Event

The 33rd HKTDC Hong Kong Watch & Clock Fair, the world’s largest timepiece event, ended in 7 September with more than 19,000 buyers, up two per cent over the previous year. A large number of buyers also considered the Chinese mainland a major source of supplies in the year ahead, with 70 per cent of buyers interviewed planning to source watch and clock products from the Chinese mainland. In terms of product and market trends, both buyers and exhibitors expect quartz and smart watches to lead the market, while fashion watches, smart watches and leisure style watches will have the highest market potential.

Being the most reputable exhibition in China, CWCF is highly attractive to people interested in competent and all kinds of timepiece products. Every year, more than 500 factories would take this chance to release their new products in the fair, transforming it into a worldwide trading platform.
 As the main focus of the China timepiece industry, nearly all businessmen in the industry find CWCF informative for them to look for various products and manufacturers. It is also an extensive platform for people interested in the horologe industry in China and an important progress for the timepiece market.

Young and energetic models presented ZERONE collection in a fashion show. More than 400 invited guests from Asia, US, Europe and Middle East were joined.

“East Touch” is an infotainment publication targeting reader aged between 22-34. It covers stories of celebrities, entertainment news, fashion trends and lifestyle topics. Being awarded by East Touch Magazine that proves ZERONE is a trendy and stylish brand for the fashion savvy.

Mini catwalk for showing ZERONE collection with the conept of “Design & Color”.

The world’s largest timepiece event, the Hong Kong Watch and Clock Fair, take place at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, showcases both Hong Kong and international brands and is a platform for exchanging information and market intelligence. Nearly 17,000 trade buyers took in the HKTDC Hong Kong Watch & Clock Fair 2011, with emerging market visitors up more than 12 per cent over 2010.

The five-day HKTDC Watch & Clock Fair ended with more than 17,500 buyers participating, up 4.5 per cent over last year. It brought together 720 exhibitors from 12 countries and regions. Zerone has invited 6 designers / artists from Hong Kong and Japan to have the “5+1 crossover” collection, which included Mr. Jan Lamb (DJ/ Artists), SK8THING (Graphic Designer), Hiroaki Masuda (Shoe Designer), Michiharu Shimoda (Graphic Designer/ Musician), Motoki Mizoguchi (Graphic Designer) and TORU EYE (Shop Director of “Title”), to show their innovative design.

The project is a collaborative learning activity between Raffles International College and ZERONE. The competition encourages student from Raffles Institution in Thailand, Singapore and India to inspire innovation ideas and design for watch. The final 10 designs are produced in prototype and exhibited at HK Watch Fair 2012. Wing Shya, a well known photographer and director has been invited as one of the judges for the competition.

An exhibition of the crossover watch collection and the masterworks of 7 spirited artists. By providing a comfortable and relax envirnoment, invited guests and press can chit chat with the artists about the design concept of the crossover collection. COJIE from Mighty Crown, a famous Japanese DJ is invited to play the music for the event.

Being Japan’s largest international jewellery show, IJT attracted 1,267 exhibitors from 36 countries worldwide to exhibit their products to 35,902 buyers around the globe. With an increase of both exhibitors and visitors, this year’s show was filled with overwhelmingly more businesses than ever, and the vibrant atmosphere and robust businesses conducted onsite attracted major trade press and national broadcasts throughout the 4 show days.

In collaboration with ETA, Fondazione Il Tari, FARE Fashion Research Lab., Dip. IDEAS Seconda Università di Napoli etc, we discover and promote new talented watch designers from the workshop. The idea is to use workshops to test methodologies and creative processes with the aim of looking to Design project as being closely connected to action, some of the innovative design will be produced in prototype and imprint on their own label for sale and distribute globally.

Life Expo is a brand of Hong Kong Trade Development Council flagship event to promote Hong Kong consumer products and their designs in overseas emerging markets, ranging from electrical appliances, gift & premiums, middle-to-high-end fashion and accessories, watches & clocks. Trade buyers came from Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Russia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, other countries in Central and Eastern Europe.

Private cocktail party for press shooting of ZERONE Collection.

To celebrate the launch of
ZERONE x 30METHING Dot Dot Dot Collection, Jan Lamb attended the press conference with one of the 1,000pcs limited edition dot dot dot watch. He thanked the brand for giving him the high level of freedom and supports throughout the design and production process. The event attracted over a hundred of press, students from Hong Kong Design Institute (HKDI) amid a large crowd of his fans. ZERONE will donate part of Dot Dot Dot collection’s profits to sponsor “ZERONE Watch Design Workshop” that collaborated with HKDI in Sep 2013 and will have the privilege of having Jan as this workshop’s judging panel.

The 32nd HKTDC Hong Kong Watch & Clock Fair, which ended yesterday, attracted nearly 19,000 buyers, up seven per cent over the previous year. Highlights include the new Timepiece Extravaganza. An expanded version of the popular Brand Name Gallery, it features more than 140 brands and includes four thematic zones.

The HKTDC also organized about 80 overseas buying missions to the fair, along with 30 special activities, ranging from watch parades and product launches to seminars and networking receptions.

China Watch & Clock Fair (CWCF) is the largest exhibition on timepieces in China, reputed as the most important exhibition in timepiece industry of Asia, more than 500 manufacturers will present their latest technology and updated products in this fair.

Verified by UFI in 2003, CWCF was certified as “China’s largest watch & clock trade fair” by China Association For Exhibition Centers. Following Basel Fair and Hong Kong Watch & Clock Fair, CWCF provides a unique opportunity for buyers to meet the biggest Chinese horologe manufacturers and suppliers.