Watches and Wonders, Time to Watches and other spring watch events.
Just over two weeks remain until the main watch exhibitions of the year take place across different parts of Geneva. In this article, we offer a brief overview of what watch enthusiasts can expect in mid-April.
Watches and Wonders Geneva 2026 - April 14-20 - Palexpo

This year, the Watches and Wonders exhibition will be held in an expanded format. Sixty-six brands will showcase their novelties at Palexpo. In addition to industry giants like Rolex, Patek Philippe, Richemont, and LVMH brands, visitors can look forward to the return of Audemars Piguet and the appearance of 10 new participants.
Newcomers include companies like Behrens, Bianchet, B.R.M Chronographes, Charles Girardier, Corum, Credor, Favre Leuba, l’Epée 1839, March LA.B, and Sinn Spezialuhren. One of the most significant losses for the salon is Montblanc.

From April 18 to 20, the exhibition program includes open days. Ticket sales for these days began on February 10.
You can view the detailed event program here or on the website www.watchesandwonders.com. Full list of participants:
A. Lange & Söhne I Alpina I Angelus I Armin Strom I Arnold & Son I Artya Genève I Audemars Piguet I Baume & Mercier I Behrens I Bianchet I Bremont I B.R.M Chronographes I Bulgari I Cartier I Chanel I Charles Girardier I Charriol I Chopard I Christian Van Der Klaauw I Chronoswiss I Corum I Credor I Cyrus Genève I Czapek & Cie I Eberhard & Co. I Favre Leuba I Ferdinand Berthoud I Frédérique Constant I Genus I Gerald Charles I Grand Seiko I Grönefeld I Hautlence I Hermès I H. Moser & Cie. I Hublot I HYT I IWC Schaffhausen I Jaeger-LeCoultre I Kross Studio I Laurent Ferrier I L’Epée 1839 I Louis Moinet I March LA.B I Nomos Glashütte I Norqain I Oris I Panerai I Parmigiani Fleurier I Patek Philippe I Pequignet I Piaget I Raymond Weil I Ressence I Roger Dubuis I Rolex I Rudis Sylva I Sinn Spezialuhren I TAG Heuer I Trilobe I Tudor I U-Boat I Ulysse Nardin I Vacheron Constantin I Van Cleef & Arpels I Zenith
Time to Watches - April 14-19 - Villa Sarasin

For the second time, the Time to Watches exhibition will take place just a minute's walk from Palexpo. Moving the event from the Geneva School of Art and Design (HEAD) positively impacted salon attendance. The number of participants has grown to 85.
5280 Watch Company | ADRIATICA | Aerowatch | Airain | AL-Time | Appella | Art de l’anglage | Atlantic Watches | BA111OD | Bauhaus Watches | Beauregard | Berney | Blackout | BRISTON | Champs-Élysées | CIGA Design | CIMIER | Claude Bernard | D1 Milano | De Rijke & Co | DOMINIQUE RENAUD | DONE Watches | DWISS | Edox | Elka Watch Co. | Epos | Exaequo – Salvador Dalí | Fears | Felipe Pikullik | Geovani | GoS watches | Graham | H992 Architecte Horloger | HAUTE-RIVE | HENOTI | Herbelin | ID Genève | Jean-Marc Fleury | JEAYOU | Jowissa | Junghans | KERBEDANZ | Krayon | Laco | Laine | Lebois & Co | LIC-Leather | LÖBNER | Lorige | Magellan | Maison Alcée | Marathon Watch | Mathey-Tissot | Max Twelve | MHP Maison Horlogère Palmer | Milus | Murex | NALLA NERAM | NEPRO | Nivada Grenchen | OISA 1937 | Ollech & Wajs | Optima | Pragma | Qian GuoBiao | Raidillon | RALF TECH | Richelieu | RMS Zeitmeister Watches | RSW | Ruhla 1929 | Sandoz | SARTORY BILLARD | Sinclair Harding | Squale | Swiss Military Hanowa | TAOS | Venezianico | Vulcain | White Star Watch | WOLF | YEMA | YOUHR | ZANNETTI Independent Watchmaker | Zeppelin
Tickets can be purchased online. More details at www.timetowatches.com.
AHCI – Masters of Horology – April 13-18 – Ice Bergues Exhibition Center

Parallel to the main events of Geneva's watch week, 25 independent watchmaking masters (members of the Academy of Independent Watchmakers) will present their novelties at the Ice Bergues Exhibition Center.
Svend Andersen I Hajime Asaoka I Ludovic Ballouard I Cyril Brivet-Naudot I David Candaux I Konstantin Chaykin I Miki Eleta I John-Mikael Flaux I Vianney Halter I Stefan Kudoke I Bernhard Lederer I Sebastian Naeschke I Raul Pages I Alessandro Rigotto I Florian Schlumpf I Kari Voutilainen I Lin Hong Hua I Tan Zehua I Sylvain Pinaud I Anton Suhanov I Ma Shuxu I Marco Lang I Nicolas Delaloye I Dann Phimphrachanh I Marco Guarino
Exhibition hours: daily from 2 PM to 11 PM. Exhibition center address – Place des Bergues 3, Geneva. More information on the website: www.ahci.ch.
Chronopolis – April 14-18 Les Halles de l’Ile (near Bâtiment des Forces Motrices)

A new event on Geneva's watch calendar will bring together 20 independent watchmakers in the heart of the city. The event is free and open to all. Opening hours: from 10 AM to 8 PM.
Arsene Lippens – Atelier Wen – AWAKE – Baltic – Beaubleu – Breda – Dennison, Depancel – Echo/Neutra – Farer – Formex – Furlan Marri – Hegid -Jacques Bianchi – Maen – Nivada Grenchen – Serica – SpaceOne – Studio Underd0g – YEMA.
Hotel Beaurivage: a meeting place for independent designers and several dozen watch brands. Address: Quai du Mont-Blanc 13, 1201 Genève.
List of designers: Zeitwinkel, Garrick Watches, Sherpa, Holthinrichs, Fam Al Hut, Isotope, Klanic, Carl Suchy & Sohne, Earthen, Cleguer and Amida.
List of watch brands: Alto, Amida, Amida, Artime, Auguste Reymond, Beda’a, Benrus, Blaken, Cedric Johner, Century, Claude Meylan, Cuervo y Sobrinos, David Candaux, Delbana, Delma, Doxa, Ebel, Gaga Laboratorio, Grana, Ikepod, Isotope, Kollokium, Leroy, Louis Erard, Maurice Lacroix, Minase, Perrelet, Reservoir, Schwarz Etienne, Singer, Singer Reimagined, Stollenwurm, Titan, Tutima, Van Bergen, Vanguart, Vanguart, West End Watch and ZRC.
Individual brand presentation venues:
Hotel des Bergues: Jacob & Co and Speake Marin
Hotel La Réserve: Bovet and Greubel-Forsey
Hotel Ritz: De Bethune
FP Journe: brand manufacture
MB&F, Urwerk, Rexhep Rexhepi, Raymond Weil – company boutiques.