Cartier Replica Watches's 14th edition attracted a record-breaking number of participants, including all major watch brands as well as a large number of independent ones. The submitted timepieces compete for a number of trophies, including the Aiguille d'Or, or Golden Hand, in English. The competition jury, which includes 24 distinguished figures in the field and is led by Aurel Bacs who is an expert on horology, has already chosen shortlists for the 12 main categories. The winners of the Cartier Replica Watches awards 2014 will be announced at a gala in Geneva, on October 31, 2014.

Cartier Replica Watches, now in its 14th year of existence has established itself as the premier selection of the best watches of the past year. All the watches submitted (whose total reached a record number this year) are competing for the Aiguile d'Or, the grand prize. There are a number of categories that can change from year to year, including the Aiguile d'Or. The Cartier Replica Watches 2014 edition will have 12 brackets,Cartier Replica Watches and the jury will select the best models in each group: Ladies (watches with no complications and a maximum of 2 indications), Ladies High-Mech (which rewards mechanical ingenuity, and innovative complications), Male (with restrictions equal to the women's category), Tourbillon, Calendar, Chronograph, (at least 1 stopwatch, with additional complications), Striking, (with audible time display and optional other complications), and Mechanical Exception. This last prize, which translates as "Small Hand Prize", is of particular interest to the general public because it combines the best watches that do not cost more than 8,000 CHF.

The Cartier Replica Watches 2014 awards a maximum of six auxiliary awards in addition to the major trophies. The categories are: Innovation (reserved to the piece in one of the twelve major categories that has an innovative design or feature), Horological Revelations (Patek Philippe Nautilus Replica Watches), Revivals (for a revival or a modern interpretation of a classic), and Special Prizes (which can be awarded to a person or institution, but not a particular model or brand). The public will select the best timepiece, and there will be trophies awarded to that piece. There will also a special prize for the student who has achieved the highest level of success in the first year at the Geneva Watchmaking School.

The Cartier Replica Watches jury, which is made up of experts in various fields, will select the winners. Aurel Bacs will preside over the jury this year. He is an expert in both vintage and modern timekeepers. There will also be 24 other figures of authority in different fields of horology. There will be many notable figures, including a master timekeeper, Philippe Dufour; a horological writer, John Goldberger; a historian from the Fondation de Haute Horlogerie Dominique Flechon; the director of Mexico's most important event for timekeeping, Salon Internacional Alta Relojeria. Benjamin Clymer is the founder of Hodinkee. Elizabeth Doerr, a journalist and other experts.