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Dubai ranks 7th among most-visited cities in the world; RM Sotheby’s first-ever international collector car auction at the Formula 1® Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with USD31.3 Million Auction
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Market News
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Dubai ranks 7th among most-visited cities in the world
The UAE has once again clinched the title of hosting one of the top 10 destinations in the world to visit. In its latest publication, Euromonitor International unveiled the Top 100 City Destinations Rankings for 2019, which named Dubai as the first Middle East city and the seventh-most visited city in the world, beating New York City, Kuala Lumpur, Istanbul and Delhi. Dubai is the only Middle Eastern city in the top 10 with more than 16 million visitors projected for 2019, jumping up from 15.9 million in 2018. |
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RM Sotheby’s first-ever international collector car auction at the Formula 1® Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with USD31.3 Million Auction
At the season-ending of FORMULA 1® ETIHAD AIRWAYS ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX 2019, RM Sotheby’s made history with the first-ever international collector car auction. Collectors, enthusiasts and F1® fans alike filled what was perhaps the most exciting collector car auction room to date—the Formula 1® starting grid at Yas Marina Circuit. In collaboration with F1®, RM Sotheby’s presented an exceptional lineup of 40 blue-chip collector cars, ranging from victorious Grand Prix racing machines to iconic sports cars and the most-sought after low-mileage modern hypercars, generating total sales of $31.3 million USD across the two hours of auction action. |
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Company News
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Audemars Piguet’s Pro Golfers meet Watch Enthusiasts in Dubai
Audemars Piguet celebrated the end of the golf season with its annual Golf Invitational at the Els Club in Dubai. 72 watch collectors and golf aficionados from around the world were invited to enjoy an unforgettable experience on the green alongside some of the Manufacture’s Golf Ambassadors and Chief Executive Officer François-Henry Bennahmias. Concretising its unfailing passion for golf, Audemars Piguet has established one of the world’s finest golf teams. |
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OMEGA’s quest for precision
For OMEGA, precision is still the truest mark of mechanical watchmaking quality. That’s why, OMEGA has still not stopped in its quest for precision. Since 2015, OMEGA’s Master Chronometer testing for each individual timepiece has provided customers with total transparency and a proven precision and performance they can trust. Now, OMEGA also subjects its movements as well as its completed watches to 8 Master Chronometer tests over 10 days, including water resistance, temperature fluctuation and exposure to magnetic fields of 15,000 gauss. The accuracy criteria (0/+5 seconds per day tested in 6 positions, depending on the category) proves that the watches are performing at peak precision. |
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Ugo Humbert joins Rado YoungStars
21-year-old French tennis star Ugo Humbert is the latest player who joined the Rado YoungStar programme. He joined current YoungStar and WTA world number one Ashleigh Barty. Ugo began playing tennis aged 5 and has never looked back. Most comfortable playing on hard courts, he is known for his attacking style, powerful two-handed backhand and his ability to volley. A keen football fan and music lover, he is as comfortable sitting at a piano as he is with a racquet in his hands. |
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RODERER supports young UAE based talent
RODERER announced its partnership with young driver Constantin Reisch. Constantin, a promising Swiss-Austrian talent based in Dubai-UAE, will participate in the exciting UAE 2020 Formula 4 Championship, the cradle for young new racing aces. The first race will take place during the F1 week-end in Abu Dhabi and will be followed by 6 other races in 2020. RODERER is a premium leather goods brand for today’s modern man. |
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Pramod Kumar Agrawal elected as first-ever Indian Vice President of CIBJO
Pramod Kumar Agrawal, current Chairman of the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), has become the first member of the Indian industry to be elected one of the three Vice Presidents of CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation. He was nominated by CIBJO President Gaetano Cavalieri, and the decision was confirmed by the organisation’s General Assembly and Board of Directors, meeting in Bahrain on November 18-20, at the 2019 CIBJO Congress.
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Product Launch
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Harry Winston launches Premier Chinese New Year Automatic 36mm
Harry Winston celebrates the Chinese Year of the Rat with an exquisite rose gold Premier timepiece. Set against a vibrant red mother-of-pearl background, the artful silhouette of a rat comes to life through China’s time-honored paper cutting tradition. Limited to just eight pieces, the Premier Chinese New Year Automatic 36mm promises to bring great luck to a fortunate few. |
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Vacheron Constantin presents Les Cabinotiers Minute Repeater Tourbillon Sky Chart
By integrating in a single watch a tourbillon regulator aimed at enhancing tradition; a minute repeater embodying the noble lineage of the Maison’s chiming watches; and a rotating map of the celestial vault to highlight the cosmology of the universe, Vacheron Constantin offers a watch of rare complexity: the unique piece Les Cabinotiers Minute repeater tourbillon sky chart – A celestial note. Its elegance is accentuated by the slenderness of the calibre housed in an 18K 5N pink gold case measuring 45 mm in diameter and only 15.1 mm thick. |
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MB&F presents the Legacy Machine Thunderdome
The MB&F Legacy Machine Thunderdome is the culmination of four years of development, an unprecedented collaboration between two of the most admired horological minds today, Eric Coudray and Kari Voutilainen. Proprietary new ‘TriAx’ mechanism features 3 axes revolving at different speeds and on different planes, in record-breaking 8 seconds, 12 seconds and 20 seconds. The timepiece also features unique combination of Potter escapement, hemispherical balance and helical hairspring. |
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Glashütte Original presents Christmas magic and brilliant masterpieces
It's Christmas - time for quiet hours with the family, and time to exchange gifts. Glashütte Original lends these moments special brilliance with two unique timepieces bearing the magic of Christmas and traditional craftsmanship the blue PanoMaticLunar in a red gold case, and the sparkling, bicolour Lady Serenade set with brillant-cut diamonds. The new PanoMaticLunar in particular, which combines traditional craftsmanship and unmistakable design in splendid fashion, appears in festive radiance. The polished and satin-brushed red gold case gently frames a hand-crafted, dark blue dial. The glow of lights at Christmas time is reflected especially brillant-cut diamonds and golden accents. |
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Jacob & Co.’s Infinia Pearl collection
Available in pearls and a variation of sapphire cabochon, ruby cabochon and emerald cabochon. The Infinia collection is reflective of the universal symbol for “infinity,” from which it draws its name. The deep color and timeless nature of the stones, combined with the collection’s circular designs, symbolize a cycle of endless infatuation – an infinite love that lasts forever. Set in 18k white gold, the Infinia collection features heirloom-quality earrings and rings in two available sizes- large and small. |
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AKILLIS introduces “HEARTBEAT” Jewellery Set
AKILLIS presents its most extravagant creation: a high jewellery set made of the finest selection of Paraiba stones intricately arranged on white gold & white diamonds. For AKILLIS’designer, the HEARTBEAT jewellery set represents love at first sight, when you are struck with a feeling of irresistible attraction towards someone or something. On the necklace, the vivid stones enhance the figure, while the precious heartbeat shape is positioned on the left, close to the heart. |
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