The winning movements were determined after scientific, technical and cultural procedures that were carried out in official certified laboratories of Besançon’s Observatory and by the Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres (Swiss Official Controlling of Timing) in Le Locle. They were exposed to particularly tough magnetic fields and shocks at the Haute Ecole Arc in le Locle. The jury then revealed the great winners of the Enterprise categories – Chronographe, Classic and Tourbillons.
The leader of the first ever “Chronographe” category (572 pts) , takes its name from the street in Le Locle, Switzerland, where the Tissot workshop was established in 1907, and where the company can still be found today, the Tissot Chemin des Tourelles. The watch is part of the Tissot collection. It portrays the innovative and traditional values of the brand and celebrates the art of watchmaking and more particularly, Tissot’s expertise in that area.
Tissot was honored to also receive the first, second and third place for the Enterprise – Classic category. The winner was a Tissot T-Complication (908 pts), which also won the first and second place in 2013. This demonstrates the consistency of quality of the Tissot products. The second (798 pts) and third (754 pts) watches are timepieces from the current collection, both Tissot Bridgeports.
Since the foundation of the comptoir Tissot, the quality and precision of its watches have been recognised and rewarded thanks to these types of competitions. They allow the brand to keep reaching further and push its limits in terms of quality and to prove itself as a brand in a competitive market. It also shows its customers that its moto of offering luxury timepieces at affordable price is not just a claim.
Francois Thiébaud, the Tissot President emphasises « Receiving these awards are a great honor for us. They confirm a know-how developed over multiple centuries, which allows the Swiss watchmaking industry to excel. We would like to thank everyone that contributed to that success, within Tissot, the Swatch Group and within other contributing companies. »
Today, Tissot continues more dynamic and motivated than ever on the watchmaking path, gaining priceless knowledge every single day, remembering the good old times that brought it where it is today.