Category: swatch group

The topic of watch fairs is hot these days. Everything started with the explosive news of Swatch Group’s decision to leave Baselworld 2019. This led to several other departures, followed by the resignation of Baselworld/MCH’s CEO and multiple criticisms. In order to stop the bleeding and calm things down, the SIHH and Baselworld announced they will be synchronising their calendars again. However, this isn’t the end of the story. A recent piece of news published by Reuters and Le Temps confirms that the Swatch Group will hold its own watch fair, in Zurich and right during Baselworld 2019.

Less than a week after the Swatch Group announcement of its decision not to participate in the Baselworld 2019, MHC Group (the company operating Baselworld) just issued a press release announcing that the ‘Board of Directors of MCH Group and CEO René Kamm have reached the joint and mutual conclusion that the time has come for a change in the operational leadership of MCH Group in view of the fundamental transformation phase in business operations’.

Less than a week after the Swatch Group announcement of its decision not to participate in the Baselworld 2019, MHC Group (the company operating Baselworld) just issued a press release announcing that the ‘Board of Directors of MCH Group and CEO René Kamm have reached the joint and mutual conclusion that the time has come for a change in the operational leadership of MCH Group in view of the fundamental transformation phase in business operations’.