Good times | INDULGESpread across 12 categories, this year’s short list of 72 timepieces is as broad as it is
beautiful. Chanel, Chopard and Audemars Piguet get a couple of mentions, but apart
from that, it’s a well-spread-out playing field. Although the German precision masters
and kings of haute horology, A. Lange & Söhne, get four bites at the cherry including
one in our favourite category – the Ladies High-Mech (pictured). With the winners
announced 8 November, here’s our top three contenders. Drum roll please ...GIRARD-PERREGAUX CAT’S EYE CELESTIAL
A total of 95 brilliant-cut diamonds glitter like stars
around the mother-of-pearl moon as it makes its
journey across the aventurine sky. A$39,860VAN CLEEF & ARPELS LADY
ARPELS PAPILLON AUTOMATE
Bejewelled with swathes of
diamonds, as well as sapphires
in blue, mauve and violet, the
delightful automate is an enamel
butterfly that will set hearts
aflutter. A$364,185A. LANGE & SÖHNE LITTLE
LANGE 1 MOONPHASE
This is a watch of pure elegance,
radiating beauty with moon-like
serenity from its silvered dial with
radiating guilloché pattern.
A$57,690The ‘Oscars of horology’, the Grand Prix
d’Horlogerie de Genève, has a short list for
2017 that is full of stars. WORDS • SIMONE HENDERSON-SMARTTIME to SHINE