The Middle East Watch of the Year Award

Coinciding with its 10th anniversary

From the gala dinner held on the occasion of the Middle East Watch of the Year Award 2006.

Alam Assaat Wal Moujawharat Magazine, coinciding with its 10th anniversary, announced the winners of the Middle East Watch of the Year Award 2006 in a grand gala night held in Mina Al Salam Hotel in Dubai on the 13th of February. The event was attended by a VIP crowd, watch professionals and was marked by the number of guests who flew in from Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Switzerland to be present.
Fifty-five international leading watch brands competed under 13 categories.

Mr. Maximilian Busser presenting the award to Mrs. Elsa Perou from Jaeger-LeCoultre for Best Men's Complication Watch– Middle East Watch of the Year Award 2006.

Bovet, A Lange & Sohne, Cartier, Chaumet, Chopard, Chanel, Baume & Mercier, Audemars Piguet, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Richard Mille, Greuble Forsey, Girard-Perregaux, Guy Ellia, Officine Panerai, Franck Muller, Corum, Harry Winston, Audemars Piguet, Ulysse Nardin, Patek Philippe, Piaget, Perrelet, Zenith, Van Cleef & Arpels, Vacheron Constantin, Alain Philippe, IWC Schaffhausen, Parmigiani, Greuble Forsey, Hautelence, Villemont, DeWitt, Richard Mille ….are some of the participating brands.

The Consul General of Switzerland in Dubai, H.E. Hans Hauser chaired the jury panel which included Maximilian Busser, Giulio Papi, Mohammed Seddiqi, Yussuf Al Nouwais - Group Vice Chairman Emirates Holding, Ingie Chalhoub- President and Managing Director Etoile Group, Fardan Al Fardan, Tawhid Abdallah- Managing Director Damas Jewelry, Jamil Matar- Managing Director Al Fardan Jewelry-KSA, Abul Qassim Shirazi- Managing Director Bahrain Jewelry Center, Abdallah Al Sayegh- Vice President Al Sayegh Jewelry, Roger Mrad- Managing Director Wadih Mrad. Est. Lebanon.

Winners of the Middle East Watch of the Year Award 2006
Organized by Alam Assaat Wal Moujawharat Magazine

BEST LIMITED EDITION:
A. LANGE & SOHNE TOURBOGRAPH “POUR LE MERITE”

BEST TECHNICAL INNOVATION:
DEWITT ACADEMIA TOURBILLON FORCE CONSTANTE

BEST MEN'S COMPLICATION:
JAEGER-LECOULTRE REVERSO GRANDE COMPLICATION A TRIPTYQUE

BEST MEN'S CHRONOGRAPH:
JAEGER-LECOULTRE AMVOX II
PATEK PHILIPPE ANNUAL CALENDAR CHRONOGRAPH

BEST MEN'S CLASSIC WATCH:
VACHERON CONSTANTIN PATRIMONY CONTEMPORAINE

BEST MEN'S JEWELLERY WATCH:
PIAGET EMPERADOR TOURBILLON HAUTE JOAILLERIE

BEST LADIES' COMPLICATION:
HARRY WINSTON OCEAN LADY BIRETRO

BEST LADIES' FASHION WATCH:
CHOPARD HAPPY DIAMONDS WITH SUN DIAL

BEST LADIES' CHRONOGRAPH:
AUDEMARS PIGUET ROYAL OAK OFFSHORE

BEST LADIES' HIGH JEWELRY WATCH:
HARRY WINSTON MARQUESA DIAMONDS DROP

SPECIAL CROWN OR LOCK SYSTEM:
ZENITH DEFY XTREME TOURBILLON
VAN CLEEF & ARPELS SECRET WATCH MIROIR DES EAUX

BEST STRAP OR BRACELET DESIGN:
DEWITT ALMA HAUTE JOAILLERIE

BEST DIAL DESIGN:
CARTIER SANTOS 100 FALCON

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