Citizen Watch Company is the only remaining Japanese watchmaking group participating at next year's fair.
EXHIBITIONS
Super-luxury watchmaker will not appear at the exhibition formerly known as SIHH.
Dubai Watch Week was first held by Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons in 2015, and its return next week will be by far the largest of the four times it has been organized by the Middle East’s largest luxury watch retail group.
The number of exhibitors to Baselworld has plummeted from over 2000 in 2009 to 520 earlier this year. It looked like the ultimate hospital pass when Michel Loris-Melikoff took over as managing director of the show last year, just weeks after Swatch Group announced it was pulling all of its brands for the show. But, a year on, Mr Loris-Melikoff says exhibitor numbers will rise to over 600 in 2020 thanks to fresh initiatives that aim to lower the cost of participating, attract more consumers to the event and make the whole week far more enjoyable. Rob Corder met the show supremo in Basel for an update on progress.
Citizen, Bulova, Alpina, Frederique Constant and movement manufacturer Miyota will all participate at the world's biggest watch show next year.
November 27 to 28 event also has a rich programme of seminars including a presentation by Evelyne Genta, wife of the late, great, watch designer Gerald Genta.
Japanese group says it will hold its own events for retail partners and the media in the first quarter of next year.
SalonQP was forced to give up the dates of its 2019 show due to a diary clash with long-term venue, Saatchi Gallery
Concierge service created in association with the Basel Hotel Association means flights, hotels and experiences can be booked together.