Goldene Unruh
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The Goldene Unruh ("Golden Balance" in English) is a watch award given annually by the German watch magazine Uhrenmagazin and the German magazine Focus since 1998.
The Goldene Unruh is heavily biased toward German brands: Over 53% of the awards have gone to German watchmakers, with Switzerland representing under 44% and Japan, France, and Italy under 2%. This is much different from the Swiss-focused GPHG, where 69% of awards have gone to Swiss watchmakers, with France next at 13% and Germany claiming just 3.21% of awards. Even the Swiss brands that have won are predominantly in German-speaking areas: IWC is the 3rd-most winning brand but they have never won at the GPHG.
Prizes
Prizes by Manufacturer
The following have won five or more awards as of 2021.
| Rank | Manufacturer | Prizes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nomos Glashütte | 22 |
| 2 | A. Lange & Söhne | 19 |
| 3 | IWC | 13 |
| 4 | Glashütte Original | 12 |
| 5 | Sinn | 7 |
| 5 | Stowa | 7 |
| 7 | Breitling | 5 |
| 7 | DuBois 1785 | 5 |
| 7 | Jaeger-LeCoultre | 5 |
Lowest-Price Range
Under 1,000 DM
Under € 500
- 2002: Mido Ocean Star Sport
- 2003: Marcello C. Nettuno II
- 2004: Junghans Max Bill by Junghans
- 2005: Stowa Antea Automatik
Under € 1000
- 2006: Nomos Glashütte Tangente
- 2007: Certina DS Podium Chrono
- 2008: Archimede Pilot Chrono
- 2009: Nomos Glashütte Tangente
Under € 2,500
- 2010: Sinn 900 Flieger
- 2011: Nomos Glashütte Tangomat
- 2012: Stowa Flieger Chrono
- 2013: Nomos Glashütte Tangomat Datum
- 2014: Nomos Glashütte Orion 38 grau Datum
- 2015: Nomos Glashütte Tangomat
- 2016: Nomos Glashütte Tangomat
- 2017: Nomos Glashütte Tangomat
- 2018: Stowa Marine Blue Limited Edition Durowe 7526-4
- 2019: Stowa Flieger Verus Sport 43
- 2020: Stowa Flieger Weiß
- 2021: Stowa Flieger Bronze Vintage
- 2022: Stowa Verus GMT Chronograph
Mid-Price Range
Under 2,000 DM
- 1999: Sinn Fliegerchronograph 103 TiAr
- 2000: Nomos Glashütte Tangente
- 2001: Nomos Glashütte Tangente Sport
Under € 1000
- 2002: DuBois 1785 Luna
- 2003: DuBois 1785 Kalenderuhr
- 2004: DuBois 1785 Luna II
- 2005: DuBois 1785 Luna II
Under € 5,000
- 2006: Breitling Chronomatic
- 2007: Chronoswiss Chronoscope
- 2008: Seiko Spring Drive SNR 011J1
- 2009: Wempe Chronometerwerke Mondphase
- 2010: Glashütte Original Senator Zeigerdatum
- 2011: Nomos Glashütte Zürich Datum
- 2012: Nomos Glashütte Zürich Weltzeit
- 2013: TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre 1887
- 2014: Mühle-Glashütte Teutonia II Chronograph
- 2015: Nomos Glashütte Metro Datum
- 2016: Nomos Glashütte Metro Datum Gangreserve
- 2017: Nomos Glashütte Metro Datum Gangreserve
- 2018: Nomos Glashütte Metro Neomatik 39 Silvercut
- 2019: Tudor Black Bay GMT
- 2020: Nomos Glashütte Tangente Sport neomatik 42 Date blue black
- 2021: Tudor Black Bay Fifty-Eight Navy Blue
- 2022: Sinn 103 Klassik 12
Higher-Price Range
Under 5,000 DM
Under € 2,500
- 2002: Jörg Schauer Kulisse Edition 9
- 2003: Mido Multifort Centerchronograph
- 2004: Epos Edition Antiquité
- 2005: DuBois 1785 Le Chronographe 1910
Under € 10,000
- 2006: Sinn 6000 Jubiläumsuhr
- 2007: Glashütte Original Panomatic Venue
- 2008: Sinn 6100 Regulateur Rotgold
- 2009: IWC Vintage Portugieser
- 2010: Sinn 6100 Regulateur Rotgold
- 2011: Glashütte Original Senator Sixties Panoramadatum
- 2012: IWC Portofino Hand-Wound Eight Days
- 2013: IWC Spitfire Chronograph
- 2014: Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Calendar
- 2015: Glashütte Original Pano Reserve
- 2016: D. Dornblüth & Sohn Referenz Kaliber 99.5
- 2017: Frédérique Constant Slimline Moonphase Perpetual
- 2018: Glashütte Original Senator Excellence Panoramadatum
- 2019: IWC Portugieser Hand-Wound Eight Days Edition “150 Years”
- 2020: Nomos Glashütte Metro Roségold Neomatik 39
- 2021: Nomos Glashütte Lambda – 175 Years Watchmaking Glashütte
- 2022: Zenith Chronomaster Sport
Expensive Range
Under 10,000 DM
- 1999: Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Duoface
- 2000: Chronoswiss Tora Chronograph
- 2001: Paul Picot Firshire Retrograde
Under € 5,000
- 2002: Omega Speedmaster Broad Arrow
- 2003: Breitling Navitimer
- 2004: Breitling Navitimer
- 2005: Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Hometime
Under € 25,000
- 2006: A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1 Zeitzone
- 2007: IWC Portugieser Ewiger Kalender
- 2008: A. Lange & Söhne Saxonia Automatik
- 2009: Jaeger-LeCoultre Memovox Polaris
- 2010: Breguet SA La Tradition
- 2011: Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Chronograph
- 2012: Sinn Finanzplatzuhr 6000 Platin
- 2013: Glashütte Original PanoMaticLunar
- 2014: A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Auf/Ab
- 2015: Nomos Glashütte Lambda Weißgold Tiefblau
- 2016: IWC Portugieser Jahreskalender
- 2017: Omega Speedmaster Master Chronometer
- 2018: Nomos Glashütte Lambda 42 Weißgold
- 2019: Glashütte Original Senator Cosmopolite
- 2020: Glashütte Original Panomatic Lunar
- 2021: A. Lange & Söhne Saxonia Thin
- 2022: Audemars Piguet Royal Oak
Most-Expensive Range
Over 10,000 DM
- 1999: A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1
- 2000: A. Lange & Söhne Datograph
- 2001: A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1 Tourbillon
Over € 5,000
- 2002: IWC GST Perpetual Calendar
- 2003: A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1 Mondphase
- 2004: IWC Portugieser Ewiger Kalender
- 2005: A. Lange & Söhne Double Split
Over € 25,000
- 2006: Glashütte Original Panomatic Tourbillon
- 2007: A. Lange & Söhne Tourbograph
- 2008: A. Lange & Söhne Lange 31
- 2009: IWC Portofino Vintage
- 2010: H. Moser & Cie. Moser Perpetual 1
- 2011: A. Lange & Söhne Saxonia Jahreskalender
- 2012: IWC Portugieser Grande Complication
- 2013: A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1 Tourbillon Ewiger Kalender
- 2014: A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Rattrapante Ewiger Kalender
- 2015: IWC Portugieser Ewiger Kalender
- 2016: Glashütte Original Senator Cosmopolite
- 2017: Glashütte Original Senator Chronometer
- 2018: A. Lange & Söhne Tourbograph Perpetual "Pour le Mérite"
- 2019: A. Lange & Söhne Triple Split
- 2020: A. Lange & Söhne Zeitwerk Date
- 2021: IWC Portugieser Perpetual Calendar Boutique Edition
- 2022: A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1 Ewiger Kalender
Technical Prizes
Prizes by Manufacturer
| Rank | Manufacturer | Prizes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chopard | 2 |
| 1 | Maurice Lacroix | 2 |
| 1 | Omega | 2 |
| 1 | Patek Philippe | 2 |
| 1 | Zenith | 2 |
| 6 | Carl F. Bucherer | 1 |
| 6 | Cartier | 1 |
| 6 | Ebel | 1 |
| 6 | Girard-Perregaux | 1 |
| 6 | Glashütte Original | 1 |
| 6 | Grand Seiko | 1 |
| 6 | IWC | 1 |
| 6 | Oris | 1 |
| 6 | Piaget | 1 |
| 6 | TAG Heuer | 1 |
| 6 | A. Lange & Söhne | 1 |
| 6 | Bulgari | 1 |
Special Technical Prize
- 2007: Chopard L.U.C 10 CF
- 2007: Ebel Cal. 137
- 2007: Maurice Lacroix ML 106
- 2008: IWC Cal. 89360
- 2008: Maurice Lacroix ML 128
- 2008: Omega Cal. 8500/8501
- 2009: Carl F. Bucherer CFB A1000
- 2009: Girard-Perregaux Constant Force
- 2009: Zenith El Primero 8800 "Zero-G"
- 2010: Patek Philippe CH 29-535 PS
- 2012: Patek Philippe Ref. 5208
- 2012: TAG Heuer Microtimer Flying 1000 Concept Chronograph
Technical Gold Medal
- 2013: Glashütte Original Grande Cosmopolite Tourbillon
- 2014: Cartier Rotonde de Cartier Astrocalendaire
- 2015: Omega Master Co-Axial Technology
- 2016: Piaget Cal. 833P Altiplano Chronograph
- 2017: Chopard L.U.C Full Strike
- 2018: Zenith Defy Lab
- 2019: A. Lange & Söhne Triple Split
- 2020: Bulgari Octo Finissimo Chronograph GMT Automatic
- 2021: Oris Aquis Date Calibre 400
- 2022: Grand Seiko Heritage SLGH005
Women's Watch Prize
A Women's Watch category was added in 2019.