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The 11 participants in this year’s Cartier Prize for Watchmaking Talents of Tomorrow.
The brand has always been committed to supporting and mentoring young people through its training programmes and initiatives designed to nurture the next generation of talent. Each year, the Cartier Prize for Watchmaking Talents of Tomorrow invites young watchmakers to transform a movement around a defined theme, rewarding both technical and creative ingenuity.
On 24 June 2026, the awards ceremony celebrated the excellence and creativity of young watchmaking apprentices and technicians from France, Switzerland and Belgium. For the first time, the event was held at the Maison des Métiers d’Art in La Chaux-de-Fonds : a venue dedicated to the artisanal craftsmanship involved in watchmaking. Founded in 2014, this place was born of Cartier’s desire to share, preserve and develop a range of rare artistic crafts that are in danger of extinction. The Maison des Métiers d’Art brings together watchmaking and jewellery through rare artistic crafts such as enamelling and marquetry. A true ecosystem of expertise, talent and craftsmanship, it fosters dialogue between heritage and cutting-edge technology.
For the 28th edition of the Prize, entrants were asked to create a piece based on the motion of a pendulum, on the theme “Shifting the balance: Reading and understanding time differently”, or how to move beyond our traditional approach to understanding time. This creative vision lies at the heart of Cartier’s watchmaking world, as evidenced by the mystery clocks, the Révélation d’une Panthère watch, the Santos Dumont Rewind and the Tank à Guichets.
The event was hosted by presenter and watchmaking expert Eléonor Piciotto. The 2026 jury comprised Roy Davidoff (specialist in vintage watches and co-founder of Roy & Sacha Davidoff), Pascale Lepeu (Director of the Cartier Collection), Nathalie Marielloni (Curator at the Musée international d’horlogerie), Pascal Ravessoud (Vice-President of the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie, watchmaking specialist and collector) and Kari Voutilainen (independent watchmaker).
Following the deliberations, six winners were selected: three watchmaking apprentices and three technicians. Each winner will enjoy an exclusive immersion within the Maison and will receive a Cartier watch. The first-prize winner in each category will also be offered an internship opportunity with the brand.
List of winners
Apprentice watchmakers
1. Silence Choisi, Aymeric Peters, Institut IATA, Namur
2. Nymphea, Layla Sluysmans, Institut IATA, Namur
2. (tied) La Dualité Des Opposés, Edouard Nicod, Lycée Edgar Faure, Morteau
Technicians
1. Un Instant, Arthur Choquet, Lycée Jean Jaurès, Rennes
2. Médusée, Adam Deroche, Lycée Diderot, Paris
3. Echo, Adrien Stefenelli, Lycée Jean Jaurès, Rennes
July 09, 2026