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Patek Philippe unveiled 20 new watches at Watches and Wonders Geneva 2026, headlined by the CHF 350,000 white-gold Ref. 6105G Celestial Sunrise/Sunset, its first wristwatch to show sunrise and sunset times adjustable for summer and winter time, alongside its first automaton wristwatch and four Nautilus 50th-anniversary pieces.

Tudor used its centenary year at Watches and Wonders on 14 April 2026 to launch the all-new Monarch (CHF 4,800) and give the Black Bay 58 METAS Master Chronometer certification, plus a full-ceramic Black Bay and a Tudor-blue Black Bay 54.

At Watches and Wonders Geneva on 14 April 2026 Rolex launched eight Oyster Perpetual novelties for the Oyster's centenary, led by the Oyster Perpetual 41 with '100 years' where 'Swiss Made' normally sits, at US$9,650.

WTO members held the first regular meeting of the Committee on Fisheries Subsidies, set up to police the 2025 agreement, adopting its rules of procedure and granting the FAO permanent observer status.

Phillips' Geneva Watch Auction XXIII totalled CHF 74,846,995 across 225 lots, the highest total for any watch auction in history, led by a Patek Philippe Ref. 2523 'Polychrome Two-Crown World Time' that sold for CHF 7,961,000.

Swatch Group shareholders voted 79.6% against seating US investor Steven Wood on the board at their annual meeting, even after proxy advisers Glass Lewis and ISS backed him and the company's own bearer shareholders separately elected him with 80.4% support.

On Holding's first-quarter 2026 net sales rose 14.5% to a record CHF 831.9 million (26.4% in constant currency) with a 64.2% gross margin and 21.0% adjusted EBITDA margin, and it raised its 2026 profit outlook.

Swatch and Omega's MoonSwatch Mission to the Moon 1969 - 1,969 numbered pieces with an 18K Moonshine Gold dial made from melted-down 1969 Omega parts - was sold only by an online ESTA ballot open 16-21 July 2026, at $570.

Swatch Group posted CHF 3,121 million in first-half 2026 net sales, up from CHF 3,059 million a year earlier and 8.5% higher at constant exchange rates, even as a stronger Swiss franc cut nearly CHF 200 million from the reported total.

On Holding grew net sales 13.5% to CHF 850.3 million in the second quarter of 2026, led by direct-to-consumer sales up 26% that reached a new second-quarter high of 45.7% of revenue.

On launched a special-edition THE ROGER Centre Court in ivory and fern, limited to 20,000 pairs at $200, to mark Roger Federer's induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

Brazil's Alison dos Santos ran 45.80 at Weltklasse Zurich on 27 August 2026, taking 0.14 seconds off Karsten Warholm's 45.94 world record from the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

Geneva Watch Days ran from 2 to 6 September 2026 across Geneva, with a record 71 brands showing new watches in boutiques, hotels and the central pavilion at the Rotonde du Mont-Blanc. The decentralised fair began in 2020 with eight founding brands.

Several people forced their way into Ulysse Nardin's private museum in Le Locle around 3 am on Monday 14 September 2026, broke into display cases and escaped with collectible watches of undetermined value.

Geely Auto officially entered the Swiss market with a brand and product launch in Zurich on 16 September 2026, introducing the E5 and E2 battery-electric models and the Starray EM-i plug-in hybrid SUV.

Zendaya and On unveiled their second co-created collection, built around a python-print 'modern camo' and an action-movie-inspired campaign film by the Argentinian directing trio Pantera.

On Global James Bond Day, 5 October 2026, Omega launched six Seamaster Diver 300M references including a Spectre edition, with two steel editions at US$8,600 and two 77-set limited box sets at US$89,800.

The Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry will publish its September 2026 export statistics on 20 October 2026, after August exports rose 9.1% to CHF 1.79 billion and pushed the first eight months of the year 1.7% above 2025.

The WTO committee that polices the 2025 ban on subsidies for illegal fishing and for fishing overfished stocks holds its second regular meeting in Geneva, as talks on the unfinished 'Fish 2' rules run in parallel.

UBS Group publishes its third-quarter 2026 results on 28 October 2026, after second-quarter net profit rose 17% to US$2.8 billion as the Credit Suisse integration nears completion.

Phillips will hold The Geneva Watch Auction: XXIV over two sessions on 7 and 8 November 2026 at the Hotel President Wilson, offering 221 lots led by a stainless-steel Patek Philippe Ref. 1436 split-seconds chronograph from 1945 estimated at up to CHF 4,000,000.

The Grand Prix d'Horlogerie de Genève holds its 26th awards ceremony on Saturday 7 November 2026 at 7 pm at the Bâtiment des Forces Motrices, awarding 20 prizes including the Aiguille d'Or.

Christie's will hold its live 'Rare Watches Including Watches for ELA' sale in Geneva on 9 November 2026, after its May Geneva sale made CHF 33.1 million. An online 'Geneva Edit' sale runs 15-22 October.

On Holding reported third-quarter 2026 results on 10 November: net sales rose 17.2% (17.8% in constant currency) to CHF 931.4 million, its first quarter above CHF 900 million. It reiterated its low-20% full-year constant-currency sales growth outlook and raised its gross margin outlook.

On Holding is expected to report fourth-quarter and full-year 2026 results in early March 2027, when it must reiterate or reset guidance of low-20% constant-currency growth, a gross margin of at least 65.0% and an adjusted EBITDA margin of 19.5%-20.0%.

With the Geneva Motor Show gone, the Swiss-Romande car show autoXpérience Genève returns to Palexpo from 4 to 7 March 2027, with the Concours d'Élégance Suisse inside it.

Swatch Group's investor calendar lists mid-March 2027, with the exact date still to be confirmed, for its Annual and Sustainability Report covering fiscal year 2026 - the group's next full results release after first-half 2026 sales growth.

Watches and Wonders Geneva announced its 2027 edition will run 5 to 11 April at Palexpo, adding new exhibitors Breitling, Gallet, Universal Genève and the Italian jeweller Damiani.