A spark of excellent information got here in at the moment with the shock announcement of the Watches & Wonders Shanghai Exhibition to be held between September ninth to 13th, 2020. I have to confess, I needed to triple-check if the date certainly mentioned 2020 — and never 2021.
You in all probability already know that the famed Genevan watch exhibition, SIHH (Salon Worldwide de la Haute Horlogerie) was just lately renamed Watches & Wonders. What takes sharper reminiscence is recalling how Watches & Wonders has, in truth, existed earlier than. In 2018, we attended Watches & Wonders Miami and again in 2015 we have been there on what turned out to be the final Watches & Wonders of Hong Kong. The 2016 model was cancelled stating that it’ll flip right into a biennial occasion — however resulting from different developments, these biennial occasions by no means got here. Throughout all these years, Hong Kong has been persistently staging the Hong Kong Watch & Clock Honest that we’ve got been visiting yr after yr for a particular perception into the world of the Asian watch business. Learn our newest report on that right here.
Given the pandemic that has terribly affected most our lives, the destiny of watch festivals has adopted swimsuit and confirmed a busy cycle of cancellations and bulletins. Watches & Wonders Shanghai taking place in 2020 signifies the gravitas the rapidly rebounding Chinese language luxurious watch market has. The organizers — FHH, i.e. Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie — promise “5 days of brand name keynotes, product launches, talks, panel discussions, explanations of the newest applied sciences and a hands-on introduction to watchmaking.” That’s in keeping with the latest pattern of enormous exhibitions changing into extra experience-focused… That mentioned, Watches & Wonders Shanghai is invitation solely with “strict security measures.”
Held on the West Bund Artwork Heart of Shanghai between September 9 to September 13, 2020, the record of exhibiting manufacturers at Watches & Wonders Shanghai is: A. Lange & Söhne, Baume & Mercier, Cartier, IWC Schaffhausen, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Panerai, Parmigiani Fleurier, Piaget, Purnell, Roger Dubuis, Vacheron Constantin. We sit up for being there, ought to journey restrictions permit us to go. You possibly can study extra on the exhibition’s web site right here.
