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World’s oldest known natural pearl discovered in Abu Dhabi; WatchBox announces participation in Dubai Watch Week; Boucheron is taking part in the Flâneries Colbert in Abu Dhabi
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Market News
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World’s oldest known natural pearl discovered in Abu Dhabi
The oldest known natural pearl in the world has been discovered by Department of Culture and Tourism — Abu Dhabi archaeologists working at a Neolithic site on Marawah Island, just off the coast of Abu Dhabi. Dubbed the "Abu Dhabi Pearl", it was found in layers that have been radiocarbon dated to 5,800-5,600 BCE, during the Neolithic period. The discovery is proof that pearls and oysters were being used in the UAE nearly 8,000 years ago, and represents the earliest known evidence for pearling yet discovered anywhere in the world. |
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WatchBox announces participation in Dubai Watch Week
Upon the occasion of Dubai Watch Week 2019, WatchBox, the world’s leading platform for pre-owned watches, will descend upon the Middle East with a dedicated environment to showcase and celebrate luxury pre-owned timepieces, and to engage with the global watch community in the spirit of “Innovation & Technology,” the theme of this year’s edition. Guests of Dubai Watch Week will be welcomed into a custom-designed WatchBox Lounge, positioned adjacent to the main brand exhibition hall, where they will explore a curated selection of pre-owned timepieces from WatchBox’s extensive global inventory. |
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Company News
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Boucheron is taking part in the Flâneries Colbert in Abu Dhabi
To time with the "10,000 Years of Luxury" exhibition presented by the MAD at the Louvre Abu Dhabi, from November 2019 to January 2020, the Comité Colbert is organising the Flânerie Colbert in Abu Dhabi. For one month from November 12, 37 luxury houses and 4 institutions from the Comité Colbert are presenting a journey on the theme of French luxury in the 21st century in the Galleria mall. As part of this Flânerie, Maison Boucheron and its two partners, Ercuis Paris and the Théâtre de Fontainebleau, are presenting a joint creative project on the theme of "The luxury of sophistication (techniques)". |
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F.P.Journe opens its first boutique in Dubai in partnership with Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons
F.P.Journe celebrates the opening of its first ever GCC Boutique in Dubai at the prestigious Dubai Mall. Guests were welcomed through the doors by François-Paul Journe. Accompanying him for the official ribbon cutting was Mohammed Abdulmagied Seddiqi, Chief Commercial Officer of Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons, the exclusive partner of the F.P.Journe Boutique Dubai. This is the brand’s 10th Boutique, following openings in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Geneva, Paris, New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Beirut and Kiev. It includes a salon and library where collectors are invited to explore and discuss their shared passion for horology, while admiring the brand’s complete collection of precision chronometers. |
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OMEGA’s new Museum
In 2019, OMEGA opened a new Museum at “La Cité du Temps”, the Swatch Group/OMEGA campus in Biel/Bienne Switzerland. Located in a beautiful light-filled building designed by award-winning architect Shigeru Ban, OMEGA’s stunning new Museum is a space worthy of a brand with extraordinary stories to share. The OMEGA Museum in Biel/Bienne Switzerland was the first museum to be dedicated to a single Swiss watchmaker and has long been the guardian of OMEGA’s history. However, given the length and depth of the brand’s legacy, it was inevitable that a new Museum would eventually be required, as illustrated by this brief snapshot of history. |
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Audemars Piguet inaugurates its exhibition Beyond Watchmaking in Tokyo Midtown
Audemars Piguet inaugurated its exhibition, Beyond Watchmaking, on view in Tokyo Midtown from October 19 to November 4, 2019. Beyond Watchmaking puts Haute Horlogerie and art in conversation to offer a unique and transformative journey into Audemars Piguet’s cultural and creative universe. Beyond Watchmaking is presented as part of the 13th edition of Tokyo Midtown DESIGN TOUCH, a series of public art events focusing on the five senses. Beyond Watchmaking tells the story of Audemars Piguet’s dedicated craftspeople who have continuously developed new skills and techniques, broadening their savoir-faire to set rule-breaking trends across generations. |
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Rivoli Group announces Third Qualifier Tournament for Omega Nations Golf Tour 2019
The Rivoli Group will be hosting the third qualifier round of the OMEGA Nations Golf Tour 2019 on November 6th at the Dubai Hills Golf Club. This tournament is an extension of the second series of the OMEGA Nations Golf Tour 2019 which began in March of this year, with the finals that are scheduled to be held on December 4th at the same venue. The 2-ball net stableford aggregate format will be open once again to all adult amateur golfers in the UAE wherein the winning team of the qualifying and final tournament will win a Pro-Am spot in the OMEGA Dubai Desert Classic 2020 or the OMEGA Dubai Moonlight Classic 2020. |
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Product Launch
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A. Lange & Söhne presents ODYSSEUS
The ODYSSEUS is a sporty-elegant watch for people who admire fine watchmaking but live active lives. The prominent design of the stainless-steel case with a diameter of 40.5 millimetres and a height of 11.1 millimetres, featuring an integrated stainless-steel bracelet, embraces traditional brand elements and reinterprets them. This applies particularly to the sculpted, slightly cantilevered middle band of the three-part case. Its surfaces are decorated with a satin contour finish and the edges are emphasised with a chamfer. The combination of brushed surfaces and chamfered edges is echoed on the lugs and links of the massive stainless-steel bracelet. Specially sealed, tapered buttons for correcting the date and the day of week are arranged at 2 and 4 o’clock. |
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BOVET launches new Récital 26 Brainstorm® Chapter One with Green Quartz Dial
First revealed at the SIHH 2019, the Récital 26 Brainstorm® Chapter One features a Sapphire “writing slope” shaped case and has now been introduced by the Maison with its hemispherical dial in transparent green quartz. Limited to 60 movements only, the Récital 26 Brainstorm® Chapter One combines a host of innovations, and showcases the unprecedented possibilities for interpreting time offered by the unique "writing slope" case. |
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Glashütte Original presents the new limited edition PanoMaticLunar in soft, velvety rose opaline
The new PanoMaticLunar presents a special play of two distinct colours: the applied hour markers, exquisite moon phase display and sword-shaped hands set blue accents and blend easily into the warm, soft hue of the dial. The characteristic Panorama Date, too, with its white numerals on blue discs, takes up the rich blue hue and stands in harmonious contrast to the rose opaline dial. This special colour is the result of a special galvanization procedure performed the watchmaker's in -house dial manufactory in Pforzheim, Germany. The process involves placing the dial for a precisely specified length of time in a galvanic bath under a constant electrical charge in order to achieve the desired soft hue. |
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Graham presents Chronofighter Vintage Ltd
Graham presented its Chronofighter Vintage Ltd on painted colourful Calaveraskull at 6 inspired by the Mexican tradition on the Diade Muertos (Day of the dead). Aged steel with grey PVD case: sophisticated accelerated aging process which gives the old metal aspect to the steel case initially coated with dark grey PVD. It also features sandblasted dial, automatic chronograph, day-date and fast-action start / stop trigger. The timepiece is limited edition of 25 pieces. |
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MB&F collaborates with Loupe System
Loupe System has teamed up with MB&F to create Project LpX: an intergalactic magnification station enabling accurate viewing of watch movement details, while simultaneously reminding you of the immensity of our galaxy. Five elements combine to make a rocket entity much larger than the sum of its parts. This versatile rocket ship offers dust-free storage of the highest quality magnification loupes, but does much more than that while sitting on a desk looking pretty: Project LpX is a smile-on-your-face reminder of the space-themed stories many of us read as a child, inspiring countless dreams of space travel and explorations of the unknown. |
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Oktopus Volcano by Linde Werdelin
Linde Werdelin has launched an exclusive 8-piece limited edition of the new Oktopus Volcano, offering its owners an incredibly special piece of wearable art, melding function with design, inspired by the toughest volcanic rock. The unique case material and design reflects the boiling and cooling off of a volcano in action - the gold representing molten rock, the titanium the ash and the blackening the cooling lava, transporting its wearers to the harshest environments on earth. Each of the 8 timepieces has very slight variations in the design due to the hand engraving and therefore each piece is truly one of a kind. |
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Delma launches new Shell Star Bronze
High quality marine bronze was selected for the case of the new Shell Star for its unique propensity to evolve with exposure to the elements creating a natural individual patina. Faithful to the spirit of the collection, the Shell Star Bronze possesses the key historical characteristics of its predecessors: a spade central seconds hand, railway track and indexes in orange and white. The sand textured dial in green, blue, or brown are reminiscent of the seabed and the combination of bold and earthy colors are quintessential seventies. The Shell Star Bronze is available with a distressed leather bracelet that can be paired to match or compliment the dial creating 5 limited edition combinations. |
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Celebrity News
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Zhang Ziyi wears Chopard Jewelry to the Tokyo International Film Festival
Chinese actress and Chopard Global Ambassadress Zhang Ziyi attended the opening ceremony of Tokyo International Film Festival wearing jewelry by Chopard. Ziyi selected earrings featuring 14.3 carats of pear rose-cut diamonds and 0.18 carat of diamonds set in 18-carat white gold from the “Haute Joaillerie Collection”, a necklace featuring 282.79 carats of briolette-cut sapphires, 27.35 carats of sapphires and 20.39 carats of diamonds set in 18-carat white gold and a ring featuring 46.31 carats of briolette-cut sapphires and 1.15 carat of diamonds both from the “Copacabana Collection”. |
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Sylvia Hoeks wears Messika to World Apple TV's 'See' Premiere
Sylvia Hoeks, one of Valérie Messika’s new muses, shone in Messika Paris jewelry at the World Premiere of her new Apple TV+’s ‘”See” at Fox Village in Los Angeles. She looked stunning wearing the My Twin clip earrings and Trio ring, and the iconic Glam’Azone double ring. |
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