICHEL PARMIGIANI (Craftsmanship – Creation) • ANTOINE SIMONIN (Entrepreneurship) • LUDWIG OECHSLIN (History-Research) 1996 • VINCENT CALABRESE (Craftsmanship – Creation) • GÜNTER BLÜMLEIN (Entrepreneurship) • JEAN-LUC MAYAUD (History-Research) 1997 • RICHARD DANERS (Craftsmanship – Creation) • JEAN-PIERRE MUSY (Entrepreneurship) • JEAN-CLAUDE SABRIER (History-Research) 1998 • PHILIPPE DUFOUR (Craftsmanship – Creation) • LUIGI MACALUSO (Entrepreneurship) • YVES DROZ & JOSEPH FLORES (History-Research) 1999 • DEREK PRATT (Craftsmanship – Creation) • GABRIEL FEUVRIER (Entrepreneurship) • ESTELLE FALLET (History-Research) 2000 • RENE BANNWART (Craftsmanship – Creation) • SIMONE BEDAT (Entrepreneurship) • KATHLEEN PRITSCHARD (History-Research) 2001 • GEORGE DANIELS (Craftsmanship – Creation) • ROLF SCHNYDER (Entrepreneurship) • CATHERINE CARDINAL (History-Research) 2003 • ANTHONY G. RANDALL (Craftsmanship – Creation) 2004 • ANDRE BEYNER (Entrepreneurship) 2006 • LUIGI PIPPA (Craftsmanship – Creation) • JOHN H. LEOPOLD (History-Research) 2007 • PAUL GERBER (Craftsmanship – Creation) 2008 • NICOLAS HAYEK (Entrepreneurship) Watchonista will soon offer you a personalized presentation of this extraordinary personality. 2009 • BEAT HALDIMANN (Craftsmanship – Creation) • ROBERT GREUBEL & STEPHAN FORSEY (Entrepreneurship) 2010 • ELMAR MOCK & JACQUES MULLER (Craftsmanship – Creation) • JEAN-CLAUDE BIVER (Entrepreneurship) 2011 • FRANCOIS JUNOD (Craftsmanship – Creation) • PHILIPPE STERN (Entrepreneurship) • PIERRE-YVES DONZE (History-Research) 2012 • ERIC COUDRAY (Craftsmanship – Creation) • FRANCO COLOGNI (Entrepreneurship) • FRANCESCO GARUFO (History-Research) 2013 • ANDREAS STREHLER (Craftsmanship – Creation) • ERNST THOMKE (Entrepreneurship) • GÜNTHER OESTMANN (History-Research) 2014 • KARI VOUTILAINEN (Craftsmanship – Creation) • HENRI DUBOIS (Entrepreneurship) • PIERRE THOMANN (History-Research) 2015 • ANITA PORCHET (Craftsmanship – Creation) • GIULIO PAPI (Entrepreneurship) • JONATHAN BETTS (History-Research) 2016 • VIANNEY HALTER (Craftsmanship – Creation) • GIOVANNI BUSCA & PASCAL ROCHAT (Entrepreneurship) • ROGER SMITH (History-Research) 2017 • JEAN-MARC WIEDERRECHT (Craftsmanship – Creation) • RICHARD MILLE (Entrepreneurship) • LAURENCE MARTI (History-Research) 2018 • PAUL CLEMENTI (Craftsmanship – Creation) • MAXIMILLIAN BÜSSER (Entrepreneurship) • REINHARD MEIS (History-Research) 2019 • SUZANNE ROHR (Craftsmanship – Creation) • KARL-FRIEDRICH SCHEUFELE (Entrepreneurship) • LAURENT TISSOT (History-Research) 2020 • ANTOINE PREZIUSO (Craftsmanship – Creation) • FELIX BAUMGARTNER & MARTIN FREI (Entrepreneurship) • DENIS SAVOIE (History-Research) 2021 • CAROLE KASAPI (Craftsmanship – Creation) • ERIC KLEIN (Entrepreneurship) • ANTHONNY TURNER (History – Research) 2022 • LAURENT BAROTTE (Craftsmanship – Creation) • NICO DE ROOIJ (History – Research) • EDOUARD MEYLAN (Entrepreneurship) 2023 • GEORGES BRODBECK (Craftsmanship – Creation) • HANS BOECKH (History – Research) • MIGUEL GARCIA (Entrepreneurship) 2024 • JEAN-PIERRE HAGMANN (Craftsmanship – Creation) • CAROLINE ROTHAUGE (History – Research) • JASMINE AUDEMARS (Entrepreneurship)