Inhorgenta 2026: "The meeting place for the industry"
“The industry’s meeting place.” Mario Peserico (General Manager of Eberhard & Co) sums it up perfectly with these words: Inhorgenta is Europe’s leading trade fair for watches, jewelry, gemstones, workshop equipment, tools, presentation materials, and packaging. It appeals equally to specialist retailers, watchmakers, goldsmiths, and members of related industries.
“As a leading trade fair, we are now both a product and knowledge platform,” adds Stefanie Mändlein (Exhibition Director, Inhorgenta).
Strategic partnerships and curated content are key to this. The collaboration with the Fondation Haute Horlogerie brings watchmaking culture to life and takes discussions to a new level. Trendfactory and Watch Talks translate expertise into practical knowledge that retailers can use the very next day. The Inhorgenta Award combines visibility with setting quality standards. These building blocks contribute to one goal: providing guidance, strengthening market confidence, and accelerating investment.”
“This is how we are consistently developing Inhorgenta further—as a place where creativity, quality, and business come together.”
Stefanie Mändlein
Alexander Shorokhoff: Inspiring conversations
Alexander Shorokhov (Managing Director and Designer Alexander Shorokhoff): “As every year, expectations for Inhorgenta are high. We hope to see an even more international audience, especially from neighboring countries, but also from regions such as India and the United Arab Emirates. We are also looking forward to the presence of many new retailers and distributors who have been invited to this great event.”
Above all, we look forward to inspiring conversations and to delighting our visitors with our extraordinary watches.
Alexander Shorokhoc
Dahlinger: Trends and exchange
“Inhorgenta is one of the most important platforms for the jewelry and watch industry.”
Bernd Dahlinger
Bernd Dahlinger (Managing Partner, Dahlinger GmbH): “Inhorgenta sets trends, promotes exchange within the international industry, and is therefore particularly close to my heart in terms of its further development. With our 2026 collection, we are presenting numerous innovations in the field of engagement and wedding rings—and are deliberately focusing on protection and presentation. The choice of high-quality presentation materials underscores the emotional significance of these special pieces of jewelry. Elegant cases and well-designed jewelry stands and displays create an atmosphere that makes the moment of purchase an unforgettable experience while also strengthening the jeweler’s brand in the long term. Our focus on weddings will also be clearly evident at our trade fair stand.”
Eberhard & Co.: Direct dialogue
Mario Peserico (General Manager of Eberhard & Co): “Inhorgenta offers Eberhard & Co. an excellent platform for direct dialogue with selected jewelers. It allows them to experience our high-quality timepieces up close and personally appreciate their craftsmanship, workmanship, and horological excellence. I will be there in person and am very much looking forward to direct exchanges and discussions with our existing and future partners.”
“The Inhorgenta Award lends additional prestige to the trade fair and underscores its importance as a valuable meeting place for the industry.”
Mario Peserico
Tutima: Valuable guidance
“We expect Inhorgenta to prove itself once again this year as an important platform for exchange and to offer valuable guidance to the industry.”
Matthias Stotz
Matthias Stotz (CEO Tutima Glashütte): “After kicking off the watch year with our first activities abroad, we will be providing further exciting insights at Inhorgenta into how we are consistently driving forward the evolution of the brand and the collection. This includes the presentation of the first new products of the year, which our retail partners, media representatives, and trade visitors can look forward to. We want to build on the positive response and success we recently achieved with our new Patria models.”
Ebel: Central platform
“The Watch Boutique provides the ideal setting for presenting timepieces.”
Ebel
Ebel will kick off its 115th anniversary year at Inhorgenta 2026. For years, the trade fair has been a central platform for presenting new collections and interacting with authorized dealers and interested parties. Many customers see Ebel not only as watches, but as jewelry with a timekeeping function. This is characterized by the high craftsmanship of the iconic Sport Classic wave bracelets. They are reminiscent of exclusive jewelry bracelets and combine elegance, comfort, and functionality.”
Inhorgenta 2026: Top-class craftsmanship
Whether at exhibitors’ stands, in carefully curated special areas, in practical workshops, or in intensive exchanges with technical colleges and manufacturers—craftsmanship will not only be on display at Inhorgenta 2026, but will also be brought to life.
“Craftsmanship is not a nostalgic topic, but a strategic success factor.”
Stefanie Mändlein
Stefanie Mändlein explains: “Excellent craftsmanship creates trust, justifies price, and differentiates in saturated markets. At the same time, craftsmanship is a driver of innovation because good solutions arise from the interplay of skill, technology, and understanding of materials. At Inhorgenta, we showcase this connection: in special areas, in live formats, and in discussions that make technology understandable. Brands that explain their origin and manufacturing process in a transparent manner are successful in both the retail sector and with end customers. Our goal is to make this quality visible and thus increase investment security on both sides.”
Expertise and quality
Mario Peserico (General Manager of Eberhard & Co) welcomes Inhorgenta’s theme of craftsmanship, “as it reflects a dimension that is closely linked to the world of watchmaking and encompasses technical expertise and quality. Craftsmanship represents the knowledge that underpins mechanical watchmaking—an area to which we have been committed for almost 140 years.
In this context, the new Contodat collection takes shape, reinterpreting a model that represents an important chapter in the brand’s history. At that time, Eberhard & Co. responded to the rise of quartz watches with a distinctive mechanical watch that stood out for its color and personality. Today, in a similarly complex era, this approach continues to shape our work and guide a collection that looks to the present while remaining rooted in our tradition.”
Excellent quality and high degree of innovation
Matthias Sotz agrees from the perspective of the Made in Germany brand: “Glashütte is the cradle of fine watchmaking in Germany. The region owes its global reputation for excellent quality and a high degree of innovation to this special, traditional craft.”
These virtues continue to have a decisive influence on how we develop our own calibers and manufacture watches, finishing, assembling, and regulating them with meticulous attention to detail. The result is timepieces that are ultimately unique. We are proud of this level of vertical integration. At the same time, new materials and processes are constantly being incorporated into the manufacturing process to further improve the feel and precision of our watches.
“In the end, it is always the craftsmanship and attention to detail that give a fine watch its uniqueness and added value.”
Matthias Stotz
