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  • Blancpain opens its largest store in China

    Blancpain opens its largest store in China

    Timepiece brand Blancpain has opened its largest store yet in China in Beijing.

    The 380sqm two-level street front showroom, located at China World Mall near Beijing’s CBD, features an interior that reflects the brand’s heritage, inspired by the Blancpain’s centuries-old farmhouse production facility in Le Brassus, Switzerland

    Polished cherry woodwork and streamlined furniture are placed to conjure up the ambiance of the traditional watchmakers, alongside comfortable seating, a lounge bar, a VIP suite and a sweeping staircase.

    The store offers a customer service center that offers watches servicing as well as product and maintenance advice.

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  • Swatch Group profit lowest for seven years

    Swatch Group profit lowest for seven years

    Swatch Group, the maker of Omega and Tissot timepieces, has reported its lowest first-half profit in seven years, with demand tumbling in Hong Kong, France and Switzerland.

    Its first-half operating profit fell 54 per cent to 353 million francs (US$359 million), the company says. This followed an earlier warning that earnings would probably fall 50 to 60 per cent.

    After previously forecasting growth, CEO Nick Hayek says sales for the year may fall as much as 6 per cent. Terrorist attacks in France are keeping tourists at bay, denting sales.

    However, Swatch says its full-year results will be close or equivalent to those of last year.
    Swiss watch exports declined a record 11 per cent in the first half, says the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry.

    Swatch says the first three weeks of this month showed good growth in China, particularly for its luxury brands Blancpain, Breguet and Omega.

    The company also says the drop in Hong Kong’s retail sales has bottomed out.

  • Blancpain Osaka shop-in-shop opens

    Blancpain Osaka shop-in-shop opens

    As well as opening a Blancpain Osaka shop-in-shop, the Swiss watchmaker has a new flagship boutique on one of Hong Kong’s busiest streets.

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    Blancpain’s new Japanese concession is inside the Hankyu Department Store Umeda Main Store, on its seventh-floor luxury-watch outlet area, which has just been remodelled. Crafted by a Swiss cabinetmaker, the interior design of the Blancpain outlet features woodwork and mouldings along with streamlined furniture and displays.

     

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    Visitors can see such Blancpain masterpieces as the Carrousel Volant Une Minute, the Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe and the Ladybird.
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    Founded in 1735, Blancpain develops its components and tools in house, with a single watchmaker manually assembling each movement.

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