BREAKING NEWS: Geneva Watch Days 2020 Postponed To August 26 – 29 Amid Additional Closures And Cancellations

Geneva Watch Days 2020, first introduced earlier this month as a brand-led substitute for the cancelled Watches & Wonders 2020 present in Geneva deliberate for late April 2020, has been rescheduled to August 26 by August 29, 2020 because of the persevering with international COVID-19 pandemic. The occasion, deliberate as a decentralized various to the standard commerce present mannequin of Baselworld and Watches & Wonders, is scheduled to happen throughout a number of venues throughout town of Geneva. A number of manufacturers have already dedicated to the brand new dates, together with Bulgari, Breitling, Ulysse Nardin, Girard-Perregaux, Gerald Genta, Urwerk, H. Moser & Cie, De Bethune and MB&F, with organizers anticipating one other 15 to 20 manufacturers to affix the lineup.

This new announcement comes amid a collection of producing shutdowns throughout the trade, as main model teams together with Rolex, TAG Heuer, Hublot, and extra have quickly halted manufacturing to fight the unfold of the COVID-19 virus. Some manufacturers have remained hopeful concerning the ongoing state of affairs, nonetheless, as Swatch Group president Nick Hayek has vowed to maintain manufacturing operating amid promising indicators of enchancment in the important thing market of China.

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