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He was recognized for the major role he played in the development of great complications as project manager and designer for Patek Philippe.

He was awarded for his unique pieces such as astrolabe or astral pocket watches; most of his complicated watches were designed when he worked at Gübelin.

The self-taught man was honored for his undeniable talent that encouraged him to develop his watchmaking skills which is how he came to create complicated watches and clocks and design several original models.

He was awarded for his entrepreneurial skills that benefited three companies which, thanks to his help and choices, have successfully managed to reach the higher ranks of the watchmaking industry.

He was awarded for his studies on the history of watchmaking and micromechanics in Franche-Comté.

He was awarded for his peculiar career path as a historian, watchmaker and scientist, particularly for the first study led about the astronomical Farnese Clock, kept at the Vatican museum.

He was awarded for the restoration of prestigious historical pieces and for his skills as designer and assembler of pieces with highly complicated pieces for his own company.

He was honored for his commitment to the creation of watchmaking training centers in Pretoria (South Africa) and in Neuchâtel where the WOSTEP (Watchmakers of Switzerland Training and Educational Program) filled a significant void by offering watchmakers from all around the world a chance to develop their watchmaking skills.

He was awarded for seventeen years of service as curator of the Watch Museum of Château des Monts (Le Locle) where his hard work resulted in a significant increase of not only the museum's collections but also the number of visitors, and subsequently, the museum's popularity.

His work as a “mechanical artisan” was awarded as his mechanical watches were remarkable in their technical and phenomenal complications, and because he himself saw to the development of the majority of his movements' pieces.