Prix Gaïa

The Prix Gaïa is to watchmaking what the Nobel Prize is to global philanthropy: the supreme recompense, the kind of timeless award that makes a person's career exceptional.

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Prix Gaïa at La Chaux-de-Fonds: the emotional memory of enamelling artist Anita Porchet

Watchmaking: Kari Voutilainen, laureate of the 2014 Prix Gaïa

Prix Gaïa: Jean-Claude Biver cherishes his as a medal!

Show me ... your Gaïa Prize Greubel Forsey's Stephen Forsey recounts

Memories moved by former winners at J-19 of the 2016 Gaia Prize

Show me your Prix Gaïa: Interview of Mrs. Isabelle Chassot

Prix Gaïa 2015: promotional clip to 15 days of the proclamation

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)


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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)