Richard Mille and Audemars Piguet Pull Out of SIHH

Luxury watchmaker Richard Mille has decided to leave the SIHH watch and jewelry exposition in Switzerland. They will display their booth and showcase products this January for the last time. It seems this is becoming too common as we just heard a month ago the Swatch group withdrawing from Baselworld. In addition to RM, Audemars Piguet will also join RM and depart after this upcoming show. In my eyes, they want to do things on a more personal level and diminish grey market discounting by only selling through their own boutiques or highly trusted authorized dealers throughout the world.