Timepiece World Awards
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about the awards
The 2025 Timepiece World Awards were created to recognize exceptional achievement globally in timepiece design and innovation in the Horology Industry. The awards recognize timepiece design achievement in 11 different categories and an additional people's choice category for the finalists of all the categories.  The finalist grouping of each category and winning selection of each finalist group are determined by a confidential vote of the selected Timepiece World award 2025 committee members and jurors.  The 2025 list of award-winners will be announced at the 1st annual Timepiece World awards ceremony that will take place on Saturday, September 20, 2025 in Toronto, Canada.
categories
1.10.01 - Time Only: watches with only two or three hands, bearing exclusively analogue time indications: hours, minutes, seconds. Sub/small seconds function is also acceptable in this category.
1.10.02 - Chronograph:
mechanical watches comprising at least one chronograph indication.  Additional indications and/or complications are admissible.
1.10.03 - Sports: watches linked to the world of sport, whose functions, materials and design are suited to physical exercise.
1.10.04 - GMT/Worldtime Watches: watches that display hours, minutes, seconds and have the ability to show time in another time zone or multiple time zones through mechanical function. A 12 hour rotating bezel does not qualify for this category.
1.10.05 - Tool Watches: watches designed to be utilized within a specific profession or provide timekeeping within more extreme or challenging environments and professional roles. This may include fields but not limited to military and law enforcement professions, diving, emergency services, aviation, medicine and any challenging environments where a timepiece can support their wearers respective role.
1.10.06 -  Innovative Complication: watches that are remarkable in terms of their mechanical creativity and complexity. These watches may feature all kinds of classic and/or innovative complications and indications. Watches may exhibit a combination of novel or remarkable mechanical construction as well as innovative means of display and measurement of time within the overall design of the timepiece.  This may also include a striking or any other acoustic function, a special or novel escapement, novel driven movements or comprising another original and/or exceptional horological concept.
1.10.07 - Exceptional Materials: watches utilizing novel or innovative usage of materials in their overall design and construction of the watch. This may include commonly used materials presented or finished in a unique manner or novel materials not commonly seen in timepiece construction and design.
1.10.08 - Jewellery and Artistic Craft: watches demonstrating exceptional mastery of the art of jewellery and gem setting including the choice of stones. Timepieces may also include within the design creative execution of enamelling, skeletonization work, enamelling, lacquering engraving and guilloché.
1.10.09 - Foundation: watches with a retail price equal to or under $2,500 US dollars or equivalent.
1.10.10 - Exception: watches with a retail price between $2,501 USD and 15,000 USD or equivalent.
1.10.11 - Pinnacle: watches with a retail price of $15,000 USD or equivalent and upwards.
introducing your 2025 committee

Committee

Adam Craniotes
RedBar Group, Founder & President
Alexandre Beauregard
Founder Beauregard Watches - Head Juror
Anna Kubasik
Watch Content Creator (Chrono.Girl.Life) and Industry Enthusiast
Benjamin Cook
Content Creator
Bhanu Chopra
Journalist
Bradley Taylor
Watchmaker
Brent Robillard
Publisher/Journalist
Charity Mhende
Content Creator
Chris Antzoulis
Writer at PoppingCrowns and WatchGecko
Elizabeth Doerr
Journalist
Hassan Al Akhras
Founder of ArabWatchGuide
Jack Wong
Watch Collector
James Stacey
Editor in Chief - Hodinkee Magazine
Jason Gallop
Watchmaker/Creative Director
Justin Mastine-Frost
Director of Digital Content, Sharp Magazine
Kathleen McGivney
Global CEO RedBar Group
Kieron Walsh
Content Creator
Kristian Haagen
Watch Collector, Author
Lee Yuen-Rapati
Watch Designer Illustrator, Type Designer
Loren Sciurba
Editor in Chief The Time Bum, CoFounder District Time
Maxime Bertin-Mourot
Micro and Indie Watch Brands Specialist
Munich_Watch_Lover
Content Creator
Pablo Gaido
Industrial Designer
R.J. Kamatovic
Watch Collector Content Creator
Ray Au
Content Creator and Watch Collector
Rhonda Riche
Editor at Large Watchonista
Robert Allaby
Content Creator
Robert Jan-Broer
Founder of Fratello Watches
Serge Maillard
Publisher Europa Star
Sinziana Iordache
Hyperrealist Artist
Sophie Cassaro
Content Creator
Thomas Pettit
Founder at Oracle Time
Tom aka @bowlofsalmon
Photographer
Ty Alexander
Photographer
Verne Ho
Photographer/Watch Collector
Wesley Smith
Founder of STANDARD H

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