An other argument has been that it’s a waste of time and money to have two big separate fairs where dealers, distributors and press have to Pay the the expenses to go twice in a year... is there need for two fairs -probably not (so rumor say Basel is the looser) - a need for one....well, at least I hope so.
My guess is if Rolex or Patek pull out it will be difficult to save the fair.