Roberta and Roberto marked their 25th wedding anniversary this year, and hope to celebrate properly in 2021 with a European tour around the time of the Geneva watch shows.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nLooking forward to 2021, there is still enormous uncertainty how the world will adapt if a vaccine or cure are not found for covid. Mr Chiappelloni speaks about his hope that the big Swiss watch shows will go ahead. He is gloomy that the events had to be cancelled this year, not least because he was planning a grand tour of Europe with his wife to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary.<\/p>\n
He remains an optimist that the world will find a way back to normality and the joy that will bring. \u201cThe glass is always half full for me. My feeling is that we will have a vaccine that will be proven to work and therapeutics that will give people confidence that they can get back to their freedoms. Our industry will have a strong holiday season, and after that we are going to have an amazing 2021,\u201d he predicts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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