The 20th Mitsukoshi World Watch Fair - Inheritance of Time, Japan's largest watch festival, will be held from August 16th to 28th at the event hall on the 7th floor of the main building of Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store.

Since its launch in 1998, this event has brought together the latest models from approximately 50 prestigious watch brands, as well as a large number of rare watches and limited edition models from domestic and international watch brands, delighting many watch enthusiasts.

The theme for this 20th fair is "Inheritance of Time." Notable new releases unveiled at the two major watch fairs held in Switzerland this spring, the Geneva Salon and Baselworld, will be gathered together in a venue of approximately 1,500 square meters. In addition to Mitsukoshi-exclusive items, the lineup will include highly sought-after items, including rare masterpieces even from around the world. Among the most noteworthy items are the "Real Moon Stella Nebula" (13.2 million yen) by Christian van der Klaauw, which is made with the precious stone "ammolite" and is available for pre-order at the Mitsukoshi Nihonbashi main store, and the "Round Retrograde Equation Perpetual Calendar Chronograph" (9.45 million yen) by Franck Muller, whose clear pale blue luster and luxurious thickness on the dial further enhance the majesty of the complication. Also, the Jaeger-LeCoultre movement, Cal. 8756Q, which is equipped with a complex perpetual calendar mechanism and is thoroughly skeletonized, is limited to 200 pieces worldwide. The exhibition will feature the Master Grande Tradition Perpetual Calendar Eight Days Skeleton (11.2 million yen) from LECOULTRE, and two types of Piaget Classic Jewelry Watches (7 million yen/6.35 million yen), replicas of jewelry watches produced in the late 1960s. There will also be a special exhibition, "Patek Philippe x Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store: 20th Anniversary Journey," where you can see masterpieces from Patek Philippe sold in the past. Furthermore, the fair will allow visitors to experience the charm of timepieces that have been passed down through generations through events such as a special Chopard talk show with GQ JAPAN editor-in-chief Masafumi Suzuki and Goro Yamada on August 19th, and a talk show and disassembly demonstration of Citizen's Eco-Drive One on August 20th.