SIHH 2019 shake-up sees Van Cleef & Arpels bowing out as Bovet joins the luxury watch fair

Organiser reveals line-up of 35 exhibitors for 2019 edition in Geneva from January Van Cleef & Arpels, a long-time regular at Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH), will be absent from next year’s international luxury watch fair in Geneva But Bovet, the heritage luxury watchmaker, will take part for the first time. Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie (FHH), the organiser of SIHH, revealed the line-up for the 2019 edition at PalExpo from January 14-17. The 35 exhibitors – comprising 18 historic maisons and 17 independents as part of the Carre des Horlogers group – has been updated with Bovet for the first time. Van Cleef & Arpels’ Catherine Renier to be new CEO of Jaeger-LeCoultre Bovet, founded in London in 1822, is known for its lavish decorated dials and high complications. Van Cleef & Arpels CEO and creative director Nicolas Bos said at SIHH 2018 that the brand was concerned by the evolution of SIHH . Source