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    The Show Must Go On(line): WatchTime Launches its First All-Digital Event

    We knew this year would be different. We just didn’t know how different. A renamed and re-scheduled SIHH; a smaller and struggling Baselworld; LVMH, Seiko Group, and Movado Group branching off with their own events — we who follow and cover the watch industry were prepared for a crazy, unpredictable 2020, but little did we...

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    Oct 6, 2020 by WatchTime

    The Shortlisted Watches in This Year’s Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève

    The 2020 edition of the Grand Prix d'Horologerie de Geneve (GPHG) has announced the shortlisted (pre-selected) watches that will be competing for an award. Click here to see the full list.

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    Sep 16, 2020 by WatchTime

    Sports Cars for the Wrist: Porsche Design Launches Custom-Built Timepieces Program

    Professor F.A. Porsche, originator of the iconic Porsche 911, founded the Porsche Design Studio in 1972, intending to apply the principles of luxury automobile design to other accessories such as watches. With the launch of Porsche Design's new Custom-Built Timepiece program, the worlds of car and watch design have connected so seamlessly.

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    Jul 1, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

    GPHG 2020: Open for Entries

    In the last few weeks, the newly founded GPHG Academy has kicked off the 20th edition of the industry’s leading award show with several hundred pre-selected models for the competition. Now the time has come for the brands to do the same: As of today, watch brands can officially enter the 2020 edition of the...

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    Jun 24, 2020 by WatchTime

    Update on WatchTime’s Upcoming Event Schedule

    This week, government officials announced a more rigorous approach towards large gatherings, stating the possibility of keeping significant events on pause until a vaccine is available. But what does that mean for WatchTime L.A and WatchTime New York?

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    May 28, 2020 by Corey Vlahos

    Fair Games: A Look at the Future of Swiss Watch Trade Shows

    Two weeks ago, on April 14, Baselworld’s parent company MCH Group took note “with great surprise […] of the cancellation of major exhibitors at Baselworld,” namely Rolex, Patek Philippe, Chanel, Tudor, and Chopard. Two years before that, on July 30, 2018, the company’s former CEO René Kamm was already caught off guard by Swatch Group’s...

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    Apr 23, 2020 by Roger Ruegger

    Watches & Wonders 2020 Launches Digital Platform to Introduce New Products

    Watches & Wonders 2020, the watch salon formerly known as the SIHH, was initially set to take place in Geneva in late April but was cancelled due to concerns about the worldwide coronavirus pandemic. Today, however, the Foundation de la Haute Horlogerie (FHH), organizers of the event, announced that the 30 watch brands slated to...

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    Apr 20, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

    A Mass Exodus and a New Beginning: Rolex, Patek Philippe, LVMH Leave Baselworld, Unite for Geneva Show; MCH Responds

    The most chaotic and disruptive year in the watch industry in recent memory just got a little more so this morning, with the announcement that power players Rolex, Patek Philippe, Tudor, Chanel, and Chopard are exiting the Baselworld trade fair, re-scheduled to January 2021 after the 2020 exhibition was cancelled due to the worldwide pandemic....

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    Apr 17, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

    NEWS (UPDATED):

    Watches & Wonders Geneva Cancelled for 2020; Baselworld Postponed to January 2021

    The hits just keep on coming to the watch industry’s trade show and event schedule in 2020, thanks to the continued threat of the COVID-19 coronavirus. As of yesterday, the FHH has officially cancelled the Watches & Wonders Geneva salon that was scheduled to be held from April 25 to 29, citing the “potential risks...

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    Feb 28, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

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    Norqain Announces New In-House Calibers in Partnership with Tudor-Founded Kenissi

    Norqain is an independent, family-owned watch brand located in the Swiss watch hub of Bienne. Its board of directors includes its founder and CEO, 32-year-old Ben Küffer; his father, Marc Küffer, former owner of another Swiss watch manufacturer, Roventa-Henex; Ted Schneider, of the family that owned Breitling for nearly 40 years; and Mark Streit, a...

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    Feb 5, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

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    The Return of Benrus Watch Company Kicks off with New Heritage Collection

    Earlier this month, the 1921-founded, New York-based watch company Benrus has relaunched its historic brand and introduced the new, vintage-inspired Heritage collection. Benrus is a historical, fondly remembered American watchmaker, and is likely best known for its designs from the 1960s and ‘70s, which notably included a unique super-compressor dive watch, Vietnam-era standard issue field...

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    Jan 24, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

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    End of an Era: SIHH Becomes Watches & Wonders Geneva

    Earlier this year, the SIHH announced that in 2020 it would be moving from its traditional January dates to April, to coordinate with Switzerland's other major watch fair, Baselworld. Today, the FHH announced even bigger changes to the 30-year-old salon, which will have a new format, a new concept, and even a new name.

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    Oct 16, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

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    Worn & Wound Heads to the West Coast for the Second Edition of the Windup San Francisco Fair

    Worn & Wound is the world’s leading digital publication for value-driven horology. The eight-year-old website is also behind the Windup Watch Fair, which is, along with our own WatchTime New York and Los Angeles shows, one of the few truly great consumer-facing watch events in the United States. After starting the three-day long watch exhibition...

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    Apr 8, 2019 by WatchTime

    EVENTS:

    WatchTime Los Angeles 2019: Introducing the Brands, Part 2

    As we previously announced, WatchTime is bringing the WatchTime New York event concept to the West Coast on May 3 – 4, 2019. We’ll be taking over the Hudson Loft space in Downtown Los Angeles — just minutes from Staples Center — for two days to bring you the best in luxury timepieces. For those who...

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    Mar 8, 2019 by WatchTime

    NEWS

    Eberhard & Co. Returns to Its Roots and Launches a New Caliber

    Eberhard & Co. was founded in La Chaux-de-Fonds — then, as now, the epicenter of Swiss watchmaking — in 1887 but moved its operations to neighboring Bienne in 1975, where it has been based ever since. This year, the venerable watch maison not only returns to its original home but also celebrates the milestone with...

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    Mar 2, 2019 by Mark Bernardo

    IN-DEPTH:

    Is the Watch Industry on the Cusp of a Physical Retail Renaissance? Part 2

    For years, the watch industry has been resistant to selling online. But now, luxury watch brands and, most importantly, the larger groups are not only racing to embrace digital clientele but are also trying to gain more control over the final sale. As a result, traditional retailers are facing even more pressure in the age...

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    Mar 1, 2019 by Roger Ruegger

    IN-DEPTH:

    Is the Watch Industry on the Cusp of a Physical Retail Renaissance? Part 1

    For years, the watch industry has been resistant to selling online. But now, luxury watch brands and, most importantly, the larger groups are not only racing to embrace digital clientele but are also trying to gain more control over the final sale. As a result, traditional retailers are facing even more pressure in the age...

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    Feb 28, 2019 by Roger Ruegger

    EVENTS:

    WatchTime Teams Up with Bremont for an Exclusive Preview of the 2019 Collection at Watches of Switzerland NYC

    Bremont is preparing to launch its 2019 novelties, and what better way to see them than with Co-founder Giles English during an exclusive dinner at the new Watches of Switzerland boutique in Lower Manhattan? That’s right, we’re teaming up with the British brand and the recently opened retail destination to introduce a select number of...

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    Feb 22, 2019 by WatchTime

    THE WATCHTIME Q&A

    An Interview with Catherine Rénier, CEO of Jaeger-LeCoultre

    Catherine Rénier was named CEO of Jaeger-LeCoultre in May 2018. In an interview with Rüdiger Bucher, editor-in-chief of WatchTime’s German sister magazine Chronos and International Editorial Director of Ebner Publishing, she discusses the values of the brand and what she is planning — and not planning — for the near future.

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    Dec 20, 2018 by Ruediger Bucher

    NEWS

    FHH Launches its New “Watch Live” App at WatchTime New York 2018

    Ever experienced a watch buying situation at a retailer in which a lack of knowledge or training on the part of the sales associate left you frustrated? Take heart: thanks to the Foundation de la Haute Horlogerie (FHH), there’s now an app for that. And it made its U.S. debut today at WatchTime New York....

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    Oct 27, 2018 by Mark Bernardo
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