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Best Place To Buy Gaïa Prize – Richard Mille laureate in the category Entrepreneurship Replica Watches Online Safe

The Gaïa Prize was created in 1993 by the Musée international d’horlogerie with an aim to honour prominent figures who have contributed and who contribute to the reputation of watchmaking – through its history, its technology and its industry. This Prize has the particularity of honouring the best of the best (F.P. Journe, P. Dufour, G. Daniels, N. Hayek, J.-C. Biver, K. Voutilainen, A. Porchet). By awarding this Prize, the Musée international d’horlogerie, a worldwide recognised institution of La Chaux-de-Fonds, a town whose economic and social history is closely linked to watchmaking, wished to express its appreciation to the spiritual heirs of the watchmaking culture which impregnates the collections of the museum, as well as the town.

The Gaïa Prize award ceremony will be presided over by the Ambassador Nicolas Bideau, Head of Presence Suisse, Thursday 21st September 2017 at 6:30 pm, Club 44, Rue de la Serre 64, 2300 La Chaux-de-Fonds.

This year, the jury for the Gaïa Prize has recognized:

Depending on the angle of view, I go from finding the palms ideal to wishing they’d 15-20 percent more surface area. The hands are thick, three-dimensional objects and although they are on the smaller side, so I am certain that they’re rather hefty — and micro-rotor movements are rarely big on torque and hence rarely fitted with substantial hands.The counter-argument is that this can be just as much a showpiece as it is a watch and since it’s still quite legible, they chose to leave a little more space for the eyes to find the complex movement and not cover more of it up with much larger hands.Over the past couple of weeks that I spent wearing the Richard Mille Watches Cheapest Replica RM033 a lot, I remember two occasions when I was perplexed and had to look twice to tell the hands apart; the way that they stood on the dial and the way the lights played, I was not quite sure which one was that. Apart from these two exceptionally memorable moments of my entire life, I discovered legibility to be great.

Richard Mille – laureate in the Entrepreneurship category

for the leading role played by his business in defining modern luxury Swiss watchmaking on a global scale and his bold and innovative use of original materials and development of futuristic creations.

Jean-Marc Wiederrecht – laureate in the Craftsmanship-Creation category

for his creative contribution to horological complications, marrying function with beauty in his work for many brands.

Laurence Marti – laureate in the History-Research category

for her major contribution to our knowledge of the social history of watchmaking through her handling of original sources and for the spirit of independence which she fully embodies.

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Swiss 7750 Valjoux Best-selling watches in Singapore – Stay connected even in rough waters Replica Trusted Dealers

The global watch industry in general hasn’t been faring too well with Swiss watch exports shrinking 10% to CHF19.4 billion for 2016. That represented a CHF2.13 billion drop in total export value for last year.

The top 15 Swiss watch export destinations suffered declines with the exception of the United Kingdom and South Korea both of which, coincidentally, enjoyed a growth of 3.7%.

Hong Kong, the world’s top destination for Swiss watch exports, experienced the sharpest decline of 25% to CHF2.38 billion in 2016 as compared to the CHF3.18 billion it realised in 2015. The 10.4% decline registered for Singapore, the eighth largest market for Swiss watch exports, to CHF1.01 billion was in line with average global decline.

A rising tide will lift all boats and some boats will continue to sail well even during a low tide. That is the case for ships or rather, watch brands such as Audemars Piguet, IWC, Richard Mille, TAG Heuer and Tudor which have performed rather well in Singapore even when the market is in the doldrums.

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“Having a strong product offering, competitive pricing and customer engagement become all the more important when market sentiment is weak,” says Ong Ban, chief executive officer, Sincere Watch Limited, one of the leading specialist watch retailers in Singapore.

TAG Heuer, for example, which at one stage was off the radar screen for many in Singapore, has been performing well in recent times thanks to the magic hand of Jean-Claude Biver, who became chief executive of TAG Heuer in 2014. TAG Heuer has been enjoying brisk sales in Singapore, thanks to its Connected watch scoring well with consumers and price adjustments for certain collections – its Aquaracer and Formula One watches in particular. There is even increased interest in vintage TAG Heuer watches. “They are affordable and the movements are reliable,” explains Eric Ong, founder of Bonfield, which specialises in watch restoration services and pre-owned timepieces.

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For Tudor, many collectors in Singapore have warmed up to its Black Bay watch collection. Models that enjoy a healthy demand include the Black Bay Bronze and the Black Bay Black, both of which are equipped in-house movements and more importantly, are reasonably-priced. Customer engagement has been strong with Tudor reaping returns from its investments in pop-up stores and events in partnership with watch retailers here.

Fans of Audemars Piguet continue to warm up to the brand which has tickled their fancy with better designs and the use of materials such as ceramic among other things. What is to be noted: the brand has capped production at 40,000 pieces a year till 2020. “We are focused on quality. Whatever watches you see launched in 2017 will replace certain existing ones,” says Antonio Seward, general manager, Audemars Piguet Southeast Asia.

With limited pieces, the key then is a balanced approach when it comes to the allocation between the retailers and their mono-brand boutiques. Coupled with a well-thought-through boutique strategy and backed by a strengthened after-sales support, Audemars Piguet has been “sailing well in rough seas”. The Royal Oak and Royal Oak Offshore remain firm favourites and Seward adds that the best sellers were the Royal Oaks that are openworked, qualifying that it was not in terms of units sold but in terms of turnover.

 

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One must also bear in mind that Singapore, with a population size of around 5.6 million, is among the top 10 Swiss watch export markets because much of it is re-exported to the region. Tourism spending plays an important role for watch businesses as well.

Singapore’s tourist arrivals for 2016 was 16.4 million and tourism receipts amounted to SGD21.8 billion or around USD15.5 billion. The main source of visitors are Indonesians but Chinese tourists spent more in Singapore with Chinese tourism receipts of SGD2.81 billion as compared to the SGD1.94 billion spent by the Indonesians.

Interestingly, while Tudor’s Black Bay collection may be in demand in town, it is a different story for the brand at tourist spots such as the gaming resort, Resorts World Sentosa, where Swiss Watch Gallery is located. “Other Tudor models sell better here. For example, Chinese tourists tend to gravitate towards simple three-hand timepieces that are more affordable, generally between the SGD2,000 and SGD4,000 price range. Brands like Omega, Longines and Tudor do well here. For higher-end timepieces, they look for brands such as Vacheron Constantin, Breguet and Blancpain,” says Alfred Koh, store manager at Swiss Watch Gallery.

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Throughout the last couple of months when I had the RM033 around, event invites and traveling programs worked out in a manner which I was on the road a lot and consequently meeting lots of new people — largely journalists working from the watch or fashion business, but also watch business insiders. On such occasions, once everybody is beyond the “How was your flight?” Round of petty small talk, matters come to either complimenting the readily identified iconic watch of the individual sitting nearby, or, even if it seems interesting at all, the ever-green silence-breaker question arises: “So, What Watch Are You Wearing? Back in Hong Kong I had been greeted twice with “Ooh, you’re wearing an expensive watch!” Being shouted at me — and in other, more discreet settings, nevertheless everyone with anything to do with the watch industry understood more or less what the opinion was. The Richard Mille Watches For Ladies Replica RM033 is a very different story.Soon after beginning his brand in the early 2000s, Richard Mille understood and with great field followed closely (not-so-)key recipe to luxury watch brand achievement: be daring and instantly recognizable. I mean, just look at any among the very successful luxury watches ever made. Just take the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak as a most fitting example: that the Royal Oak was stupid expensive in 1972, but had an outside unique enough that wealthy people consciously or subconsciously began (and very much continue) to gravitate towards it as they know or at least feel how the Royal Oak, just like no other watch in the time and still few today, exhibits excess wealth. For some fun reading on a related topic, have a look at this article on the way the most iconic watches can be realized just for their hands layouts.
Indeed, it is interesting to note how the various brands relate with end-clients of different nationalities. At the end of the day, watch brands must continue their engagement with customers from different cultural backgrounds even during difficult times and ensure that their “connections” aren’t disrupted.