GPHG 2026 Nominees, Guadagnino for Zara Home, and More
The Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) has revealed its nominees for 2026, selecting 84 watches for the ceremony scheduled for November 7 in Geneva. Among the highlighted entries are Konstantin Chaykin's ThinKing Mystery and Christiaan van der Klaauw's Grand Planetarium. Notably, previous winners such as Patek Philippe, Cartier, Vacheron Constantin, Breguet, and Rolex are not included this year. Additionally, at Milan Fashion Week, filmmaker Luca Guadagnino and designer Stefano Baisi introduced their Baisi Guadagnino collection for Zara Home, which comprises 65 furniture pieces and 75 clothing items. Catbird made history as the WNBA's inaugural jewelry partner, launching a limited-edition collection on September 1. Mark Feary has been appointed curator for the 2028 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art. In October, Christie's will auction Wassily Kandinsky's 1907 artwork The Colourful Life, with estimates exceeding $30 million.
Key facts
- GPHG 2026 nominees include 84 timepieces across 14 categories, ceremony on November 7 in Geneva.
- Konstantin Chaykin's ThinKing Mystery is claimed as world's thinnest series-produced mechanical watch at 1.65mm.
- Christiaan van der Klaauw's Grand Planetarium tracks all eight planets in real time.
- Patek Philippe, Cartier, Vacheron Constantin, Breguet, and Rolex are absent from GPHG nominees.
- Luca Guadagnino and Stefano Baisi launched Baisi Guadagnino collection for Zara Home at Milan Fashion Week.
- The Zara Home collection includes 65 furniture/homeware pieces and 75 clothing/accessory items.
- Catbird is named WNBA's first-ever jewelry partner, launching collection on September 1.
- Mark Feary named curator for 2028 Adelaide Biennial, running March 3–June 4, 2028.
- Christie's to offer Kandinsky's The Colourful Life at October evening sale in London, estimate above $30 million.
- The Kandinsky painting was restituted to Lewenstein heirs in 2023 after Nazi-looted art commission ruling.
Entities
Artists
- Konstantin Chaykin
- Christiaan van der Klaauw
- Luca Guadagnino
- Stefano Baisi
- Gio Ponti
- Lina Bo Bardi
- Ettore Sottsass
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Edward Yang
- Nagisa Ōshima
- Teresa Weatherspoon
- Sue Wicks
- Mark Feary
- Ellie Buttrose
- Wassily Kandinsky
- Emanuel Albert Lewenstein
- Hedwig Lewenstein Weyermann
- James Palmer
- Gabriele Münter
- Lorena Mosquera
Institutions
- Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève
- Zara Home
- WNBA
- Catbird
- Art Gallery of South Australia
- Gertrude Contemporary
- Australian Centre for Photography
- Artspace Sydney
- Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
- Centre for Contemporary Photography
- West Space
- Christie's
- Lenbachhaus
- Ulysse Nardin
- Urwerk
- L.Leroy
- Louis Vuitton
- De Bethune
- Patek Philippe
- Cartier
- Vacheron Constantin
- Breguet
- Rolex
- New York Liberty
Locations
- Geneva
- Switzerland
- Milan
- Italy
- Rome
- Brooklyn
- United States
- Adelaide
- Australia
- Melbourne
- Sydney
- Tokyo
- Japan
- London
- United Kingdom
- Munich
- Germany
- Paris
- France