Blancpain’s Grande Double Sonnerie Awarded the Mechanical Exception Prize

Blancpain’s Grande Double Sonnerie has received the Mechanical Exception Prize at the 2026 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève, the watchmaking industry’s leading annual awards, celebrating excellence and innovation in horology.

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The world’s first Grande Double Sonnerie wristwatch

Blending musicality, innovation and state-of-the-art craftsmanship, this milestone in the world of Haute Horlogerie unites a double-melody grande sonnerie, petite sonnerie, and minute repeater with integrated retrograde perpetual calendar and flying tourbillon.

8 years of research and development
1,200 technical drawings
13 incorporated patents
1,053 components

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The Sounding of Time

Two melodies selectable via a pusher on the case: the classic four-note Westminster chime and an original composition by musician Eric Singer.

Play the Melody