Tomorrow at Vicenzaoro, the return of VO Vintage

 Organized by Italian Exhibition Group, the b2c event, which confirms its role as a unique meeting point in the national panorama for timepiece and vintage jewelry enthusiasts, not only offers the chance to buy unique and valuable pieces, but also to negotiate with the best sellers and keep up to date with opinion leaders, experts, the best dealers, associations, brands, enthusiast forums, such as Watchouse, and influencers on sector themes and trends. The event’s strong point is its full program of events, seminars, interviews and training sessions, which will take place from Friday to Sunday and which, for the first time, will also offer an insight into the world of vintage jewelry. As far as watches are concerned, the main feature will be the meeting with Giulio Papi, one of the most important collectors and historians of Italian watchmaking, who will be talking about Audemars Piguet's ultra complication (Saturday 20^th January), together with Michele Mengoli and Jacopo Giudici, respectively director and founder of Watch Insanity, Enrico Zazzali, editor Revolution Italia, and Massimiliano Barricelli, Watchmaker.




At VO Vintage, EveryWatch, an innovative platform for aspiring collectors and watch veterans, will be presented in the presence of Giovanni Prigigallo, Co-Founder & Head of Business Development at EveryWatch. “Does vintage watchmaking also increase demand for the new?” is the question that will be answered by a panel of experts, including Bruno Bergamaschi (aka Giorgione), Micol Bozino, Watch Editor, and Stefano Mazzariol, writer, dealer and vintage Rolex expert. The counterfeiting industry will, instead, be the topic addressed by Ugo Pancani, Professor in Mechanical and Electronic Watchmaking and Trainer at Fondation de la Haute Horologerie, along with Carlo Maria Ceppi, Heritage Curator at Panerai, and Paolo Della Giorgia, legal expert and auditor. Market trends will also be presented in a talk moderated by Michele Mengoli, Watch Insanity Director, and Giorgione, by a group of Watch Passion associates: Elvio Piva, Tempus Orologi in Padua, Roberto Verde, Goldfingers Orologi in Verona, Stefano Mazzariol, Vintage Watches in Livorno, and Maurizio De Angelis, Deangelis Fine Watches in Milan and Forte dei Marmi.

Tomorrow, Friday 19^th, will see the event entitled “Locman: watches and Made in Italy' synergies”. 

The talk will be an opportunity to present the latest additions to the Locman collection and to discuss the role of Italian watchmaking in the world, together with Marco Mantovani, president of Locman, Admiral Lorenzano Di Renzo, commander of the Livorno Naval Academy, Alessandro Cicognani, licensing and corporate partnership director at Ducati, Alessia Crivelli, CEO at Crivelli Gioielli, and Sandro Fratini, owner of the L'O. Belvedere Angelico Srl brand.




Vintage jewelry will be in the spotlight at this coming edition of VO Vintage with no less than four events dedicated to its evolution. “The growth of the vintage jewelry market” is one of the topics addressed at the meeting with Manuel Menini, collector and founder of Vincent Vintage Bijoux in Milan, moderated by Federica Frosini, Editor-in-Chief of VO+ Jewelry Magazine. The link between watchmaking and jewelry will, instead, be explored by Carlotta Parmegiani, PR & Events Specialist for Monaco Legend Group, and Laura Inghirami, Founder & Creative Director of Donna Jewel, in a meeting moderated by watchmaking popularizer, Andrea Casalegno. The Milanese art of goldsmithing between luxury, fashion, history and art will be the focus of the Gem Talk featuring speeches by Paola Venturelli, scientific manager of the Gianmaria Buccellati Foundation, and Loredana Prosperi, director of IGI – Italian Gemological Institute. “Stones and diamonds, between collecting and vintage” will be the theme of the talk moderated by Paolo Gobbi with the participation of Paolo Paolillo, sole administrator of Paolillo 1880, Andrea Falcioni, sole administrator of DiamonDiamonD, and Claudia Gobbi, jewelry designer and professor of jewelry illustration.