Watchtime New York ended at the weekend with over 2,000 watch enthusiasts, including Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary attending, the organizer reports.
This year the event hosted 36 brands exhibiting brand new launches as well as historic pieces.
“What I appreciate about this is that it’s a gathering of a global scale. These are brands from all around the world coming together. It’s a chance for collectors like me to see what’s next but also what came before, because some of these brands are displaying some very rare vintage pieces. So, I would never get to see these unless I was here… I think that’s the importance of this: understanding there’s a past to this industry as well as a future. Putting them both together in one show is genius,” Mr O’Leary said after a tour of the show.
This year’s exhibitors were Armin Strom, Arnold & Son, Bell & Ross, Blancpain, Bovet, Breguet, Bremont, Carl F. Bucherer, Chopard, Chronoswiss, Cyrus, Czapek, Frederique Constant, G-Shock, Gerald Charles, Glashütte Original, Greubel Forsey, H. Moser & Cie., HYT, Laurent Ferrier, Louis Erard, Massena LAB, MB&F, Moritz Grossmann, Norqain, Oris, Parmigiani Fleurier, Perrelet, Piaget, RGM, Roger Dubuis, Speake-Marin, Ulysse Nardin, Vianney Halter, Voutilainen, and Zeitwinkel.
Global industry leaders were also on hand to support their brands including Bell & Ross CEO Carlos Rosillo, Czapek CEO Xavier de Roquemaurel, Kari Voutilainen of Voutilainen, Roland Murphy of RGM, Oris CEO of The Americas VJ Geronimo, and Emmanuel Breguet.
Watch Faces at Watchtime New York
