{"id":41192,"date":"2020-03-16T17:34:17","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T00:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/?p=41192"},"modified":"2020-03-16T17:34:17","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T00:34:17","slug":"rolex-stops-production-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/breaking-news\/rolex-stops-production-coronavirus.html","title":{"rendered":"Rolex Stops Production Due to Coronavirus Pandemic\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CEO of Rolex, Jean-Frederique Dufour, officially announced in an internal memo that Rolex will shut down production for ten days effective 5 pm (Central European Time), Tuesday, March 17, 2020. The Swiss watchmaking giant is hoping to resume production on March 27; however, the date could be pushed back if the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis continues. Rolex has production sites in Geneva, Crissier, and Bienne &#8211; all of which will shut down under the directive, meaning that for (at least) the next week and a half, there will be no more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex\/\">Rolex watches<\/a> being made.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40805 size-full\" title=\"Rolex Submariner ref. 116610LN\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Rolex_Submariner_16610_5D3_3448-Edit-1.jpg\" alt=\"Rolex Stops Production Due to Coronavirus Pandemic\u00a0\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Rolex_Submariner_16610_5D3_3448-Edit-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Rolex_Submariner_16610_5D3_3448-Edit-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Rolex_Submariner_16610_5D3_3448-Edit-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Rolex_Submariner_16610_5D3_3448-Edit-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Rolex_Submariner_16610_5D3_3448-Edit-1-570x380.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Rolex Shuts Down Due to Coronavirus<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This announcement comes on the same day the Canton of Geneva imposed emergency measures where all gatherings of more than five people are banned indoors and outdoors. Also on Monday, Switzerland declared a State of Emergency. According to\u00a0SwissInfo.ch, \u201cthe number of people in Switzerland who have tested positive for Covid-19 jumped to 2,200 between Saturday and Sunday.\u201d Along with domestic cases, the landlocked nation borders Italy, France, Austria, and Germany &#8211; countries struggling with a surge of novel Coronavirus cases. Switzerland will introduce border checks with Germany, France, and Austria, only allowing Swiss residents and business travels in, reported\u00a0SwissInfo.ch.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40742 size-full\" title=\"Rolex Daytona ref. 11650LN\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Rolex_Daytona_5D3_0177-3-Edit-1.jpg\" alt=\"Rolex Shuts Down Production Due to COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic\u00a0\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Rolex_Daytona_5D3_0177-3-Edit-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Rolex_Daytona_5D3_0177-3-Edit-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Rolex_Daytona_5D3_0177-3-Edit-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Rolex_Daytona_5D3_0177-3-Edit-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Rolex_Daytona_5D3_0177-3-Edit-1-570x380.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The memo affirms that Rolex\u2019s decision to halt production is to protect employees and their families and to help slow down the spread of Coronavirus.\u00a0It remains to be seen if other Swiss watch brands will also suspend production; however, given the current situation in the country, it is very likely that others will soon follow.<\/p>\n<p>Many of Rolex&#8217;s most popular models have multi-year waiting lists at retailers and this halt in the production process &#8211; even if it only lasts the minimum duration of 10 days &#8211; will not in any way help increase the supply. Additionally, since this year&#8217;s Baselworld has been pushed back to January 2021, many collectors were already wondering if we will even see new Rolex models this year, and with all three factories now temporarily closed, the answer as to when the new 2020 models will be announced has never been less clear.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story and additional details will likely follow in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40027 size-full\" title=\"Rolex Datejust ref. 16233\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Rolex_Datejust_16233_5D3_9682-3-Edit-1.jpg\" alt=\"Rolex Halts Production Due to COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic\u00a0\" width=\"1210\" height=\"806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Rolex_Datejust_16233_5D3_9682-3-Edit-1.jpg 1210w, https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Rolex_Datejust_16233_5D3_9682-3-Edit-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Rolex_Datejust_16233_5D3_9682-3-Edit-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Rolex_Datejust_16233_5D3_9682-3-Edit-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bobswatches.com\/rolex-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Rolex_Datejust_16233_5D3_9682-3-Edit-1-570x380.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1210px) 100vw, 1210px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CEO of Rolex, Jean-Frederique Dufour, officially announced in an internal memo that Rolex will shut down production for ten days [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2150],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[2286],"class_list":["post-41192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - 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