{"id":17971,"date":"2019-11-20T14:29:24","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T10:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/?p=17971"},"modified":"2019-11-20T14:29:24","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T10:29:24","slug":"middle-east-watch-jewellery-of-the-year-awards-celebrates-15th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/middle-east-watch-jewellery-of-the-year-awards-celebrates-15th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Middle East Watch &#038; Jewellery Of The Year Awards&#8221; Celebrates 15th Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Middle East Watch &amp; Jewellery of the Year Awards were held on<br \/>\n17<sup>th<\/sup> November 2019 at MusicHall, Jumeirah Zabeel Saray in Dubai. Now in its 15<sup>th<\/sup> year, the highly anticipated Gala honours the finest in craftsmanship, celebrating watch and jewellery companies \u2013 and their striking creations.<\/p>\n<p>The glitzy red-carpet event was brought to life by organisers MPP-ME and Arabian Watches and Jewellery Magazine with the support of main sponsors Bentley Motors, British luxury automotive manufacturer, and leading global law firm DLA Piper. It was themed around \u201cPower of the past \u2013 Force of the future\u201d and attended by 350 guests from all over the world, amongst which were H.E. Massimo Baggi, Ambassador of Switzerland to the UAE and Kingdom of Bahrain, executive brand representatives, collectors, retailers, industry leaders and socialites.<\/p>\n<p>The Watch &amp; Jewellery of the Year Awards aims to raise awareness of watch and jewellery culture across the Middle East and draw focus to the region\u2019s standing as a prominent global hub for the industry. Brands were recognised for their achievements across 24 different categories.<\/p>\n<p>Winners of the 2019 awards:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watches<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Best Classical Watch \u2013 Bvlgari, Gerald Genta 50th Anniversary<\/li>\n<li>Best Chronograph Watch &#8211; A. Lange &amp; S\u00f6hne, Datograph Perpetual Tourbillon<\/li>\n<li>Best Sports Watch \u2013 Panerai, Submersible Marina Militare Carbotech 47mm &#8211; PAM00979<\/li>\n<li>Best Digital Watch &#8211; Jacob &amp; Co., The Ghost<\/li>\n<li>Best Ladies\u2019 Watch &#8211; Roger Dubuis, Excalibur Blacklight<\/li>\n<li>Best Men\u2019s Watch \u2013 Chopard, L.U.C XPS Twist QF<\/li>\n<li>Best Design Watch &#8211; Arnold &amp; Son, Nebula 38, Royal Collection<\/li>\n<li>Best Multi-Time Zone Watch &#8211; IWC SCHAFFHAUSEN, Pilot&#8217;s Watch Timezoner Spitfire Edition The Longest Flight<\/li>\n<li>Best Technical Innovation Watch &#8211; Jaeger-LeCoultre, Master Grande Tradition Gyro Tourbillion Westminster Perpetual<\/li>\n<li>Best High-End Jeweled Watch &#8211; Franck Muller, Invisible, Rondes<\/li>\n<li>Best Tourbillon Watch &#8211; Girard-Perregaux, Quasar, Bridges<\/li>\n<li>Best Independent Watch Brand \u2013 Jacob &amp; Co.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lifetime Achievement Award<\/strong> \u2013 Mr. Pascal Raffy, Owner and CEO of BOVET 1822, for his visionary contribution to fine Swiss watchmaking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Jewellery<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Best Everyday Jewellery \u2013 Boucheron, Serpent Boh\u00e8me<\/li>\n<li>Best Fashionable Jewellery \u2013 Gucci, Dionysus large cuff bracelet<\/li>\n<li>Best Eastern Design Jewellery Piece \u2013 Chopard, High Jewellery Cuff, The Red Carpet Collection<\/li>\n<li>Best Pearl Jewellery Piece \u2013 Chanel, Broderie Byzantine Necklace, &#8220;Le Paris Russe De Chanel&#8221; Collection<\/li>\n<li>Best Theme Jewellery \u2013 Chaumet, Passages, Les Ciels De Chaumet<\/li>\n<li>Best Colorful Jewellery Set \u2013 Chanel, Bl\u00e8 Maria Transformable Necklace &amp; Ring, Le Paris Russe De Chanel<\/li>\n<li>Best High-End Jewellery Collection \u2013 Bvlgari, Cinemagia<\/li>\n<li>Best Red Carpet Jewellery Set &#8211; Tiffany &amp; Co., Mixed Cut Necklace &amp; Bracelet, Blue Book<\/li>\n<li>Best Diamond-Studded Necklace \u2013 Mouawad, Dragon Yellow and White Diamond Suite<\/li>\n<li>Best Independent Designer &#8211; Adler Joailliers SA, Electric Titanium<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Pens<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Best Arts &amp; Craftsmanship &#8211; Montegrappa, Queen : A Night at the Opera<\/li>\n<li>Best Historical Icon &#8211; Montegrappa Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre pen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Nominated brands were judged by a distinguished panel of experts including collectors HE Sheikh Mohamed Bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, Ahmed Al Yousuf, Yousef Al Nowais and Sotheby\u2019s Specialist Sophie Stevens amongst others, and results were independently audited by DLA Piper.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s event not only marks the 15<sup>th<\/sup> edition of \u201cMiddle East Watch &amp; Jewellery of the Year Awards\u201d, but also 16 years since the foundation of MPP-ME\u2019s Arabian Watches &amp; Jewellery magazine. MPP-ME is a rapidly expanding, multi-faceted media company that offers creative media solutions to the luxury watch and jewellery industry in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-17973\" src=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Khalid-Al-Saif-Abdulla-Al-Shaer-Nader-Freiha-Jean-Sebastien-Berland-270x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Khalid-Al-Saif-Abdulla-Al-Shaer-Nader-Freiha-Jean-Sebastien-Berland-270x300.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Khalid-Al-Saif-Abdulla-Al-Shaer-Nader-Freiha-Jean-Sebastien-Berland-768x853.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Khalid-Al-Saif-Abdulla-Al-Shaer-Nader-Freiha-Jean-Sebastien-Berland-922x1024.jpg 922w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-17972\" src=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Middle-East-Watch-Jewellery-of-the-Year-Awards-2019-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Middle-East-Watch-Jewellery-of-the-Year-Awards-2019-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Middle-East-Watch-Jewellery-of-the-Year-Awards-2019-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Middle-East-Watch-Jewellery-of-the-Year-Awards-2019-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Middle East Watch &amp; Jewellery of the Year Awards were held on 17th November 2019 at MusicHall, Jumeirah Zabeel Saray in Dubai. Now in its 15th year, the highly anticipated Gala honours the finest in craftsmanship, celebrating watch and jewellery companies \u2013 and their striking creations. The glitzy red-carpet event was brought to life [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17972,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17971"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17974,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17971\/revisions\/17974"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}