Exhibitions

BaselWorld 2012

Annual exhibition BaselWorld is the most important event of the wonderful world of watches and jewelry. BaselWorld exhibition has become a kind of "holy" place, where the latest achievements of the watch industry and luxury creations of the jewelry companies are presented. BaselWorld is a unique opportunity to watch, jewelry, as well as companies that manufacture related products, as well as companies engaged in production and processing of precious stones to familiarize the general public, professionals, distributors, partners and potential customers with their latest achievements and novelties.

Watch Presentation 2012

Exclusive presentations of the new watch lines and novelties of the various watch brands, the videos of which are shot by the staff of the watch portal, are showed on the Watch Presentation page of the watch portal Montre24.com. Many watch companies invite our journalists to participate in presentations, which are held in their offices and presentation rooms. The watch portal Montre24.com will continue to delight you with videos of the submitted novelties, as well as videos, in which the brands’ representatives will tell about their innovations.

SIHH 2012

From 16 to 20 of January, 2012, the international salon of haute horlogerie SIHH will open its doors. The professionals and connoisseurs of watch industry will be able to see luxurious products of 18 luxe watch brands, joined in holding of luxe products “Richemont”. The products from Richemont group will be exhibited in hall of 30 thousand sq. m. Every year the salon takes place in Palexpo in Geneva, which is situated 10 minutes away by car from the center of Geneva. Over 20 years SIHH has been gathering perfect creations of haute horlogerie under one roof. The perfect quality of products, presented at exhibition, and policy of selected distribution is an engine of haute horlogerie and SIHH.

WPHH 2012

From 15 - 21 January in the village Genthod, located on the outskirts of Geneva, an exhibition WPHH 2012 - World Presentation of Haute Horlogerie, organized under the auspices of the famous watch empire Franck Muller Group. Participants of the exhibition WPHH 2012 were such brands as Franck Muller, CVSTOS, Backes & Strauss, Pierre Kunz, Martin Braun, Pierre Michel Golay, Rodolphe, Smalto and Barthelay, which are included in the group Franck Muller Group.

Geneva Time Exhibition 2012

From 15 to 20 of January, 2012, Geneva Time Exhibition, already won wide recognition in the watch world, will take place. The 3rd exhibition GTE will be hold in famous cultural center of Geneva “Espace Hippomène”, which offers light and comfortable exhibiting hall and various accommodations, like restaurants, bars, etc. The historic center “Espace Hippomène” has a very comfortable strategic location: near international airport of Geneva, main railway station, center of the city and main international organizations. The exhibition starts on 15th of January from 10.00 a.m. to 7 p.m. and ends on 20th of January from 10.00 a.m. to 7 p.m. 5000 visitors are expected to come to GTE in 2012.

Moscow Watch Expo 2011

International specialized exhibition MOSCOW WATCH EXPO, held October 27-29, 2011, is a landmark event for the time of the world demonstrates the importance of Russia and the Russian market for leading international companies. The purpose of this event was to acquaint visitors with the most interesting models of modern watches and clocks. The spectrum of products was represented unusually widely - from exclusive brands and fashion-hours prior to the product of democratic marks!

BaselWorld 2011

BaselWorld is not an ordinary watch exhibition, but also a trade fair, as you can make a deal right here – in Basel indeed the participants sign most of their contracts. That’s why this event is so loved and honored in watch industry. Of course, BaselWorld would never become a world-known exhibition, if the famous brands, which simply fascinated watch fans, didn’t participate. Today the watch companies, competing 365 days per year, gather in Basel – as no one can permit himself to miss such event. Many famous companies participate only in this exhibition, and it means that one has a chance to communicate without middlemen only here.

SIHH 2011

The salon of haute horlogerie SIHH was arranged at 17-21 of January, 2011, in Geneva. The world-known exhibition opened its doors for elite of watch industry for the 21st time within three decades to demonstrate its new watches and achievements to its own colleagues, journalists and collectors. The participants of SIHH indeed set unique trends in the world of watch art. SIHH 2011 was a close event for selected ones: totally 12 500 invitations (for retailers, journalists and representatives of manufactories).Someone may think that number of visitors wasn’t great, but this is the policy of SIHH – the saloon is opened exclusively for manufacturers and selected connoisseurs, therefore, SIHH takes a special place among watch exhibitions.

Geneva Time Exhibition 2011

In January 16-21, 2011, Geneva Time Exhibition took place in International Conference Center of Geneva, situated in the heart of Geneva, next to UNO complex and many international organizations. It is an exhibition of prestigious watch brands that do not belong to big watch concerns. 29 brands took part in the first Geneva Time Exhibition, in 2011 already 55 were exhibited. Taking part costs 13 thousand francs. Visiting is free, you only have to get accredited at the website of organizers. The stands at Geneva Time Exhibition were principally similar as always – they were considered to serve as only showrooms for watches. However, their areas were enlarged from 9 to 11 square meters and more, but following the principle of equal rights the organizers didn’t give over 24 square meters to one participant, as no one could dominate his colleagues.

Watch Exhibitions

The watch exhibitions provide an opportunity for manufacturers of time meters to present their latest achievements, consolidate business relations with foreign companions and establish new partner contacts, therefore, “promote” their products to the world arena. In their turn, the connoisseurs of watch art have a chance to get acquainted with new trends in the world of watch fashion. The largest exhibitions of 2011: SIHH - Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie, BaselWorld, Geneva Time Exhibition, Inhorgenta Europe, Hong Kong Watch & Clock Fair, Moscow Watch Salon and TimeCrafters.
SIHH - Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie – took place from 17 to 21 of January, 2011, in Genevan exhibition hall Palexpo. SIHH is an elite close event. Within exhibition the exclusive novelties of most famous watch brands, joined in Swiss Richemount Group, were presented. Each year SIHH is opened by original theater performance. The first exhibition SIHH was held in 1991.
The most grandiose event of 2011 is BaselWorld. This significant and prestigious event in watch industry strikes by variety of models, presented at exhibiting areas. The number of exhibitors is rising each year. The exhibition of 2011 attracted more than 2000 famous manufacturers of watches and jewelries; the number of visitors reached 100 thousand people. The first exhibition BaselWorld took place in1973.
Geneva Time Exhibition 2011 was held from 16 to 21 of January. The salon of independent watchmakers provide young and creative watch brands, not included into concerns of watch industry, with opportunity to present their novelties to exigent connoisseurs of watch art. In 2011, 45 brands took part in exhibition of 2011 and 60 exhibits were presented.
The exhibition of watches and jewelries Inhorgenta Europe 2011 took place from 25 to 28 of February. The representatives of exhibiting companies demonstrated wide range of luxurious items, established business relations with partners, consolidated relations with standing customers.
The exhibition TimeCrafters took place in New York from 13 to 15 of May, 2011. 19 most famous watch brands took part in it. The watch exhibition was organized by Editions Temps International. TimeCrafters was aimed at gathering all masterpieces of watch art in one place and arranging of high-class event. Within exhibition of 2011 the visitors had a chance to learn secrets and history of watch art. FHH – Fondation De La Haute Horlogerie opened special historical exhibition, presenting 60 exhibits, which illustrated birth and development of horlogerie. The machines of three watchmakers, demonstrating how wrist watches “were born”, were installed in the center of exhibition.
The world watch exhibition “Kong Watch & Clock Fair” unites most famous watch brands under its roof every year. The first Hong Kong exhibition of watches was held in 1982. In 2011 it took place in September.
“Moscow Watch Salon” is the only specialized watch exhibition in Russia. In 2003 it was conferred UFI (The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry), which confirmed an international level of Salon. This exhibition provides foreign watch companies with unique opportunity to become firmly established at Russian market and is a “firing pad” for products promotion in Former Soviet Republics. The exhibition took place in fall 2011.
May was very busy month for representative of watch industry: 21, 22 of May, 2011, the watch exhibition “Orologi & Charme” in Turin, Italy; from 24 to 27 of May, EPHJ in Lausanne, Switzerland; and the finale was Le Rendez-Vous de l’Horlogerie de Monaco, which started at 30th of May, 2011, in Monte-Carlo (Monaco). Those exhibitions became an exclusive opportunity for specialists and amateurs of watchmaking to learn watch novelties and see true value of latest designs in watch industry.