{"id":27174,"date":"2020-03-19T11:06:31","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T11:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/breaking-audemars-piguet-stops-due-to-coronavirus\/"},"modified":"2021-11-26T15:24:19","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T15:24:19","slug":"audemars-piguet-shuts-down-because-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horbiter.com\/en\/audemars-piguet-shuts-down-because-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING &#8211; Audemars Piguet stops due to coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:justify\">After <strong>Rolex<\/strong> and <strong>Hublot<\/strong>, it is today's breaking news that <strong>Audemars Piguet<\/strong>, has decided to close its headquarters to prevent the spread of the coronavirus infection outbreak. The decision taken by <strong>Hublot<\/strong> to shut down their Nyon-based plant, along with <strong>Audemars Piguet<\/strong> closing headquarters and boutiques, is in line with the restrictions enforced in <strong>Switzerland<\/strong> to reduce the contagion from <strong>Covid<\/strong>\u2013<strong>19<\/strong>, on par with the restrictions long since applied across <strong>Italy<\/strong> and other European countries. <strong>Audemars Piguet<\/strong>'s decision comes a day after <strong>Hublot<\/strong> and <strong>Rolex<\/strong> had decided to stop all their activities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"hublot-manufacture-nyon\" src=\"\/media\/CACHE\/images\/uploads\/hublot-manufacture-nyon.c6c038ea2d35.jpg\" style=\"width:100%\" title=\"hublot-manufacture-nyon\">However, these three brands have adopted slightly different actions: <strong>Rolex<\/strong> is closed from <strong>17 to March 27<\/strong>, <strong>Audemars Piguet<\/strong> until the end of the month, whereas <strong>Hublot<\/strong> has applied more substantial restrictions, and the shut down will continue until further notice by the brand itself. The general limits enforced by the <strong>Swiss Federation<\/strong> involve all the commercial activities (including restaurants, shops, leisure areas, etc.) until <strong>April 19<\/strong>. The pandemic keeps affecting <strong>Switzerland<\/strong> at a fast pace, too; let's bear in mind the number of confirmed cases of infection by coronavirus has raised to <strong>3<\/strong>,<strong>115<\/strong> infected and <strong>33<\/strong> deaths, according to the freshly updated website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldometers.info\/coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color:#0000ff\"><strong>Worldometer<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. We have no confirmation yet, but we presume these luxury watch brands are promoting smart working as much as possible. Nonetheless, this situation confirms it'll be a down year for the watch industry, globally.<\/p>\n<p>(Photo credit: courtesy of Hublot, Horbiter\u00ae's proprietary)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right\">Gaetano C @Horbiter\u00ae<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/gaetano_cimmino\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram \u2013 Gaetano Cimmino<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After Rolex and Hublot, it is today&#8217;s breaking news that Audemars Piguet, has decided to close its headquarters to prevent the spread of the coronavirus infection outbreak. 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