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Sep 05, 2009,06:23 AM
 

Jack the write up calls the Hong Kong show "the worlds largest".  Larger than Basel???  What is the metric that makes it larger?

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Global Recession hits watch industries biggest annual event.

 
 By: justpen : September 3rd, 2009-10:35
A great opportunity for Purists and enthusiasts who are in Honk Kong this Sunday. The world's largest and most important watch industry annual exhibition is being held in Hong Kong this week, but it is feeling the pinch of the Global recession, and has go... 

It should have been expected....

 
 By: AlbertaTime : September 5th, 2009-00:54
Earlier this year the The Musée d’Horlogerie du Locle, in association with the Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres (COSC), the Besançon Observatory and the Haute Ecole-ARC in Le Locle staged the 2009 International Chronometry Competition, but--even ...  

You are roght... it had to happen..

 
 By: justpen : September 5th, 2009-04:03
Hi Alberta Time, You are right... it should have been expected. Reality is the industry needed a wake up call and as prices climbed and climbed, while the world goes into a recession, that has still not bottomed, most luxury sellers are down by 70%. In 20... 

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 By: jkingston : September 5th, 2009-06:23
Jack the write up calls the Hong Kong show "the worlds largest". Larger than Basel??? What is the metric that makes it larger?

Hi John, may be someone knows the figures and can reply ?????

 
 By: justpen : September 5th, 2009-10:26
Hi John, I don't know the answer to that. I am only communicating what ' Channel News Asia' is quoting. But I assume that Basil is already open to the public, where as Honk Kong was not. They did state that this was the world's largest "industry" exhibiti...