Watches and Wonders is where the Swiss watch industry releases its year: every major maison takes a stand at Palexpo and the novelties are shown to retailers, press and collectors in a single week. Since the collapse of Baselworld it has been the only fair of its kind that matters.
The Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie publishes visitor figures per edition; we have not collected a dated one.
The month is April, and MOLT's calendar files it in March — the only substantive month error we found on their Swiss page besides Sechseläuten and the Fête des Vignerons.
Trade days come first and public days close the week, which is a recent change and the reason Geneva's hotel prices in that week now extend past the industry.
PlanningApril, not March. Trade accreditation first, with public days at the end of the run.