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Not shocked but still surprised...

Hong Kong is the world's watch capital (outside of Switzerland); so I'm not shocked that you were impressed with watch shopping in Hong Kong. Nevertheless, I was still surprised that you were able to try on a Breguet La Tradition Tourbillon and a Breguet Double Tourbillon! You're special! I've only seen the latter in person, and not the former.

In 2008, Hong Kong alone consumed 15.8% of all Swiss Watch exports or 2.7 Billion Swiss Francs worth of exported watches! More than any country including the United States!

Here's a quick breakdown of total Swiss Watch Exports (watches sold outside of Switzerland).

Country / Revenue in CHF Billion / Total %

Hong Kong / 2.7 / 16%
USA / 2.4 / 14%
Japan / 1.2 / 7%
France / 1.1 / 7%
Italy / 1.0 / 6%

By Continent
Asia 46%
Europe 33%
America 19%
Africa 1%
Oceania 1%

Hong Kong is the definitive destination for luxury watch shopping. I'm also tempted to visit the ION Orchard in Singapore, which seems to offer a tremendous range of brands to select from.

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Hong Kong Watch Boutique Indulgence

By: Oztimelord : August 1st, 2009-02:13

Hong Kong is a watch connoisseur’s ultimate destination presenting a spectacle of vintage and new pieces from all the major brands. Not only is there an array of ADs that are more than willing to please, the ‘Watch Boutique’ concept is now firmly engraine...

If I ever needed a reason to go there

By: amanico : August 1st, 2009-02:40

I think your thread give me an excellent one... It looks like Heaven on Earth for every watch nut. Therefore, and mainly, it will be an excellent opportunity to meet friends. Food for thought........ Best, Nicolas

building up

By: Mech : August 1st, 2009-20:21

NIc, I see you're building up your reasons, but make Singapore your first stop eh? Mech.

Wow! That La Tradition is awesome.

By: VMM : August 1st, 2009-07:14

Gorgeous timepiece. Would love to see it in WG. Who knows? Maybe some day. Thanks for sharing. Vte

My experience …

By: AndrewD : August 2nd, 2009-16:11

Dear TimeLord Rene, I recently spent some time in Hong Kong too and was impressed with the number of mono-brand boutiques as well as multi-brand dealers. Certainly around TST there seems to be a watch dealer on every corner (although not all of them are a...

Not shocked but still surprised...

Hong Kong Watch Boutique Indulgence

If I ever needed a reason to go there

building up

Wow! That La Tradition is awesome.

My experience …

Not shocked but still surprised...

I was also impressed by that figures and discussed the subject some time ago…

Hi Rene