HEAD – Genève presents Behind the Clock, Behind the Scenes, an exhibition that brings together student projects from the Chair of Watch Design and the Master in Fashion and Accessory Design around a reflection on design practices and time.

Across four chapters — Work, Work, Work, Material Time, Living Archive, and Storytelling — the exhibition highlights different dimensions of the design process: conceptualization, material experimentation, archival practices, and the construction of narratives.

Students – Chair of Watch Design:
Simon Cheng-En Liu
Mikaël Correia
Iris Grondein
Romain Labat
Léa Maniscalco

Students and Alumni – Master in Fashion and Accessory Design:
Agapornis
Omar Amorim-Esenli
Robyn Baumgartner
Brigitte Da Conceiçao
Eléonore Cochener
Chloë Fournier
Fiona Giazzi
Hippolyte Laporte
Clémentine Lejeune
Tanguy Mélinand
Marvin M’toumo
Bérénice Noël
Noa Toledano
Flurina Vieli

The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève
The main purpose of the Foundation of the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) is to highlight and reward each year the most remarkable contemporary creations and to promote the art of watchmaking worldwide.

The GPHG plays this unifying promotional role by staging an annual competition involving several hundred watches marketed during the year and presenting the highest awards in the field. In doing so, it helps enhance the traditions, skills, and values of Swiss – and indeed universal – watchmaking culture. The GPHG awards ceremony, held each November, brings together leading representatives of the international watchmaking profession, united in honoring the finest creations and the people who breathe vitality and creativity into the watchmaking world every day. Some twenty prizes, including the Aiguille d’Or Grand Prix, are awarded on this occasion. In 2026, the ceremony takes place on Saturday, November 7, at the Bâtiment des Forces Motrices.

Find all the information about the event here.