{{Short description|Watchmaking award}}

'''Prix Gaïa''' is an honorary award in watchmaking.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chaux-de-fonds.ch/musees/mih/prix-gaia|title=Ville de La Chaux-de-Fonds|website=www.chaux-de-fonds.ch}}</ref>

Since 1993, the [[Musée international d'horlogerie]] (MIH) in [[La Chaux-de-Fonds]] presents this award for special achievements in watchmaking.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Der Nobelpreis der Uhrenindustrie {{!}} NZZ | url=http://www.nzz.ch/lebensart/stil/der-nobelpreis-der-uhrenindustrie-1.18486871 | access-date=2025-04-06 | website=www.nzz.ch}}</ref> The Prix Gaïa recognizes the achievements in three categories: "Artisanat création" (arts and creations), "Esprit d'entreprise" (entrepreneurship) and "Histoire" (history and research). Nominations are submitted to the management team of the MIH and discussed by the awards committee, that includes 10 to 15 people and is chaired by the MIH curator.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.watchaffinity.co.uk/blog/mih-prix-gaia/ |title=The MIH Prix Gaïa, or Gaïa Prize |publisher=Watch Affinity |access-date=July 11, 2025}}</ref>

== Former winners in the categories == Source:<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.chaux-de-fonds.ch/images/Upload/Loi_musees/MIH/Gaia/PDF/2014/Dossier_presse_2014_F.pdf | title=Prix Gaïa 2014 - Dossier de presse | accessdate=2015-08-24 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923202621/http://www.chaux-de-fonds.ch/images/Upload/Loi_musees/MIH/Gaia/PDF/2014/Dossier_presse_2014_F.pdf | archivedate=2015-09-23}}</ref> * 1993 [[Jean-Claude Nicolet]], Artisanat-creation, [[Henry Louis Belmont]], Histoire-recherches, [[André Margot]], Esprit d'entreprise * 1994 [[François-Paul Journe]], Artisanat-creation, [[François Mercier]], Histoire-recherches, [[Anton Bally]], Esprit d'entreprise * 1995 [[Parmigiani Fleurier|Michel Parmigiani]], Artisanat-creation, [[Ludwig Oechslin]], Histoire-recherches, [[Antoine Simonin]], Esprit d'entreprise * 1996 [[Vincent Calabrese]], Artisanat-creation, [[Jean-Luc Mayaud]], Histoire-recherches, [[Günter Blümlein]], Esprit d'entreprise * 1997 [[Richard Daners]], Artisanat-creation, [[Jean-Claude Sabrier]], Histoire-recherches, [[Jean-Pierre Musy]], Esprit d'entreprise * 1998 [[Philippe Dufour]], Artisanat-creation, [[Yves Droz]] and [[Joseph Flores (historian)|Joseph Flores]], Histoire-recherches, [[Luigi Macaluso]], Esprit d'entreprise * 1999 [[Derek Pratt(watchmaker)|Derek Pratt]], Artisanat-creation, [[Estelle Fallet]], Histoire-recherches, [[Gabriel Feuvrier]], Esprit d'entreprise * 2000 [[René Bannwart]], Artisanat-creation, [[Kathleen Pritschard]], Histoire-recherches, [[Simone Bédat]], Esprit d'entreprise * 2001 [[George Daniels (watchmaker)|George Daniels]], Artisanat-creation, [[Catherine Cardinal]], Histoire-recherches, [[Rolf W. Schnyder|Rolf Schnyder]], Esprit d'entreprise * 2003 [[Antony G. Randall]], Artisanat-creation * 2004 [[André Beyner]], Esprit d'entreprise * 2006 [[Luigi Pippa]], Artisanat-creation, [[John H. Leopold]], Histoire-recherches * 2007 [[Paul Gerber]], Artisanat-creation * 2008 [[Nicolas G. Hayek]], Esprit d'entreprise * 2009 Beat Haldimann, Artisanat-creation, [[Greubel Forsey|Robert Greubel]] and [[Greubel Forsey|Stephen Forsey]], Esprit d'entreprise * 2010 [[Jacques Mueller]] and [[Elmar Mock]], Artisanat-creation, [[Jean-Claude Biver]], Esprit d'entreprise * 2011 [[François Junod]], Artisanat-creation, [[Pierre-Yves Donzé]], Histoire-recherches, [[Philippe Stern]], Esprit d'entreprise * 2012 [[:fr:Éric Coudray|Eric Coudray]], Artisanat-creation, [[Francesco Garufo]], Histoire-recherches, [[Franco Cologni]], Esprit d'entreprise * 2013 [[Andreas Strehler]], Artisanat-creation,<ref>Chronos China 2015/2, Page 166</ref> [[Günther Oestmann]], Histoire-recherches, [[Ernst Thomke]], Esprit d'entreprise * 2014 [[Kari Voutilainen]], Artisanat-creation,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.arcinfo.ch/horlogerie/prix-gaia-2014-un-artisan-de-motiers-parmi-les-laureats-576-1332441|title=ArcInfo - l'actualité neuchâteloise, suisse et internationale|website=ArcInfo - l'actualité neuchâteloise, suisse et internationale}}</ref><ref name=":0"/> [[Pierre Thomann]], Histoire-recherches, [[Henri Dubois]], Esprit d'entreprise * 2015 [[Anita Porchet]], Artisanat-creation, [[Jonathan Betts]], Histoire-recherches, [[Giulio Papi]], Esprit d’entreprise<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=http://www.chaux-de-fonds.ch/musees/mih/prix-gaia |title=Ville de La Chaux-de-Fonds - Prix Gaïa |website=www.chaux-de-fonds.ch |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815135413/http://www.chaux-de-fonds.ch/musees/mih/prix-gaia |archive-date=2012-08-15}}</ref> *2016 Vianney Halter, Artisanat-creation, Giovanni Busca et Pascal Rochat, Esprit d'entreprise, Roger Smith, Histoire-recherche<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Ville de La Chaux-de-Fonds|url=https://www.chaux-de-fonds.ch/musees/mih/prix-gaia/les-laureats|access-date=2021-11-10|website=www.chaux-de-fonds.ch}}</ref> *2017 [[Jean-Marc Wiederrect]], Artisanat-creation, [[Richard Mille]], Esprit d'entreprise, Laurence Marti, Histoire-recherche <ref name=":0" /> *2018 Paul Clementi, Artisanat-creation, [[Maximilian Büsser]], Esprit d'entreprise, Reinhard Meis, Histoire-recherche <ref name=":1" /> *2019 [[Suzanne Rohr]], Artisanat-creation, [[Karl-Friedrich Scheufele]], Esprit d'entreprise, Laurent Tissot, Histoire-recherche <ref name=":1" /> *2020 Antoine Preziuso, Artisanat-creation, Felix Baumgartner et Martin Frei, Esprit d'entreprise, Denis Savois, Histoire-recherche<ref>{{Cite web|last=Watchonista|date=2020-09-04|title=Presenting The 2020 Winners Of The Gaïa Prize|url=https://www.watchonista.com/articles/events/presenting-2020-winners-gaia-prize|access-date=2021-11-10|website=Watchonista|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> *2021 Carole Kasapi, Artisanat-creation, Eric Klein, Esprit d'entreprise, Anthony Turner, Histoire-recherche <ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Watchonista|date=2017-10-17|title=Prix Gaïa 1993 – 2021 on Watchonista|url=https://prix-gaia.watchonista.com/watchonista-homepage-3|access-date=2021-11-10|website=Prix Gaïa|language=en}}</ref> *2022 Laurent Barotte, Craftsmanship-creation, Edouard Meylan, Entrepreneurship, Nico de Rooij, History-research *2023 Georges Brodbeck, Craftsmanship-creation, Miguel Garcia, Entrepreneurship, Hans Boeckh, History-research *2024 Jean-Pierre Hagmann, Craftsmanship-creation, Jasmine Audemars, Entrepreneurship, Caroline Rothauge, History-research<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gaia The Laureates |url=https://www.mih.ch/en/the-laureats/ }}</ref> *2025 Roger W. Smith, Craftsmanship-creation, Jean-Jacques Paolini, Entrepreneurship, Helmut Crott, History-research<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gaia 2025 laureates |url=https://www.mih.ch/en/gaia-prize/ }}</ref> == References == <references />

== External links ==

* {{Cite web | title=Prix Gaïa {{!}} The Watches Network | url=https://prix-gaia.watchonista.com | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403001407/https://prix-gaia.watchonista.com/ | access-date=2025-04-06 | archive-date=2019-04-03}} * {{Cite web | title=Prix Gaïa 2017 {{!}} Time and Watches {{!}} The watch blog | url=https://www.timeandwatches.com/2017/09/prix-gaia-2017.html | access-date=2025-04-06 | website=www.timeandwatches.com}} * {{Cite web | title=Prix Gaïa: and the winners are… – FHH Journal | url=https://journal.hautehorlogerie.org/en/prix-gaia-and-the-winners-are/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405040914/https://journal.hautehorlogerie.org/en/prix-gaia-and-the-winners-are/ | access-date=2025-04-06 | archive-date=2019-04-05}}

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