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At a seminar at CERN, the ATLAS and CMS experiments each report a new boson at around 125-126 GeV at five sigma, independently and from the same data-taking runs. It is the last unverified piece of the Standard Model.

Patek Philippe's Henry Graves Supercomplication pocket watch sold at Sotheby's in Geneva on 11 November 2014 for CHF 23,237,000 (US$24 million), the most ever paid for a watch at auction at the time. It had made US$11 million at Sotheby's in 1999.

A stainless-steel Patek Philippe Ref. 1518 perpetual calendar chronograph sold at Phillips in Geneva on 12 November 2016 for CHF 11,002,000, more than tripling its estimate. It became the most expensive wristwatch ever sold at auction.

The unique stainless-steel Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime Ref. 6300A-010 sold for CHF 31 million at the Only Watch charity auction run by Christie's in Geneva on 9 November 2019. It was the most expensive watch ever sold at auction.

Organisers of the Geneva International Motor Show announced on 31 May 2024 that the 2025 show was off and the foundation behind it would be dissolved, ending a show first held in 1905, while the Qatar edition continues.

The stainless-steel Patek Philippe Ref. 1518 that set the 2016 record sold again at Phillips in Geneva on 8 November 2025 for CHF 14,190,000 (US$17.6 million). It is the most valuable vintage Patek Philippe wristwatch ever sold at auction.

The watch industry's flagship fair, Watches and Wonders Geneva, opened its 2026 edition at Palexpo, running four trade days followed by a public weekend from 18 to 20 April.

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.

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.

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.

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.

WHO's Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization holds its autumn meeting on 5-8 October 2026 at WHO headquarters in hybrid format, by invitation only; the agenda is to be published nearer the time.

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.

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.

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.

WHO's Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization meets on 15-18 March 2027 at WHO headquarters in hybrid format, by invitation only.

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.

The World Health Assembly opens in Geneva on 23 May 2027 with the Pandemic Agreement's pathogen access and benefit-sharing (PABS) annex due for consideration after member states extended the negotiations in 2026.