LA's Largest Luxury Watch Show Connects Collectors with Leading Watch Brands
On May 3-4, 2019, WatchTime Los Angeles will launch in downtown LA at the Hudson Loft, thus becoming the West Coast’s first-ever two-day luxury collector event. Connecting consumers directly with 27 of the world’s leading luxury brands, LA-area watch lovers can now experience high horology in a multi-layered social and educational format for which WatchTime Events are renowned.
WatchTime Los Angeles (WTLA) proudly presents a strong showing of brands including Greubel Forsey, A. Lange & Söhne, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Grand Seiko, Romain Gauthier and HYT. In total, 27 watch brands are presenting at the show. WTLA has joined forces with Watch Anish and has the local support of the dominant collector groups. (LA WatchGang, OC Chrono Club, and RedBar LA) Other local supporters include the Hollywood Reporter and retail partner Bhindi Jewelers.
The two-day format will feature a VIP cocktail party on Friday, May 3rd from 6 to 10 p.m. The evening offers exclusive first access to the exhibiting brands and their latest timepieces, fresh from their debuts at SIHH and Baselworld, inclduing brand-new timepieces debuting at the event. Collectors have the chance to mingle with industry VIPs, brand executives, and WatchTime editors in a cocktail party setting.
Saturday, May 4th from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. offers a full day of curated presentations and industry panels geared to watch lovers of all levels, as well as ample time for collectors to browse the brands’ collections in a more casual setting.
The panel schedule includes:
10:30 a.m.: Inside the Atelier: Meet the Independent Watch Brands: Independent watchmaking stars speak out.
12:30 p.m.: The Hollywood Reporter Presents: Watches and the Movies, starring: actor Fred Savage, avid collector Morgan King, Degen Pener (The Hollywood Reporter), Jeanne Yang (Stylist to the Stars) and WatchTime's Mark Bernardo.
2:30 p.m.: The Chronograph 101, presented by renowned collector Jeff Kingston
About WatchTime
WatchTime is an award-winning luxury watch media platform based in New York City, and a founding member of the Watch Experts Excellence Network. WatchTime’s watch magazine products reach a monthly audience of almost 800,000 watch collectors. WatchTime is the most successful watch magazine in North America and one of the leading watch magazines globally. WatchTime Events, produced by WatchTime Magazine, now encompasses both WatchTime Los Angeles and its sister event, the annual WatchTime New York show (WTNY), which will celebrate its fifth consecutive year this October 25-26 at Gotham Hall. Each WTNY event has been produced in partnership with media platform Watch Anish. The Manhattan-based show has evolved into a world-class destination event marked by record attendance, and WatchTime Magazine has launched the Los Angeles event to meet demand from its international network of collectors. For more information, please visit www.watchtime.com.
