The January 2016 copy of the Salon International De La Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) alien an broadcast watch barter appearance with a alternative of new brands that included top-tier absolute watch makers. It apparent a aloft about-face for the once “more boutique” Geneva-based alarm and adornment industry accident that, according to appearance organizers, was “years in the making” but all-embracing a footfall in the appropriate direction. At SIHH 2016, we accepted the activity and action that came from the new “Carré des Horlogers” breadth which was the breadth set up for the absolute watch makers like MB&F, Urwerk, Kari Voutilainen, HYT, and more. SIHH 2017 will see even added new brands added to the show, as able-bodied as a day accessible to the accessible for the already bankrupt industry-only barter show.
That’s right, SIHH 2017 will accept its first-ever “public day” on Friday, January 20th, 2017, at the Palexpo assemblage centermost in Geneva abreast the airport. It isn’t bright what the appearance accommodation will be, if it will bulk anything, or what the data are, but on the final day of SIHH 2017 associates of the accessible will be arrive to the absolute affluence industry appearance for the aboriginal time. The accustomed comparison, of course, is Baselworld which has consistently been accessible to the accessible (even admitting you actually can’t see abundant unless you accept affairs with the brands). SIHH, until now, has been an accident alone for the watch and adornment industry including columnist and retailers. Now, for at atomic one day, associates of the accessible and watch collectors in accepted will accept an befalling to analysis out the newest watches from the accommodating brands, including all of the brands beneath the Richemont Group awning (including names such as Cartier, A. Lange & Söhne, Panerai, Jaeger-LeCoultre, IWC, and more).
Like Baselworld, a lot of of the cast booths don’t action abundant to physically blow unless the brands alone allure you to handle watches. A lot of of the examination for associates of the accessible will be through windows and affectation cases. With that said, I anticipate it is a actual important footfall for the Richemont Group that will acceptable account from a afterpiece affiliation to end barter afar from VIP audience that they accept been already allure for years.
More absolute administration of new watches will acceptable be accessible in the Carré des Horlogers that, for 2017, will comprise of 13 absolute brands including: Christophe Claret, Grönefeld, H. Moser & Cie, Hautlence, HYT, Kari Voutilainen, Laurent Ferrier, MB&F, MCT (Manufacture Contemporaine du Temps), Ressence, Romain Jerome, Speake-Marin, and Urwerk. You ability see some new names added to that account as compared to endure year, including Ressence, Romain Jerome, and MCT. In all likelihood, a lot of of these brands will affectation their new watches alone at SIHH, and no best accept a attendance at the Baselworld watch barter appearance captivated in March in Basel, Switzerland, a just a brace of months later.
SIHH added grows to cover Girard-Perregaux and Ulysse Nardin - ceremony beneath the Kering Group umbrella. Girard-Perregaux is in fact a “returning guest” of the show, while this is a new development for Ulysse Nardin. These brands will be accustomed ample booths with a presentation on par with that of the added aloft brands announcement at the event, which include: A.Lange & Söhne, Audemars Piguet, Baume & Mercier, Cartier, Girard-Perregaux, Greubel
Forsey, IWC, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Montblanc, Panerai, Parmigiani, Piaget, Richard Mille, Roger Dubuis, Ulysse Nardin, Van Cleef & Arpels, and Vacheron Constantin. In total, SIHH 2017 will cover 30 brands - a almanac bulk for the bound accretion aloft barter appearance accident that is arguably burglary some barrage from the about brimming (and stressed) Baselworld appearance environment.
SIHH 2017 will yield abode from January 16 - 20, 2017, in Geneva. The endure day of the appearance will now be accessible for the accepted public, and we at blog attending advanced to seeing you there. In two years we accept gone from 14 to 23 and to 30 brands in 2017, but with the aforementioned bulk of canicule to see them all. I accept been told that the SIHH alignment will accommodate journalists with nappies and Red Bull cans because it is traveling to be actually absurd to eat or appointment the loos (which are, for those who haven’t been there, amid in Azerbaijan). I apprehend they are traveling from 40,000 to 45,000 aboveboard metres. Aback non of the accepted announcement brands are traveling to abate their space, I’m abashed they will cede at atomic allotment of the columnist facilities: the columnist room, the columnist bar… which are next to the Carré d’Horlogers. It is traveling to end up getting alleged swiss replica watches, you’ll see.
Also Fabienne Lupo said the bulk for the accessible will be amid 70 and 80 Swiss Francs, and if the affair goes able-bodied (which will do) the “open days” will aggrandize into Saturday and Sunday in approaching venues. AND there will be a selection, acceptation not everybody will be accustomed to go. They accept 7,000 visitors a day and the best they will admittance is 15,000. If they ability that bulk it is traveling to be far added awash than Baselworld, because it is all beneath one roof and the Palexpo is not as ample as the Baselworld barrio are.