Conventions, Fairs and Trade Shows

September 11, 2024

Watch Fairs Crowd the Calendar

A couple of years ago, experts predicted the end of in-person events. But a quick look at the 2024 schedule shows how wrong they were. Just […]
April 14, 2024

Watch Fair’s Welcome Grows Even Bigger

This year Watches and Wonders Geneva added a third public day — and here are some of the new timepieces visitors have been seeing. Until last […]
April 13, 2024

British Watch Brands Have Their Day

On a bright morning in early March, about 100 people waited patiently outside a grand Edwardian building near Victoria Station, waiting to be the first to […]
April 9, 2024

Watch Fair Opens in a Time of Uncertainty

Brands hope the new models unveiled at Watches and Wonders Geneva will attract buyers despite the tough retail climate. Just what sort of shape is the […]
April 8, 2024

With Watch Sales Down, Brands Hope for a Trade Show Boost

Organizers say the 2023 Watches and Wonders Geneva had a global reach of 700 million. Many in the industry hope for that kind of interest this […]
April 8, 2024

Australia’s Watch Fans Are Invited to a Fair

Seven local brands are registered to exhibit in Melbourne at what the organizer says will be the country’s first watch event. Australia doesn’t have much of […]
April 7, 2024

Getting Ready for Watches and Wonders Geneva

What do you pack? How many watches do you bring? Everyone from first-time invitees to veterans agree that this trade show requires planning. Some refer to […]
February 26, 2024

At CPAC, Steve Bannon Hosted the Only Party That Mattered

A Saturday night bash hosted by Mr. Bannon was the main social event in an otherwise subdued weekend at the conservative convention. On Saturday night, Stephen […]
October 16, 2023

Swashbucklers of Comic Con: Please Report to the Lost and Found

They come as Vikings, superheroes and extraterrestrials. As all sorts of Spider-Men and Spider-Women, and at least one Mermaid Man and a Barnacle Boy. Once a […]
September 24, 2023

Horology Events on Your Autumn Agenda

The watch world’s calendar is packed with meet-ups, fairs, auctions, conferences and awards ceremonies. When the mechanical watchmaking renaissance hit its stride in the early 2000s, […]