by Ian Skellern
Dubai Watch Week kicked off today after being opened by its royal patron, her Highness Sheikha Latifa Bint Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum. While the discussion panels and Creative Hub talks and presentations begin on Friday, opening day kept visitors busy with two brand exhibition spaces, an exhibition showcasing all of the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) winners and another with many of the GPHG pre-selected watches, watchmaking and engraving master classes, and more.
Here are a few photos from the first day of Dubai Watch Week.
F.P. Journe at Dubai Watch Week 2017
Dubai Watch Week Day 1
Dubai Watch Week 2017
Left to right: Bart and Tim Grönefeld (Grönefeld Watches), Stephen Forsey (Greubel Forsey), and Christine Hutter (Moritz Grossmann) at Dubai Watch Week 2017
Abdulhamied Ahmed Seddiqi, vice chairman of the Seddiqi Group of watch retailers, which founded Dubai Watch Week in 2015, with a very nice Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Double Balance on his wrist
Singer Reimagined Track 1 at Dubai Watch Week 2017
Is that a scratch? TheWATCHES.tv founder Marc André Deschoux at a watchmaking master class at Dubai Watch Week
Winners of the recent 2017 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève on display in a forest-at-night themed exhibition at Dubai Watch Week
A visitor enjoying the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève display at Dubai Watch Week 2017
Antoine Preziuso gives a much appreciated demonstration lesson in cutting gear teeth the traditional way at Dubai Watch Week
Watchmaking masterclass at Dubai Watch Week with Antoine (center) and Florian Preziuso
Quill & Pad co-founder Ian Skellern giving (in his dreams) Antoine Preziuso a masterclass in watchmaking
Jaeger-LeCoultre at Dubai Watch Week
Panerai at Dubai Watch Week 2017
Dubai Watch Week 2017
The Gate Building dominates Dubai Watch Week
Engraving master class with Bovet at Dubai Watch Week
Engraving master class with Bovet at Dubai Watch Week
Day two at Dubai Watch Week sees the start of the discussion panels and Creative Hub presentations as well as new launches, so stay tuned for live reporting tomorrow.
For more information, please visit www.dubaiwatchweek.com.
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So is Dubai Watch Week 5 times bigger than in the previous year?
It’s too early to tell what the visitor numbers will be Boris, but it’s well over 5 times larger in total surface area, has more and better brand exhibition areas. For me it has evolved from a big regional fair to a medium sized international fair.
Lovely Grönefeld, Ian!!