At Vicenzaoro, scheduled from 17 to 21 March 2022, IEG - Italian Exhibition Group is launching a new format, VO'Clock Privé, a moment of encounter between the protagonists of contemporary watchmaking, enthusiasts and experts in the sector and the media. Among the first names confirmed will be Zenith, Girard-Perregaux, Eberhard & Co., Corum, Perrelet, Vincent Calabrese, Locman Italy, Junghans, Wyler Vetta and Timex. VO'Clock Privé, which will be held from Friday 18 to Sunday 20, will set up elegant lounges in the foyer on the first floor of the Vicenza exhibition centre, in a setting reserved for enthusiasts, the press and operators. It will be an opportunity to meet, admire the products in preview, see and touch them, talk and interact. The public of enthusiasts will be treated to training sessions with authoritative Italian and foreign institutions. Starting with the classes organised by the FHH - Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie, which will hold two sessions to explore the most fascinating mechanisms, the chronograph, the tourbillon and the perpetual calendar, up to the sessions with the trainers from the CAPAC watchmaking school in Milan to learn the basics of mechanical watchmaking and acquire the skills to assemble and disassemble a mechanical movement directly in the classroom. In addition to the courses, there will be a schedule of meetings with brands involving VO'Clock's partner communities of enthusiasts and a programme of in-depth talks with experts that will be held in a dedicated lounge on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20, also open to the public. Prominent names from the watch industry will be invited to the talks and meetings.
