The troubling pattern of withdrawals from the 2020 Baselworld commerce present continued this morning, with Japanese trade large Citizen asserting that each Citizen and its stablemate model Bulova won’t be attending the present. In its official assertion, Citizen cited the rising menace of the coronavirus epidemic as the explanation for the abrupt choice.
In November of final yr, Citizen Group had delivered a press release reconfirming its dedication to Baselworld for 2020 amid information of scheduling-related withdrawals by a number of different main model teams. With this newest announcement, not one of the Japanese Massive Three manufacturers (Citizen, Seiko, and Casio) are at present scheduled to show on the occasion.
Curiously, aBlogtoWatch has spoken with representatives from fellow Citizen Group manufacturers Frederique Fixed and Alpina, who’ve said that as of press time each manufacturers are nonetheless slated to attend the 2020 present. aBlogtoWatch will proceed monitoring these manufacturers and report any additional adjustments as they develop.
Citizen’s official assertion continues with an assurance that each Citizen and Bulova intend to return to the Baselworld roster for 2021. Whereas that is undoubtedly a serious change for Baselworld 2020, present administration has said the occasion continues to be on observe to happen as deliberate, at present scheduled from April 30 to Might 5 in Basel, Switzerland.
