The Significance of Breguet’s First Aiguille d’Or Win in Over a Decade

The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG), often dubbed the Oscars of the watch industry, is the year’s definitive barometer for excellence in fine watchmaking. While a GPHG category prize is an immense honor, the top award, the Aiguille d’Or (the Golden Hand), is the ultimate validation of a brand’s creative and technical mastery. This year, all eyes turned to an illustrious Maison: Breguet, whose winning piece, the Classique Souscription, not only secured the highest accolade but instantly ignited a thought across the collecting community: could this signal Breguet’s true comeback?For a brand synonymous with horological royalty – credited with inventing the tourbillon, the Breguet overcoil and the parachute shock absorber – winning the GPHG’s most coveted prize should come as no surprise. Yet, this 2025 victory carries immense significance. While Breguet now boasts six GPHG wins in its history, the Aiguille d’Or has been elusive for over a decade – last secured in 2014 for the Bre