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The Cartier Prize for Watchmaking Talents of Tomorrow announces the opening of the call for submissions for its 28th edition. Created in 1995 by the Cartier Watchmaking Institute, the Prize honours apprentice watchmakers in their third and fourth years of initial vocational training, as well as students on higher vocational watchmaking courses from Switzerland, France, Belgium and Germany. They must work based on a desk-clock movement, an iconic horological creation in Cartier’s repertoire for over a century.
The chosen theme – “Shifting the Balance: Reading and Perceiving Time Differently” – invites them to move beyond conventional time-telling approaches. Participants are free to explore every aesthetic and creative realm of watchmaking to propose their own personal interpretation incorporating a movement that expresses this concept.
Applicants to the competition may submit their dossier – including a presentation video, project description and sketch – through the dedicated website until to 31 October 2025. In early December, after examining the applications, a jury of five watch-industry experts will select six technicians and six apprentices.
The 12 chosen candidates will have up to 80 hours in total, spread over three months, to develop their project. Throughout this period, they have the benefit of individual mentorship by the expert of their choice, external to Cartier. At the end of this period, they will deliver their final prototype and a development logbook (sketches and photographs included).
October 09, 2025