Windup Watch Fair Chicago: What You Need to Know

Windup Watch Fair Chicago: What You Need to Know

I absolutely love to attend watch trade shows. They provide a unique opportunity to nerd out with like-minded people, swap stories, and of course, try on countless watches in the metal.

Windup Watch Fair, a triannual event held in Chicago, San Francisco, and New York is an event where watch people like myself get to meet up, talk watches, and buy them directly from a roster of 30-60 watch brands. The next Chicago Windup Watch Fair is in just a few days! Let’s dig into the details of the show…

Windup Watch Fair

First, here are specifics:

Location:  Venue West, 221 N Paulina St, Chicago, IL 60612

Days / Times: Friday, July 12: 12pm - 6pm / Saturday, July 13: 12pm - 6pm / Sunday, July 14: 12pm - 5pm

Website: https://windupwatchfair.com/chicago/

Monta Noble Voyager

The show attracts a lot of micro and independent watch brands that are usually quite difficult to see in person. Many of these brands are online-only and do not have any brick and mortar locations. As such, attending Windup is a real treat for watch geeks such as myself. What I have yet to mention is that I am a partner in MONTA – the American-owned Swiss tool watch brand. We have a booth at Windup this weekend and, just like many other brands in attendance, you will be able to touch and feel our watches and buy them on site.

Windup Watch Fair

The aspect of Windup I like the most is the people. You get to meet a lot of watch brand owners and founders, but also the collectors themselves. You hear stories of first watches, recent acquisitions, the ones that got away, etc. You learn about the cool new concepts that watch brands are building; you really get in touch with where watch collecting is going. Overall, it's just an awesome experience wherein watches are the connective tissue of all of these people's lives.

So, if you are in the Chicagoland area this weekend, make some time to head to North Paulina Street to see countless watch brands and some amazing people who really love horology!


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