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Clock ticking for Swiss Watchmakers in Hong Kong; French High Jewelry Maison opens Les Salons Van Cleef & Arpels Dubai Opera;
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Market News
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Clock ticking for Swiss Watchmakers in Hong Kong
Swiss watchmakers have been hit hard by the protest in Hong Kong, their biggest global market. According to Jon Cox, head of Swiss equities at Kepler Cheuvreux, forecasts a 20% drop in exports to Hong Kong in 2019 – 40% in the worst-case scenario – with major Swiss watch groups among the biggest casualties. |
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Company News
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French High Jewelry Maison opens Les Salons Van Cleef & Arpels Dubai Opera
High Jewelry Maison Van Cleef & Arpels has a new address in town near the radiant Dubai Opera. This novel boutique, located close to this center of culture and artistic performances, pays homage to the Maison’s long-standing links with the world of dance. With this opening, the Maison extends its partnership with Dubai Opera while showcasing its virtuoso craftsmanship through contemporary and patrimony creations. |
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BOVET 1822 opens new boutique in Tokyo
Always appreciative of decorative arts and excellence, Japanese collectors were among the first and have become some of the most loyal aficionados of Maison BOVET since its founding in 1822. Mr. Pascal Raffy, owner of Maison BOVET, is once again showing them how grateful he is, this time by opening an exclusive space in the prestigious Ginza neighborhood of Tokyo. Symbolically inaugurated on August 1 2019, the Swiss national holiday, this new boutique demonstrates Mr. Raffy’s and Maison BOVET 1822’s intention to continue raising the bar by going to collectors and offering them excellent hospitality, service, and advice that parallels the quality of BOVET timepieces. |
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Bremont Project Possible moving to 3rd and final phase
K2 is the second highest mountain in the world, after Mount Everest at 8,848 metres. Despite other teams aborting their climb to the summit of K2, Nims and his team made the decision to defy the odds and dangerous conditions and aim for the summit of K2. With only three out of the fourteen 8.000m peaks remaining, Bremont Project Possible is heading towards its 3rd and final phase. The team is now going to enjoy their well-deserved break, before swinging into their final endeavour in full speed as of September. |
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Product Launch
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Harry Winston introduces the new Ocean Biretrograde Automatic 42mm
Like a majestic ship on the horizon, the new Ocean Biretrograde Automatic 42mm navigates the oceans of time with power and precision. The dial of the Ocean Biretrograde Automatic 42mm mimics the curves and contours of the white gold case, with sweeping arcs and circles that dance to the light of 127 brilliant-cut diamonds. Set against an opalescent white mother-of-pearl dial, the excentered hours and minutes counter on the upper half of the dial is encircled by three rings of brilliant-cut diamonds. |
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Vacheron Constantin presents the Patrimony Perpetual Calendar Ultra-Thin
An emblematic model from the Patrimony collection is adopting the midnight blue shade specially created for the line. The Patrimony perpetual calendar ultra-thin watch beats to the rhythm of the legendary 1120 QP calibre, an ultra-thin self-winding movement. With its sleek lines embodying quintessential elegance, this version treats connoisseurs to unrivalled contemporary refinement. |
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TAG Heuer unveils new Aquaracer Ladies
Equipped with features and functions that suit an active lifestyle on land and at sea, the Aquaracer is a stylish professional tool that reflects TAG Heuer’s daring spirit. With three new 35 mm models, the innovative Swiss watchmaker has created the ultimate timepiece for a life of rewarding experiences – because no dive to deepest depths or climb to the highest summit is complete without taking a moment to enjoy the view. |
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Singer Track1 London Edition
Singer Reimagined has launched its new Singer Track1 London Edition in occasion of the opening of Phillips PERPETUAL in collaboration with Bacs & Russo. The Singer Reimagined Track1 London Edition is worn on a dark blue calfskin leather strap with anthracite stitching and perforated with brushed grade 5 titanium screw-down rivets. A folding buckle secures the watch to the wrist. A limited edition of 50 watches, the Singer Reimagined Track1 London Edition is available for pre-order. It will be on display at Phillips Perpetual, 30 Berkeley Square, Mayfair, London, from September 5th.
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NOMOS watches for young professionals
There are now six Club Campus models—three with manual winding, and three automatic versions. All six are based on the NOMOS model Club, which features a sporty, youthful case design. Each is a bilingual beauty, thanks to the combination of Roman and Arabic numerals on the dial—which comes in white silver-plated or dark versions. The stainless steel back offers space for a complimentary engraving—whether that’s words of congratulations or relief! |
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Akillis presents the Bang Bang Collection Power Bracelet
The Bang Bang collection by Akillis breaks traditional jewellery codes. Its name alone sounds a note of conflict, irreverent and light-heartedly impudent. As a fresh new statement, this collection is emblematically distinguished by its insolence and is perfect for an audacious, unisex edgy style. It is free-spirited and rebellious, smashing through clichés with panache and humour, kicking against tradition and creating novelty this season with a new power bracelet model in titanium, set with black diamonds of over three carats. Much tougher than gold, titanium is a sharp and unrivalled choice for this kind of setting. |
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Bvlgari Serpenti Through the Eyes of Alexander Wang
Alexander Wang and Bvlgari present “Serpenti Through the Eyes of Alexander Wang”, a limited-edition handbag collection to launch in September 2019 during New York Fashion Week. In keeping with the spirit of Bvlgari’s “Serpenti Through the Eyes Of” series, which kicked off in 2017, the Alexander Wang x Bvlgari collaboration is centered around the reinterpretation of the Iconic Serpenti Forever Bag and the concept of packaging as luxury, taking something that is traditionally overlooked, and making it the focal point of the collection. |
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Exhibitions & Events
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GPHG 2019 exceptional world tour
Every year in autumn, the watches pre-selected by the GPHG jury travel the world for a series of exhibitions, offering an international audience unique opportunities to discover the recent technical and artistic achievements of an industry that combines tradition and innovation, passion and know-how. The 2019 travelling exhibition will present 84 watches by some 50 brands. After the prize-giving ceremony, the 2019 tour will end in Dubai, where the GPHG winning watches will be presented from November 20th to 24th 2019 at the 4th Dubai Watch Week, the famous platform for cultural and educational discovery, which has hosted the GPHG since its first edition. |
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