Baselworld
Baselworld was once the world’s leading trade show for watches and jewellery, serving as a global stage for luxury brands, emerging designers, and key suppliers. For decades, it shaped product launches, retail trends, and industry relationships—leaving a lasting legacy across the UK jewellery trade. Jewellery Focus reflects on Baselworld’s impact with retrospective coverage of its brand showcases, market influence, decline, and its role in shaping modern trade events. Our reporting offers UK jewellers, designers, and suppliers historical context and insights into how Baselworld’s rise and fall continues to influence today’s industry dynamics.
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Jun- 2021 -24 JuneEvents
Baselworld to return in 2022
Organiser, MCH Group, has announced the return of luxury watch and jewellery trade event Baselworld, which will run from 31 March to 4 April 2022. The event, which was held for the last time in 2019 due to last year’s pandemic, will act as a B2B platform for the mid-range…
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Jul- 2020 -24 JulyEvents
Former Baselworld organiser launches ‘HourUniverse’
MCH Group, the trade show organiser behind Baselworld, has launched its new platform ‘HourUniverse’, which will hold an event in April in Basel, Switzerland. The company said: “With Baselworld having been put to rest, the MCH teams have put all their expertise and the feedback from customers, buyers, visitors into…
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May- 2020 -7 MayEvents
Baselworld 2021 cancelled
Organisers of Baselworld, the MCH Group, have confirmed that the 2021 event will no longer go ahead. The annual event, which was due to take place between 28 January and 2 February 2021, has been scrapped as the MCH Group said it had “reached an agreement” with representatives of exhibitors…
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Apr- 2020 -15 AprilAnalysis
Covid-19 & designer watches: The impact of the outbreak
The coronavirus outbreak has caused widespread devastation across the entire globe. Not only are the numbers of cases and deaths caused by the COVID-19 virus already in the tens of thousands, but industries and societal constructs are continuing to struggle as a result. One such industry to suffer the consequences…
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14 AprilCoronavirus
World’s biggest watch brands exit Baselworld
Five of the world’s biggest watch brands have released a joint statement announcing their withdrawal from Baselworld 2021, following the cancellation of this year’s event due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In a joint statement, Rolex, Patek Philippe, Chanel, Chopard and Tudor said they will no longer participate in the world’s…
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9 AprilCoronavirus
Have your say: Baselworld lays out refund policy
Baselworld has announced it is planning to withhold exhibitor’s fees for the cancelled 2020 show and instead shift them to the event the following year. MCH Group, which organised the event, said it would now carry forward 85% of the fees to Baselworld 2021, with the remaining 15% used to…
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Mar- 2020 -2 MarchEvents
Baselworld 2020 cancelled amid Coronavirus threat
Global watch fair, Baselworld, announced it has cancelled its 2020 fair amid “health and safety reasons”. The annual event, which takes place in Switzerland, said the move was “in accordance with the precautionary principle following the bans of large-scale public and private events issued today by the Swiss federal and…
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Jul- 2019 -9 JulyTrade Organisations
Baselworld signs partnership with CIBJO
Baselworld has become a commercial member of CIBJO the World Jewellery Confederation, in an aim to be more “firmly rooted in the jewellery, gemstone and pearl industry”. Baselworld said the move aims to help the trade show to be as close as possible to its stakeholders and to “better understand…
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5 JulyAnalysis
How can the luxury watch industry survive?
The Swiss watch industry has dominated ever since the 1800s when farmers began assembling handcrafted mechanical watches during harsh winter months. Today Swiss watches are synonymous with luxury and prestige. But can the Swiss watchmaking industry survive? Technology Millions of consumers are investing in the convenience of having a mini-computer…
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Apr- 2019 -17 AprilRetailers
Breitling to pull out of Baselworld due to later timing
Luxury watch manufacturer Breitling has announced it will not be attending the Baselworld trade show next year and instead it will focus on its own independent communication format, the Breitling Summit. Breitling said it made the decision due to the later date set for the Swiss-based trade show, which could…
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