Franck Muller Takes Two GPHG 2026 Nominations, in Jewellery and Gemset

Franck Muller has two timepieces among the nominees for the 2026 Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève. The Vanguard Curvex Cut Flower® is entered in the Jewellery category, and the Triple Mystery Skeleton in Gemset, putting two very different readings of gem-setting into the same prize year.

The Vanguard Curvex Cut Flower® is built around a fully skeletonised movement, its mechanical architecture left visible beneath a series of gem-set floral motifs. Each flower carries a central diamond surrounded by individually set pink sapphire petals, and every stone is shaped with Franck Muller's exclusive Curvex Cut®, a brilliant cut that gives the stones an unusually wide face for their carat weight.

The composition is completed by a pink alligator strap chosen to echo the sapphire petals, while the bridges inside the movement form the stems of the flowers, connecting the gem-set motifs to the mechanics. Seen close up, the hand-set diamonds total 6.09 carats, framed by an 18-carat rose gold case.

The Triple Mystery Skeleton takes a different route. Building on Franck Muller's Double Mystery concept, in which hands are replaced by rotating discs, the new piece adds a third disc for the seconds. That disc is engineered in aluminium for rigidity and lightness, reducing the energy needed to turn it.

The watch is housed in an 18-carat rose gold case set with 3.37 carats of diamonds, and it competes in the Gemset category.

Both pieces now begin the nominee tour. After Mumbai and Bangkok, the nominated watches are shown in Geneva from 29 October to 15 November at the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, and in London from 18 to 23 November. The awards ceremony takes place in Geneva on 7 November 2026.

The nominations also sit neatly beside the argument running through this year's GPHG coverage: with Jewellery and Gemset separated by caratage, a maison can now be recognised twice for gem-setting in the same edition, in two different rooms.

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