{"id":628727,"date":"2026-04-25T23:48:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T23:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/628727\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T23:48:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T23:48:15","slug":"north-vancouver-hosting-watchmaker-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/628727\/","title":{"rendered":"North Vancouver hosting watchmaker show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The second annual Vancouver Timepiece Show is happening this weekend at The Pipe Shop at North Vancouver\u2019s shipyards.<\/p>\n<p>More than 80 watchmakers are exhibiting their products, ranging from established international names such as Maurice Lacroix, March Lab, and Baltic, to independent microbrands.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the show\u2019s second time in Vancouver after its inaugural event last year.<\/p>\n<p>The first Timepiece Show in Canada took place in 2024 in Toronto. There is also a show in Montreal.<\/p>\n<p>The organizers say that it is an event for any budget.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is such a variety of unique stylings and timepieces, and certainly from a budget standpoint as well,\u201d event founder Jason Hutton told 1130 NewsRadio in an interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt really makes everyone who comes to the show, no matter where they\u2019re coming from or what they\u2019re looking for, feel welcome. And that\u2019s a very important element of the show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He adds that the event provides a hands-on environment where collectors can interact directly with the watchmakers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"581\" height=\"548\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-25-141745.png\" alt=\"North Vancouver is hosting watchmaker show after success last year\" class=\"wp-image-4424509\"  \/>North Vancouver is hosting watchmaker show after success last year. (Raynaldo Suarez)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the shows, visitors to the show get to interact typically with the creators or designers of the timepieces or the founders of the brands,\u201d Hutton said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo me, that is very exciting. And I think certainly within the watch community, people get excited to meet those individuals as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He says the event\u2019s character can get people excited for watches.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter coming to the show and having the opportunity to speak with founders and designers and the people intimately involved in the brands, it really changes their perspective in terms of the watch world, but also the pieces themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s event features watchmakers from France, the U.K., Japan, and more.<\/p>\n<p>The Vancouver Timepiece Show runs on Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets to the show are free of charge, but registration is required through their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timepieceshow.com\/vancouver\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 With files from Raynaldo Suarez.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The second annual Vancouver Timepiece Show is happening this weekend at The Pipe Shop at North Vancouver\u2019s shipyards.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":628728,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-628727","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-vancouver","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-vancouver"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=628727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/628728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}