Jury
President & Vice-president
Aurel Bacs / President
Expert in collector's watches, co-founder and partner with Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo / Switzerland
Gianfranco Ritschel / Vice-president
Consultant and trainer in watchmaking / Switzerland
Members
Carlos Alonso
Publisher and editor-in-chief of Tiempo de Relojes and director of the Salon Internacional Alta Relojeria / Mexico
Carson Chan
Collector, trainer, head of mission of FHH in Asia / China
Carla Chalouhi
President of Arije International / France
David Chang
Founder of Watchina and director of Beijing Collectors' Association / China
Sébastien Chaulmontet
Collector, watch creator, historian / Switzerland
Elizabeth Doerr
Co-founder and editor-in-chief of Quill & Pad, specialized watch journalist / Germany - USA
Philippe Dufour
Independent watchmaker / Switzerland
Jack Forster
Editor-in-chief of Hodinkee / USA
Nick Foulkes
Historian, author, contributor to the Financial Times / United Kingdom
Gary Getz
Watch collector, photographer and writer / USA
Dody Giussani
Editor-in-chief of L’Orologio / Italy
Heekyung Jung
Publisher, journalist and trainer / South Korea
Masaki Kanazawa
Watchmaker of Musée international d’horlogerie (MIH) / Japan - Switzerland
Eric Ku
Watch collector, vintage watch expert / USA - Taiwan
Marine Lemonnier
Watchmaking communication expert / Switzerland
Pierre Maillard
Editor-in-chief of Europa Star and filmmaker / Switzerland
Gaël Monfils
Collector, tennis player / France
Vincent Perez
Actor, film director / Switzerland
William Rohr
Collector, managing director of TimeZone.com / USA
Abdul Hamied Seddiqi
Vice-chairman of Seddiqi Holding / Dubai
Claude Sfeir
Collector, gemmologist, jeweller / Lebanon
Antoine Simonin
Watchmaking expert and teacher, publisher, bookseller / Switzerland
Rebecca Struthers
Watchmaker, co-founding director of Struthers Watchmakers / United Kingdom
Michael Tay
Co-group managing director of The Hour Glass / Singapore
Kim-Eva Wempe
Owner and personally liable partner of the Gerhard D. Wempe KG based in Hamburg / Germany
Suzanne Wong
Editor-at-large of Revolution Asia / Singapore - Switzerland
Karl-Friedrich Scheufele
Co-president of Chopard, the brand that won the 2017 "Aiguille d'Or" Grand Prix, out of competition in 2018.
By way of reminder: the brand that wins the "Aiguille d'Or" Grand Prix is automatically ineligible for the competition the following year, and its founder or CEO is invited to sit on the jury for one year.
Jury Commissioner
Régis Huguenin-Dumittan
Holder of a doctorate in history, curator-director of the MIH, Musée International d’Horlogerie, La Chaux-de-Fonds
The jury commissioner ensures compliance with the rules and that competing watches meet admission criteria. He serves as consultative role with the jury. He has no voting rights.