Watches and Wonders confirms hybrid format and participating brands of 2022 event

Watches and Wonders, the annual mega luxury watch event is set to be held in a hybrid format next year.

The event will be held over seven days from March 30 to April 5, 2022, in Geneva’s Palexpo and will mark a return to the physical format of the Geneva leg after two all-digital editions.

Watches and Wonders Geneva has confirmed that nearly 40 of the industry’s biggest names brands in the watch and jewellery space will participate including Cartier, Hermès, IWC Schaffhausen, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Piaget, Ulysse Nardin and Vacheron Constantin.

Those which will be participating for the first time include Hublot, TAG Heuer and Zenith from the LVMH Group, Grand Seiko, Oris, besides jeweller Van Cleef & Arpels which is returning to the event. Reputed brands such as Chanel, Chopard, Patek Philippe, Rolex and Tudor will also be exhibiting for the first time in Geneva.

WATCHES AND WONDERS GENEVA // Nearly 40 watchmaking Maisons will be exhibiting at the physical Salon of Watches and Wonders 2022.

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The Carré des Horlogers meanwhile will showcase fifteen independent designer-craftsmen and women at the centre of the exhibition.

Some of the leading independent brands will include Czapek, Ferdinand Berthoud, H. Moser & Cie, Laurent Ferrier Ressence and Speake-Marin, among others.

The organisers have confirmed that all the product presentations, launches, keynotes, panel discussions and conferences can be visited physically by those attending the event in Geneva, but can also, for those who are unable to travel, be accessed remotely via the event’s website.

Baselworld, the other major global watch and jewellery fair, has said that it too will conduct the next edition of its exhibition in Basel from March 31 to April 4, 2022 – thereby overlapping the dates of Watches and Wonders.