EDITORIAL
01. WEDNESDAY, MAY
HIGHLIGHTS
02 A VERY GOOD YEAR The new era of BASELWORLD has brought so many changes. I hope that you, as a visitor or exhibitor, were able to draw maximum profit from this exceptional new ambiance and have had a successful time to date. I trust that you had the chance to engage in a number of interesting discussions, concluded good business deals and were inspired by the exceptional design of the new hall and stands. The new hall complex gave us the chance to reinvent BASELWORLD. Thanks to the new exhibition site, the special features, for which the show is well known and appreciated, such as the direct contact, the direct dialogue and the experience inside the halls, took place in the most best surroundings, meeting the wishes of exhibitors and visitors alike. I would like to wish you every success and satisfaction for the concluding phase of BASELWORLD 2013. And I am already looking forward to being able to welcome you to Basel again next spring. Sylvie Ritter Managing Director
Hublot’s CEO Ricardo Guadalupe tells of another great year for the brand.
04 TANTALISED BY TIME The stunning new stand architecture in Hall 1 astonishes the visitors.
A SHOW WITH CHARISMA BASELWORLD 2013 HAS MOVED SUCCESSFULLY IN A NEW DIMENSION by Axel Henselder
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ASELWORLD 2013 has set new standards for trade shows, as was the aim of René Kamm, CEO of the MCH Group. The architectural masterpiece by Herzog & de Meuron impressed exhibitors and visitors alike. The spectacular stand structures and great atmosphere among participants helped create the show’s unique feel. “Our expectations have been more than exceeded,” says Sylvie Ritter, Managing Director of BASELWORLD. She continues: “We
have set yet another milestone in the history of BASELWORLD”. “Visitor figures are higher than last year,” Thierry Stern, President of Patek Philippe, confirms. “A lot of people appreciated the new layout. We had a great success.” “I am delighted by this 2013 show”, Marc A. Hayek, President and CEO of Breguet, Blancpain and Jaquet Droz, shares. “BASELWORLD 2013 was a great success for Rolex. The new stand evidently made a strong impression”, according to Rolex’s CEO Gian Riccardo Marini. Jean-
Frédéric Dufour, CEO of Zenith, approves: “It was a great chance for us to show the new face of the brand within a new stand. It was good start.” Michele Sofisti, CEO of Sowind Group, emphasizes: “BASELWORLD is the most important watch show in the world.” KarlFriedrich Scheufele, Co-President of Chopard, adds: “In 2013, the show turned out to be a very good edition. For the industry, BASELWORLD is the rendezvous of the year, even more so after the extensive renovations.” Luc Perramond, CEO of Montres Hermès also thinks: “I am very happy with the results.” The same goes for Rado, whose CEO Matthias Breschan says: “It has been a very positive show for Rado!” The jewellery icon Stephen Webster is likewise impressed with the new BASELWORLD: “The show so far has been full on and very hectic, just what we hoped for.”
Boucheron, Chopard, Blancpain and the like present a dazzling array of majestic jewellery watches.
10 TECHNOLOGY OF TIME
Pierre Gygax, Executive Vice President of Ulysse Nardin, talks about grand complication timepieces.
50 BEAUTY MEETS FUNCTIONALITY
The Gavello collections combine universally recognised symbols with ergonomic forms.
72 HOME SWEET HOME
Expensive watches and jewellery deserve to be suitably housed: an insight into high-end cases and packaging.
76 GEMALICIOUS
A cornucopia of the most stunning pieces is offered here at BASELWORLD.
“AN UNFORGETTABLE BASELWORLD!” 2013 IS A YEAR OF INNOVATIONS FOR TISSOT Interview by William George Shuster
rançois Thiébaud, President of Tissot, talks about the brand’s innovations and why BASELWORLD 2013 has “lots to celebrate.”
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terms of value and number two in volume, with several million pieces sold in 2012. In 2013, we’ll reach for new heights.
BWDN: Mr. Thiébaud, how was 2012; what’s expected in 2013? François Thiébaud: The Swiss watch industry set records in 2012, with exports reaching 21.4 billion Swiss francs. Swatch Group, of which we are a part, strongly contributed to that. For Tissot, 2012 was a great year, with another record increase. It is one of the top five Swiss brands in
Innovation is in Tissot’s DNA. So, what’s new? 2013, our 160th anniversary, is a technically innovative year for Tissot. Our elegant Tissot Luxury watch has the new, revolutionary Powermatic 80 movement, the first equipped with 80 hours of power reserve versus 42 hours for competing movements. It uses less energy, has high-tech synthetic material in
its escapement for less friction, and a new balance, innovatively regulated, for more precision. The new 2825 movement in our Tissot Couturier Small Second watch lets designers create fresh, stylish looks. We embrace tradition in the beautiful Tissot Skeleton movement in the Tissot T-Complication Squelette, with a see-through dial. Furthermore, Tissot advances its tactile technology with the Tissot T-Touch Solar for women and men, the first-ever touch screen solar watch. For our anniversary, we recreated 1953’s Tissot Navigator, which had ground-breaking
time-zone technology, in our new Tissot Heritage Navigator. It represents the new horizons Tissot has always explored. What does BASELWORLD mean to Tissot? It’s very important. We share the ideas and work for our products with people as passionate about watches and our brand as we are. Exhibiting with colleagues generates new ideas and creativity, and we convey what Tissot stands for. BASELWORLD 2013 is more important than ever. We celebrate
François Thiébaud, President of Tissot.
our 160th anniversary here, alongside our younger sister brand Swatch, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary, and have a brand new stand in an entirely new setting.