HourUniverse will take place in summer 2021 at the earliest
February 2021
While new dates have not yet been communicated, HourUniverse remains committed to organising an event this year. Summer 2021 is currently targeted as the (…)
The heartbreaking fate of the Basel Fair
CORONAVIRUS CHRONICLES
April 2020
As an exhibitor for more than 80 years, like so many members of the global watchmaking community, we can only express deep sadness at the heartbreaking fate (…)
In Memoriam: Baselworld
BREAKING NEWS
April 2020
Baselworld as we knew it is over. Its main pillars have collapsed. Patek Philippe, Rolex, Tudor, Chopard and Chanel leave Basel and join Geneva, the FHH and (…)
The clash of concepts and the remaking of watch fairs
THE FAIR TRADE
March 2020
Total vertical integration or task-sharing: which is the right strategy for an era of digital globalisation? Baselworld and Watches & Wonders may well (…)
Baselworld: the battle for redemption
INTERVIEW
March 2020
A wall of disenchantment nearly cost the world’s largest watch industry gathering its future. New manager Michel Loris-Melikoff has the twofold task of (…)
2020: The year of all uncertainties
INDUSTRY NEWS
April 2019
The “fragmentation” of the watch industry’s calendar continues: Breitling withdraws from Baselworld. The brand nevertheless welcomes the efforts made by the (…)
Basel and Geneva play a game of go
EDITORIAL
March 2019
The recent announcement that, in 2020, the dates of the SIHH and Baselworld will basically coincide, is just the latest salvo in a protracted territorial (…)
Trade shows: the domino theory
ANALYSIS
November 2018
Another one bites the dust. All on the same day, we learned that Raymond Weil was quitting Baselworld as of 2019, then that Audemars Piguet and Richard (…)
Swatch Group VS. Baselworld
ÚLTIMAS NOTICIAS
August 2018
Follow-up on the Swatch Group’s withdrawal from Baselworld by the groups CEO Nick Hayek
Swatch Group leaves Baselworld
BREAKING NEWS
July 2018
The world’s leading watch group leaves the world’s leading watch fair. Nick Hayek’s announcement raises the burning question of the future of specialised (…)
How to fix this Messe
BASELWORLD
July 2018
Following the departure of the Swatch Group, the vultures are circling over Baselworld. Located in a capital of art, the show may, however, find salvation (…)
Earthquake in Basel
July 2018
Nick Hayek has announced that the Swatch Group is withdrawing from Baselworld 2019. Will the global trade fair ever recover?
