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    • Friday, 7 October, 2022
      Watches & Jewellery
      Fresh jewellery shows emerge from Baselworld’s demise

      Two Geneva-based events want to fill the gap left by the now-defunct trade show

    • Wednesday, 7 April, 2021
      Watches & Jewellery
      Watches and Wonders’ Emmanuel Perrin: ‘Vital for watchmaking to keep our own fashion week’

      A mix of digital and physical events is the future for the industry, says the watch fair’s boss

    • Thursday, 21 March, 2019
      News in-depthWatches & Jewellery
      China slowdown and European populism unnerve luxury watchmakers

      A renewed Baselworld fair faces its first test this week as watch market feels the heat

    • Thursday, 21 March, 2019
      Watches & Jewellery
      Baselworld: moment of truth for revamped watch fair

      Visitors will judge whether mission to transform the beleaguered event has delivered the brief

    • Saturday, 1 September, 2018
      Retail & Consumer industry
      LVMH watchmaker Zenith sets sights on Chinese millennials

      How chief executive Julien Tornare is dusting off a once ‘boring’ but beautiful brand

    • Saturday, 1 September, 2018
      Retail & Consumer industry
      Baselworld heeds calls to change after Swatch exit

      Watch fair’s new head has vowed to reboot the event to secure its future

    • Friday, 3 August, 2018
      European companies
      Chief of Baselworld watch fair organiser quits after Swatch exit

      René Kamm had faced criticism that trade fairs are losing relevance in social media era

    • Monday, 30 July, 2018
      Personal & Household Goods
      Swatch chief throws future of Basel fair into doubt

      Nick Hayek says watch show’s biggest exhibitor will not participate in March

    • Thursday, 22 March, 2018
      Retail & Consumer industry
      Baselworld halves in size even as trade rebounds

      The fair needs to placate large exhibitors. Plus: a guide to its top launches

    • Thursday, 22 March, 2018
      Retail & Consumer industry
      Jewellers at Baselworld voice anger at years of being ignored

      Brands are threatening to leave, but the fair’s organiser is sanguine about change

    • Sunday, 14 January, 2018
      European companies
      SIHH sharpens contrast with Baselworld in battle of the watch fairs

      Geneva’s fair stresses its superior luxury, but it lacks its Basel rival’s scale

    • Saturday, 11 November, 2017
      Retail & Consumer industry
      Roger Dubuis, master of the ostentatious, dies at 79

      News in brief: Paul Newman Rolex makes record price; Eberhard leaves Baselworld

    • Thursday, 1 June, 2017
      Retail & Consumer industry
      Celebrations premature for watch and jewellery industry

      The business still faces significant challenges

    • Wednesday, 29 March, 2017
      John Gapper
      Swiss watches risk becoming antiques

      Luxury timepieces cannot remain in splendid isolation from digital technology

    • Friday, 24 March, 2017
      News in-depthEuropean companies
      Swiss watchmakers play the long game as smartwatch sales slow

      Industry is in a downturn but fears over threat from connected wearables are receding

    • Thursday, 23 March, 2017
      Personal & Household Goods
      Baselworld watch fair opens with brands cautious and critical

      Some companies say they have been priced out

    • Thursday, 23 March, 2017
      Personal & Household Goods
      Luxury watch industry hopes worst is behind it, at last

      Sales growth hints at end to two-year downturn, but bad news has not fully abated yet

    • Thursday, 23 March, 2017
      Personal & Household Goods
      A guide to Baselworld’s top 12 timepiece launches

      Companies bring their best, most complicated and most expensive new timepieces

    • Monday, 16 January, 2017
      Personal & Household Goods
      Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie expands but brands aim lower

      The Geneva showcase is winning exhibitors from rival Baselworld

    • Wednesday, 1 June, 2016
      Personal & Household Goods
      Ulysse Nardin’s Grand Deck Marine Tourbillon and other stories

      One of the most talked-about launches of the Baselworld fair was the naval-themed watch

    • Friday, 18 March, 2016
      Personal & Household Goods
      Luxury watchmakers gloomy about 2016 sales

      Executives at Baselworld show warn of depressed Chinese spending

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