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  • Harry Winston Opus 12 has won the coveted Watch World watch of the year 2012, while Titan's MD Bhaskar Bhat has been awarded for special contribution to the watch industry

    Harry Winston Opus 12 awarded at Watch World Awards 2012

    By A Correspondent

     

    Watch World, from the Chitralekha Group, hosted the third edition of Watch World Awards recently.

     

    The marquee event was moderated by Chitralekha’s President and Publisher, Mitrajit Bhattacharya, while the jury which comprised of Master watchmaker with five decades of experience in watchmaking – Antoine Simonin; Leading image consultant Chhaya Momaya; Noted designer Priyadarshini Rao; Cricket Commentator Ravi Shastri along with established marketing consultants from Market Gate – Shripad Nadkarni and Sharda Agarwal; awarded leading watches across eleven categories in the Product Awards section and five categories in the Marketing & Merchandising Awards category.

     

    The event which saw attendance by eclectic timekeeping brands like Cartier, Harry Winston, Zenith, Hublot, Bulgari, TAG Heuer, Dior, Greubel & Forsey, Breitling, Corum, Parmigiani, Romain Jerome, Seiko, Citizen, Titan, Timex, HYT, Rotary, and many others; saw stiff competition amongst the brands with Harry Winston coming out the winners and bagging the ‘Watch of the Year’ commendation.

     

    Commenting on the occasion, Mitrajit Bhattacharya said, “The success of this third edition of Watch World Awards reiterates the success of the franchise and creates a pertinent connect within the horology industry. By bringing together marquee brands, our endeavour is to create a common platform to laud the technical innovativeness and bespoke workmanship that these finesse masters create. This opportunity is also a time to celebrate the greatest leveller of life – Time and honour its significance in our lives.”

     

    The winners in the Product category were GREUBEL FORSEY GMT which won the award for the ‘Complicated Watch of the Year’. While the HUBLOT Oceanographic 4000 won the ‘Sports Watch of the Year’ award, ROMAIN JEROME Steampunk RED Chronograph was adjudged the ‘Watch with Best Design’, HARRY WINSTON Opus 12 and HYT H1 both won the ‘Best Concept Watch of the Year’ award and CARTIER Pocket Watch Grande Complication Skeleton which was adjudged the ‘Best Limited Edition Watch of the Year’.

     

    Gurinder Sahni, CEO Jot Impex said, “Watch World Awards is a very special platform as far as the Indian market is concerned. We thank the Watch World team’s initiative year on year, and on behalf of our team back in Geneva at Romain Jerome, we are proud to win the prestigious Design category this year”.

     

    The jury also presented the ‘Jewellery Watch of the Year’ award to BULGARI Serpenti and the ‘Fashion Watch of the Year’ award to HARRY WINSTON Ladies Midnight Moon Phase. While ‘The Watch with Most Innovative Material’ was awarded to HUBLOT Big Bang Ferrari Magic Gold, the ‘Watch with Highest Utility’ award was presented to SEIKO Astron GPS, the ‘Watch with Artistic Excellence’ award to CARTIER Promenade d’une Panthere and TAG HEUER Formula 1 Lady Steel & Ceramic Diamond Dial bagging the ‘Value for Money Watch of the Year’ award.

     

    Jury member Antoine Simonin, commented “I am honoured to be a part of the jury this year as well. There has been a greater increase in the brands and quality of nominations this year which augurs well for the horology eco-sphere. Seeing the response of global brands in this third year, I am happy to watch the Watch World Awards making a mark for itself in a very short span. I wish that these awards go strength to strength and create an unforgettable franchise for itself.”

     

    While the Product category saw stiff competition; the Marketing category saw TIMEX Helix bagging the ‘Best Marketing Campaign in Print’ award with TITAN HTSE picking up the award for ‘Best Marketing Campaign on Television’. While ‘Best In-Store Merchandise’ was won by HUBLOT, BREITLING Rue de la Paix, Paris picked the ‘Best Boutique’ award and PARMIGIANI Château-d’Oex International Balloon Festival 2012 was adjudicated as the ‘Best Organised Event’.

     

    Bhaskar Bhat, MD of Titan Industries ,was honoured with a special award for his contribution to the watch industry.

     

    Commenting on the event, Ashok Goel of Beanstalk Brand Consulting said, “Watch World Awards is a well thought out independent project from the Chitralekha Group. Apart from honouring the best work of the year, it helps expanding the luxury watch market in India by reaching out to newer potential customers. Almost all the brands we represent in India like Hublot, Parmigiani Fleurier, HYT, Breitling etc are proud winners in this year’s edition of the awards”.

     

  • The Watch World Awards 2012 hosted by the Chitralekha Group is all set to return on October 12

    Chitralekha presents 3rd edition of Watch World Awards

    By A Correspondent

     

    The Watch World Awards, 2012 hosted by the Chitralekha Group is all set to return on the 12th of October 2012 in Gurgaon. The third edition of the award will also seek attendance from eclectic brands such as Cartier, Harry Winston, Zenith, Hublot, Bulgari, TAG Heuer, Dior, Greubel & Forsey, Breitling, Corum, Parmigiani, Romain Jerome, Seiko, Citizen, Titan, Timex, HYT, Rotary, and many others.

     

    The event which will see well-known watch brands vying for the coveted commendation of ‘Watch of the Year’ will see intense competition across eleven categories in the Product Awards section and five categories in the Marketing & Merchandising Awards category. The jury list of the evening includes Master watchmaker with five decades of experience in watchmaking – Antoine Simonin; Leading image consultant Chhaya Momaya; Noted designer Priyadarshini Rao; Cricket Commentator Ravi Shastri along with established marketing consultants from Market Gate – Shripad Nadkarni and Sharda Agarwal.

     

    Mitrajit Bhattacharya, Publisher and President, Chitralekha Group said, “The third edition of the Watch World Awards is a testament of the success of the property wherein the increasing participation of international watch brands is an indication of the trust reposed by the international horology eco-system into the property. This success of the Watch World Awards has been only possible due of the whole hearted involvement of iconic watch brands along with a de-jure participation of an eclectic jury list comprising of the best from the world of horology, fashion, sports & design.”

     

    This edition of Awards will see the same format and award categories being followed as the past two years, “though it will be high on style quotient,” added Mr Bhattacharya.

     

  • Chitralekha Group celebrates the best of horology at the second edition of Watch World Awards 2011

    Chitralekha honours best of times

    By A Correspondent

    One of the most respected publications in the field of horology, Watch World, from the Chitralekha Group hosted the second edition of Watch World Awards on September 24, 2011. The jury comprised of several eminent and accomplished members from the watch making fraternities. Other jury members included connoisseurs of watches. The day was moderated by Mr Mitrajit Bhattacharya, President and Publisher, Chitralekha Group.

    When asked how this edition of the prestigious award ceremony is any different, Mr Bhattacharya said “We have not done anything differently this year and haven’t changed the format in any way – It is only a natural progression. It’s only that more brands have participated this year and we have more nominations.  Also, the overall presence of international brands has increased.”

    When asked what kind of a market Indian watches have, Mr Bhattacharya said, “I think the frequency of buying expensive watches in a certain target segment is really increasing. I will still like to add, that if you see the size of the market, it is perhaps not as big as what China (since we like to make China a benchmark). But perhaps, in the next five to seven years our market size will grow, perhaps even comparable to china.”

    The jury members for the awards included Mr Antoine Simonin, an extremely accomplished Swiss master watchmaker and author based in Neuchatel with over 50 years of watchmaking experience; Ms Chhaya Momaya, a leading image consultant; reputed journalist and a keen observer of the luxury space Mr Ayaz Memon and distinguished jewellery designer Ms Varuna D Jani, awarded leading watches across categories like ‘Watch of the Year’, ‘Complicated Watch of the Year’, ‘Sports Watch of the Year’, ‘Watch with Best Design’, ‘Concept Watch of the Year’ and more.

    Jury member, Antoine Simonin, on his second visit to India to judge the awards, commented, “I am honoured to be a part of the jury once again. There has been an exponential increase in the brands and quality of nominations this year. Seeing the response of global brands in the second year, Watch World Award has made a mark for itself in a very short span.”

    At the gala event were spotted industry heavyweights, corporates and bureaucrats like Stephen Forsey, the co-founder of Greubel Forsey watches; Romain Dezaux, Regional Brand Manager of Baume & Mercier,  Mukhtar Mohammed, Regional Market Director of Carl F Bucherer,  Ravinder Zutshi, Deputy MD, Samsung India, Anil Rajput, Senior VP, Corporate Affairs, ITC Limited, Amitabh Kant, CEO & MD – DMIC along with socialites of the city like Sanjeev Dalmia, Maharani Uma Gajapathi Raju, Ramola Bachchan, Sharik Currimbhoy, Raja Aditya Katoch, and other dignitaries.

     

    Awards

     

    The winners in the product categories were Zenith Christophe Colomb which won the award for ‘Watch of the Year’ and the ‘Complicated Watch of the Year’, making it the most successful watch of the evening. While the Tag Heuer Heuer Carrera Mikrograph 1/100th Second Chronograph won the ‘Sports Watch of the Year’ award, Corum Golden Bridge Automatic was adjudged the ‘Watch with Best Design’, Citizen Satellite Wave won the ‘Concept Watch of the Year’ award and Greubel Forsey Invention Piece 2 which was adjudged the ‘Limited Edition Watch of the Year’.

     

    Also presented were the ‘Jewellery Watch of the Year’ award which went to Harry Winston Rendez-Vous and the ‘Fashion Watch of the Year’ award which was won by Harry Winston Rosebud. While ‘The Watch with Most Innovative Material’ was awarded to Hublot “Cathedral” Minute Repeater Tourbillon & Column Wheel Chronograph, the ‘Watch with Highest Utility’ award was presented to Seiko Premier Kinetic Perpetual with Seiko Seiko 5 – 130th Year Collection bagging the ‘Value for Money Watch of the Year’ award.

     

    On the other hand, across the Marketing categories the ‘Best Campaign in Print’ award was picked up by Romain Jerome Moon Dust DNA whilst Titan Purple picked the award for ‘Best Campaign on Television’. While ‘The Best Out of Home Campaign’ did not have a clear winner, the Tag Heuer Connaught Place Boutique picked the ‘Best Boutique’ award and Breitling Air Show – Buochs 2010 and Parmigiani Montreux Jazz Festival 2010 were jointly adjudged the ‘Best Organised Event’.

     

    Watch World hosted MxMIndia.com at the venue of the awards do

  • Watch this space, the Chitralekha Group is going great guns with its global Watch World awards

    Chitralekha group announces watch awards

    By Akash Raha

     

    The Chitralekha group’s Watch World magazine is all set to unveil the second chapter of Watch World Awards 2011 on September 24, 2011.

     

    Commenting on the occasion, Mitrajit Bhattacharya, President and Publisher, Chitralekha  said, “With participation of international brands with their latest global launches, Watch World Award is an international award coming from India’s premier watch magazine. An event made possible, thanks to whole hearted participation by leading and iconic brands and a jury comprising the best from the world of horology, fashion, sports, aesthetics and design.”

     

    According to Chitralekha group, this year’s awards received 40 per cent more entries, 30 per cent increase in nominations and 9 new participating brands. Marquee brands like Harry Winston, Zenith, Baume & Mercier, Carl F. Bucherer, Ulysse Nardin, TAG Heuer, Greubel & Forsey, Breitling, Hublot, Girard-Perregaux, Corum, Montblanc, Parmigiani, Romain Jerome, Seiko, Citizen, Swarovski, GC, Titan, Chronotech etc participated in the awards.

     

    The coveted awards cover eleven product categories and six marketing categories and one mega award named as ‘Watch of the Year’. The product categories are Complicated Watch of the Year, Jewellery Watch of the Year, Sports Watch of the Year, Fashion Watch of the Year, Watch with Best Design, Watch with Most Innovative Design, Watch with Highest Utility, Watch with Artistic Excellence, Value for Money Watch of the Year, Limited Edition Watch of the Year and Concept Watch of the Year. The six Marketing Categories are Best Campaign in Print, Best Campaign on Television, Best Out of Home Campaign, Best In-store Merchandise, Best Boutique and Best Organised Event.

     

    The composition of the product jury members was; Mr. Antoine Simonin, an extremely accomplished Swiss master watchmaker and author, based in Neuchatel with over 50 years of watch making experience; Ms. Chhaya Momaya, leading image consultant of India; Mr. Ayaz Memon, reputed journalist and a keen observer of the luxury space and Ms Varuna D Jani, distinguished jewellery designer. Ms. Sharda Agarwal and Mr. Shripad Nadkarni, founders of Market Gate Consulting and seasoned marketing professionals made up the Marketing Jury. Both the jury panels were moderated by Chitralekha’s Mitrajit Bhattacharya.

     

    Says jury member Mr Antoine Simonin who is on his second visit to India to judge the awards: “I am honoured to be a part of the jury once again. There has been an exponential increase in the brands and quality of nominations this year. Seeing the response of global brands in the second year, Watch World Award has made a mark for itself in a very short span.”

     

    The Award night will be a weekend event (September 24-25), where VIP guests will stay overnight at Jaypee Greens Golf & Spa Resort. The night promises to be an evening to remember with a priceless exhibition of exquisite watches. Next morning guests will enjoy a game of golf at the sprawling 18-hole golf course, one of the best in India.

     

    The Watch World team is committed to making this annual event the most respected word for the watch industry. The event is supported by its partners, AU Finja, Luxure by Louis Philippe, GIA, Chhattisgarh Handicrafts, Bloomberg UTV (BUTV), Mint and Big FM besides outdoor and online partners.