WatchTime New York, North America’s largest luxury watch collector event, will return to Gotham Hall in New York City from October 16–18, 2026. The event’s eleventh edition will feature over 40 exhibiting watch brands, including several first-time participants.
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Since its debut 11 years ago, WatchTime New York has consistently been ahead of the curve and the first to recognize a major shift in the global watch industry: collectors wanted to gain direct access to the brands, watchmakers, executives, and tastem akersshaping the market.
At a time when closed-door, trade-only shows still dominated the international watch calendar, WatchTime New York established a new model by bringing collectors and brands together face-to-face for meaningful conversation, exclusive experiences, and hands-on product discovery.
The direct-to-consumer event format first pioneered by WatchTime New York has since become one of the defining movements in the watch world, and eleven years later, the annual collector event remains at the center of the conversation.
Today, the event is widely recognized as the anchor of New York City’s unofficial watch week and continues to draw the world’s most dedicated collectors, passionate enthusiasts, leading international watch brands, and emerging watchmakers to Midtown Manhattan each fall.
WatchTime New York also remains a key player driving the ongoing independent watchmaking renaissance, introducing up-and-coming indie brands to the media platform’s extensive network of global watch collectors before they become star names in the category. The 2026 edition continues that tradition, spotlighting established maisons alongside a new generation of independent watchmakers and first-time brands, including Gerald Genta, Ferdinand Berthoud, Schwarz Etienne, Kollokium, Artime, and Kudoke.
Tickets for WatchTime New York 2026 are now on sale, offering collectors the opportunity to explore new releases, meet brand executives and watchmakers, discover first-time and returning brand exhibitors, enjoy exclusive collector-focused programming and activations, and experience New York’s City’s most anticipated annual watch event.
Guests will also have the opportunity to sign up for an after-hours VIP dinner, returning for its second year. Ticketed guests for the Friday night VIP package with dinner will enjoy a three-course meal on the mezzanine following the Friday evening opening party.
“WatchTime New York was founded on the idea that U.S. collectors wanted more than a showcase; they wanted access to the people behind the watches,” said Sara Orlando, Publisher of WatchTime. “Eleven editions later, that groundbreaking approach continues to define the event. Our focus on introducing emerging independents and creating meaningful connections between brands and collectors reinforces WatchTime New York’s role as a leader in the international watch conversation while helping cultivate the next generation of collectors.”
Ticket options also include full-weekend access or single day tickets, available online at watchtimeevents.com.
WatchTime New York 2026 Event Highlights
Ticket Packages
Dates: October 16-18, 2026
Location: Gotham Hall, 1356 Broadway, New York, NY
Friday Night VIP + Dinner – Sold Out
Friday, October 16, 2026 | Cocktail reception: 5:30–8:30 p.m.; dinner: 8:30–approximately 10:00 p.m
Friday evening programming will include an opening-night VIP cocktail reception followed by a limited-capacity, three-course collector dinner on Gotham Hall’s mezzanine.
Friday Night VIP
Friday, October 16, 2026 | 5:30–8:30 p.m.
The VIP ticket package offers early access to participating brands during WatchTime New York’s exclusive opening-night cocktail reception, and also includes full-weekend admission and reentry on Saturday and Sunday.
Single-Day Admission
Single-day admission includes access to over 40 participating watch brands, brand presentations, hands-on product discovery, tastings, activations, and opportunities to meet watchmakers, executives, and fellow collectors.
Saturday General Admission
Saturday, October 17, 2026 | 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Sunday General Admission
Sunday, October 18, 2026 | 11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
2026 confirmed brand exhibitors include: Armin Strom, Arnold & Son, Artime, Artisans de Genève, Bell & Ross, Bianchet, Blancpain, Chronoswiss, Citizen, Czapek Genève, Fears, Fortis, Frederique Constant, G-Shock, Gerald Charles, Gérald Genta, Glashütte Original, Hautlence, H. Moser & Cie., Kollokium, Kudoke, Laurent Ferrier, L. Leroy, Massena LAB, MB&F, Ming, Moritz Grossmann, Norqain, Oris, Parmigiani Fleurier, Piaget, Ressence, RGM, Ulysse Nardin, Urwerk, Voutilainen, Zeitwinkel, and Zenith, with more to be announced.
Tickets and current pricing are available at WatchTimeEvents.com
WatchTime was founded in New York City in 1999 by the Ebner Publishing Group of Ulm, Germany. Ebner is a diversified publishing company and Europe’s leading publisher of consumer watch magazines. WatchTime has sister magazines in Germany, Poland, Korea, Japan, China, and India.
Since its launch, WatchTime has become a worldwide authority and America’s no. 1 watch magazine, written for those who are interested in fine wristwatches. WatchTime’s mission is to explore and celebrate fine wristwatches and watch culture. The magazine (and watchtime.com) covers all aspects of fine timepieces: the watches themselves; the companies and countries that manufacture them; and the community of watch lovers who design, manufacture, wear, and appreciate them.
WatchTime is published bi-monthly by a staff of American and European watch journalists and watch experts. Each issue offers a balanced mix of informative and entertaining articles for the watch aficionado, covering a wide range of topics, including reviews of specific watches; objective watch tests; in-depth reports on watch technology, design, and history; watch company profiles; provocative interviews with prominent watch people like movie/TV/and sports celebrities, collectors, and watch industry power players; interesting and offbeat items from around the watch world, and more.
