Press release
The Jury for the 2010 Gaïa Prize has nominated Mr Jacques Muller and Mr Elmar Mock as winners in the Craftsmanship-Creation category. They are the inventors of new technical solutions contained in the patents of the conception of the original Swatch watch.
Mr Jean-Claude Biver has been nominated winner in the Entrepreneurship category for his career in its totality and in his capacity as visionary businessman and marketing genius.
The prizes will be awarded on the 16th September 2010 at 18.30 at the Musée international d'horlogerie Salle Hans Erni
In 1993, the Gaïa Prize was created in honour of one of the first patrons of the Musée d'horlogerie, Maurice Ditisheim, president of the Board of Directors of the Bureau de contrôle des ouvrages en métaux précieux, a distinction destined to reward prominent figures whose activities, works and studies linked to time have promoted watchmaking and its art far beyond national borders.
Since 2007, the Gaïa Prize has been favoured with the support of the Banque Julius Baer & Cie SA.
GAIA PRIZE WINNERS 1993-2009
1993 Jean-Claude Nicolet - Craftsmanship-Creation
Henry Louis Belmont History-research
André Margot Entrepreneurship
1994 François-Paul Journe - Craftsmanship-Creation
François Mercier - History-research
Anton Bally - Entrepreneurship
1995 Michel Parmigiani - Craftsmanship-Creation
Ludwig Oechslin - History-research
Antoine Simonin - Entrepreneurship
1996 Vincent Calabrese - Craftsmanship-Creation
Jean-Luc Mayaud - History-research
Günter Blümlein - Entrepreneurship
1997 Richard Daners - Craftsmanship-Creation
Jean-Claude Sabrier - History-research
Jean-Pierre Musy - Entrepreneurship
1998 Philippe Dufour - Craftsmanship-Creation
Yves Droz et Joseph Flores - History-research
Luigi Macaluso - Entrepreneurship
1999 Derek Pratt - Craftsmanship-Creation
Estelle Fallet - History-research
Gabriel Feuvrier - Entrepreneurship
2000 René Bannwart - Craftsmanship-Creation
Kathleen Pritschard - History-research
Simone Bédat - Entrepreneurship
2001 George Daniels - Craftsmanship-Creation
Catherine Cardinal - History-research
Rolf Schnyder - Entrepreneurship
2003 Anthony G. Randall - Craftsmanship-Creation
2004 André Beyner - Entrepreneurship
2006 John H. Leopold - History-research
Luigi Pippa - Craftsmanship-Creation
2007 Paul Gerber - Craftsmanship-Creation
2008 Nicolas G. Hayek - Entrepreneurship
2009 Robert Greubel et Stephen Forsey - Entrepreneurship
Beat Haldimann Craftsmanship-Creation
