The effects of COVID-19 on Swiss watch exports this year continued through May, with exports dropping 67.9% compared to the May 2019, following April’s 81.3% fall. The FH have called the last two months periods of “quasi paralysis”. Overall, exports… Read More ›
Launched in March 2020 as a response to the cancellation of this year’s major watch fairs, the Geneva Watch Days event, which had been postponed to August, has announced that they still plan to hold the event at this time… Read More ›
In 2018, to commemorate the centenary of the death of Swiss artist Ferdinand Hodler (1853-1918), Jaeger-LeCoultre’s ‘Métiers Rares’ artisans helped create a series of limited edition Reversos featuring engraved and enamelled miniature reproductions of Hodler’s works. Last month I was… Read More ›
The Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry FH has released its latest report on Swiss watch exports for the month of March 2020. Not unsurprisingly, there was a sharp fall, and a further deterioration is expected for April as a… Read More ›
Let’s get digital. Following its COVID-19 enforced cancellation, Watches & Wonders Geneva 2020, which was due to start on April 25, will be going digital, with new releases streamed online for journalists, retailers, and the general public. Brands will have… Read More ›
In a move that is a surprise to precisely no-one, and a mere matter of days after the announcement by Rolex, Tudor, Patek Phillipe, Chanel and Chopard that they were leaving Baselworld for a new FHH-associated show in Geneva, the… Read More ›
Baselworld organisers the MCH Group have published the following press release in response to the news about exhibitors withdrawing from Baselworld : “MCH Group is surprised at the statements made regarding the Baselworld cancellations It is with great surprise and… Read More ›
For those who have been keeping track of the now cancelled Baselworld 2020, there has been a further update relating to those who had planned to exhibit at this year’s fair. In a press release, the Baselworld organising team acknowledge… Read More ›
In some ways, time has become both something of which we are more acutely aware and simultaneously something from which many feel disconnected from at present, but it was only at the beginning of this month that Geneva Watch Days… Read More ›
It is difficult to keep up with everything happening worldwide at the moment, with a number of countries having declared states of emergency even within the last twenty four hours and more such statements anticipated. The cancellations of both Watches… Read More ›
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