Baselworld has rescheduled the world’s largest watch and jewelry event but has angered some exhibitors with its failure to offer full refunds. The event should have taken place from 30 April to 5 May but was canceled after Swiss authorities outlawed gatherings of over 1,000 people because of coronavirus. Organizers say it will now take […]

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Bvlgari, Hublot, TAG Heuer, and Zenith will exhibit at Baselworld 2020. Collaboration on the concept for 2021 and beyond. BASEL, Switzerland, April 2019 – The LVMH Group has confirmed its participation for Baselworld 2020 within the current framework for its Bvlgari, Hublot, TAG Heuer, and Zenith brands. For 2021 and the following years, Baselworld is […]

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Another one bites the dust. On Tuesday, Breitling officially confirmed its exit from Baselworld, the Swiss watch trade show that has been dwindling in attendance. The fair took its biggest blow when Swatch Group CEO Nick Hayek confirmed last year that he would be pulling all of the company’s brands, which comprise the world’s largest […]

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Baselworld runs until March 26, 2019. And while the show has been and still is heavily criticized, there is also some good news. At the opening press conference, it was announced that in 2018, the Swiss Watch industry recorded a 6.3 percent increase in exports, and had reported a turnover of CHF 21.2 billion. But […]

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With the 2019 edition of Baselworld getting underway Thursday, Graff Diamonds have revealed two of the three Fancy Vivid Yellow Diamond watches to be showcased. Yellow diamonds are extremely rare, so it takes patience – and good contacts – to collect enough to set them in a timepiece or a piece of jewelry; it can […]

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The floor plan for Baselworld 2019 can be unveiled for the first time today and shows how the space vacated by Swatch Group has been used for more places to eat, drink, meet and network with the press. The show’s 500 exhibiting brands occupy Halls 1, 3 and 4. None of the three storey Hall […]

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More than 500 brands will exhibit at this month’s Baselworld, a significant drop from the roughly 650 that presented in 2018, but not the catastrophic collapse that some feared after Swatch Group pulled out. A list of participating brands, published today at Baselworld.com, shows 468 exhibitors, headed by the big watch guns of Rolex, Patek […]

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Baselworld organiser MCH Group, has appointed Bernd Stadlwieser as its new head of the company, replacing interim CEO Hans-Kristian Hoejsgaard. Stadlweiser has more than 20 years’ experience in the industry and has spent time in senior management positions at big jewellery brands Thomas Sabo and Swarovski. He worked for the Thomas Sabo group from 2003 […]

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Luxury jewellery brand de Grisogono has confirmed its founder, Fawaz Gruosi, has left the company and stepped down from his position as a board director. This was not a sudden decision, but one the firm has been moving towards, with Gruosi stepping away from day-to-day operations for some time now. Chairman of the board of […]

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Two organizers of important watch industry tradeshows – the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) and Baselworld – have agreed to coordinate their dates from 2020 to 2024. The SIHH will be staged from April 26 to 29 in Geneva in 2020, with Baselworld taking place from April 30 to May 5. Next year, […]

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