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Trafalgar opens the first Apple Premium Reseller Gait Store at Avenues Mall in Kuwait, Breguet celebrates June 26th “Tourbillon Day”, Louis Moinet introduces Ultravox, an Hour Strike
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Market News
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Trafalgar opens the first Apple Premium Reseller Gait Store at Avenues Mall in Kuwait
Apple Premium Reseller Gait Store opened on 21.06.2018 in The Avenues Mall, offering customers the opportunity to learn and experience Apple’s innovative products and solutions including iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch with a wide range of accessories.
“We are excited to open an Apple Premium Reseller in The Avenues mall where customers will receive a first class shopping experience,” said Mr. Al-Ansari “Customers who want to learn more about Apple products and other items can now get personal attention from our many dedicated Apple-trained consultants.”
At Gait Store, trained consultants are available to help customers learn about all the latest products from Apple, including iPhone X, the future of smartphone, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, a new generation of iPhone; Apple Watch, iPad Pro and iPad; the13-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar; and the 27-inch iMac with Retina 5K display.
The hands-on environment provides customers the opportunity to test drive the products and Apple-trained staff are present to offer impartial advice to both consumer and professional customers.
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Breguet celebrates June 26th “Tourbillon Day”
On June 26, 2018 Breguet marks the 217th anniversary of the patent of the Tourbillon, a revolutionary invention by Abraham-Louis Breguet, father of modern horology. The festivity known as “Tourbillon Day” will be celebrated in Breguet boutiques in Zurich, Taipei and New York. Breguet welcomes watch enthusiasts to see the brand’s vast collection of Tourbillon timepieces and learn about its unparalleled contribution to watchmaking. |
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Louis Moinet introduces Ultravox, an Hour Strike
The Ultravox is presented as the brand celebrates the 250th anniversary of the birth of Louis Moinet. This is an outstanding development and a considerable investment for a fully-independent firm which still produces only two timepieces a day – its first Hour-Strike. Ultravox Louis Moinet’s first ever Hour-Strike is based on a completely new movement, developed by the illustrious watchmaker Eric Coudray. Featuring a completely new design that reveals the entire movement, the timepiece will be unveiled for the very first time on June 20, 2018. |
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Company News
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Bvlgari Hotel opens its doors in Shanghai
Following the recent Dubai opening, Bvlgari has revealed its Shanghai’s hotel on June 20th. Located on the banks of Suzhou Creek and part of the Suhe Creek riverside urban revitalization project created by leading Chinese developer OCT, The Bvlgari Hotel Shanghai is the sixth jewel of Bvlgari’s hospitality collection. |
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An elegant race day at Royal Ascot with Longines Ambassador of Elegance Eddie Peng
Longines welcomed its Ambassador of Elegance Eddie Peng on the second day of the prestigious Royal Meeting at Ascot, during which the brand was given an elevated profile as part of the renewal of its partnership with the racecourse. The acclaimed Asian actor took part in the trophy presentation for the Queen’s Vase race, claimed by Kew Gardens ridden by Ryan Moore, while the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall presented elegant Longines timepieces to the winning connections of Poet’s Word, winner of the Prince of Wales’s Stakes. |
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Audemars Piguet unveils HALO
Audemars Piguet celebrated the unveiling of its 4th Art Commission, HALO, during Art Basel in Basel 2018. This year, the Audemars Piguet Art Commission was conceived and realised by British artist-duo Semiconductor, Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt, in collaboration with guest curator Mónica Bello, head of Arts and curator at CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics in Geneva. HALO, the large-scale, site-specific artwork, presents visitors with an artistic interpretation of the ATLAS experiment at CERN, and marks the first time that raw data from CERN has been utilised within an art installation. |
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Jaeger-LeCoultre partnership with the 21st Shanghai International Film Festival.
For over 10 years, Jaeger-LeCoultre has been closely associated with some of the most renowned film festivals around the world and in particular, with the Shanghai International Film Festival. This year, the Grande Maison of the Vallée de Joux in Switzerland, celebrates the 8th anniversary of its partnership with the festival, as well as their common project: the restoration of classic films. Jaeger-LeCoultre presented a classic timepiece, intentionally crafted for the event, to be auctioned at the 21st Shanghai International Film Festival. The specially crafted ‘Rendez-Vous Night & Day Tribute to Cinema Pièce Unique SIFF 2018’. Its features with a diamond-set rose gold case, deep red dial and alligator strap. |
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Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge
After the first round in France at Antibes, from 13 to 17 June Porto Santo Stefano in Tuscany hosts the second Mediterranean round of the Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge as part of the 19th Argentario Sailing Week, the international classic and vintage sailing circuit. For the fourteenth year in a row the event is sponsored by the Florence-based high watchmaking brand whose name the trophy bears. Over forty yachts are expected to take part, divided into four categories - Big Boats, Period, and Classic, Spirit of Tradition and Metric and Monotype classes. |
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Ricardo Rodríguez is Carl F. Bucherer's new brand ambassador.
Carl F. Bucherer announces a partnership with the Swiss national soccer player Ricardo Rodríguez. A Tenacious left-back with Spanish and Chilean heritage, Ricardo Rodríguez grew up in Zurich. He signed his first professional contract with FC Zürich in 2010 before moving to VfL Wolfsburg (Germany) in 2012. He has been a regular on the Swiss national team since 2011 and, in 2014, was voted Swiss player of the year. |
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Product Launch
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Glashütte Original presents the new PanoMatic Luna
The new PanoMatic Luna’s dial unites two romantic elements in an elegant composition. On the white mother-of-pearl dial, the softly curved moon in relief and the silver-coloured, starry night sky reveal a poetry all their own. This spectacle of the changing crescent moon is complemented by 18 ruby indexes, which offer luminous red reflections on the opposite side of the dial. The bezel on the new PanoMatic Luna is set with 64 brillant-cut diamonds. The watch is held in place on the wrist by a radiant red Louisiana alligator leather strap. |
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The Endurance limited edition watch by Bremont
The Endurance features new contemporary styling on the applied indexes and comes on an orange nato strap. The black dial together with its robust bi-directional rotating sapphire bezel features orange compass heading markers, complementing the North indicator on the GMT hand, all designed for ease of navigation and clarity against the stark white of Antarctica. |
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H. Moser & Cie. introduces the Venturer Big Date Purity.
The Venturer Big Date Purity dial is equipped with four main indices at 12, 3, 6 and 9 o'clock, as well as the Moser logo. Showcased by the curved sapphire crystal and the refined bezel, the dials on the Venturer Big Date Purity models are the most popular in its catalogue: Funky Blue for the white gold model, and traditional fumé –on the red gold version. To offset the classicism of the Venturer Big Date Purity, H. Moser & Cie. has chosen a raw kudu leather strap to add a rugged touch to the white gold model. |
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The Rado True Open Heart Automatic
Making its debut in 2018, the brand new True Open Heart Automatic is Rado through and through: Quality Swiss automatic movement, monobloc case construction, full high-tech ceramic case and bracelet in a range of eye-catching colours. The new True Open Heart Automatic takes Rado’s key elements – light, scratch-resistant high-tech ceramic and sapphire crystal - and uses them to highlight the key elements of the movement inside. |
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Cactus de Cartier for a confident woman
The confident women who choose the Cactus de Cartier collection boldly take ownership of its wild and rebellious yet sophisticated nature. With shape and movement, the latest powerful and desirable pieces from the collection capture an independent spirit and style. The duality and tension created between power and softness exemplify Cartier’s aesthetic equation. The flora-inspired jewellery defies categorisation, inventing its own definition of beauty. |
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Mouawad presents 2018 Wedding sets
Mouawad introduces a spectacular collection of Masterpieces and High Jewelry to celebrate your big day the Mouawad way. The new collections combine pure petals, hearts, and dewdrops, with ‘invincible’ diamonds and timeless gemstones in a stunning array of designs, ranging from delicately simple sets of haute joaillerie, to magnificent masterpieces studded with some of the world’s finest and rarest gemstones. |
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Celebrity News
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Beyoncé wears Messika Paris jewellery in “Everything is Love” video
Beyoncé sparkles in Messika in the first video for Everything is Love, her joint album with Jay-Z. Since she was first pictured in the Glam'Azone double ring before the enigmatic Mona Lisa in 2014, the queen of R'n'B has stayed loyal to the Parisian jewelry house. Beyoncé choose the Persian Drops set, a waterfall of more than 100 carats of diamonds. |
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Stars shine in BVLGARI at the opening Red Carpet of the 21st Shanghai International Film Festival
Actress Huang Lu alongside with Mr. Kolia Neveux completed her graceful black dress with Bvlgari Heritage collection. The paired necklace and pendent earrings in gold with rubies, sapphires and diamonds. Actress Liang Jing opted for Leaf earrings in platinum with sapphires and diamonds from Heritage collection by BVLGARI creations. Actress Charlene Choi showed up at the red carpet with a multi-colored gem necklace from Bvlgari High Jewelry. Actress and model Chrissie Chau presented herself by BVLGARI creations, a Serpenti High Jewelry necklace, a pair of High Jewelry earrings and a gorgeous flower ring from Divas’ Dream collection. |
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