DFS opened the sixth Masters of Time event in Macau last weekend with a preview of the watches on show and a welcoming dinner.

 

DFS Group President of Global Merchandising Harold Brooks welcomed a gathering of more than 400 guests at the Shoppes at Four Seasons, where a lively and informed panel of pioneering industry experts discussed some of the latest watch and jewellery trends.

 

Brooks told a very attentive audience that this year’s event is the world’s largest retail exhibition of fine watches and also fine jewellery by DFS.

 

Meanwhile, the panel of experts comprised watch industry veteran Jean-Claude Biver, watch commentator and Hodinkee.com founder Benjamin Clymer, plus jewellery historian Vivienne Becker.

 

(Left to right) Leading watch commentator Benjamin Clymer, the founder and Executive Editor of the popular luxury watch blog HODINKEE who is widely considered to be a leading voice in the wristwatch industry; Jean-Claude Biver is a veteran of the watch industry and currently Chairman of the board at Hublot and President of the LVMH Group – Watches Division; Vivienne Becker is a jewellery historian with many years experience and was also one of the experts who helped DFS put together this year’s event.

This year’s collection is being shown at the T Galleria by DFS in the Shoppes at Four Seasons, which is also a partner of the Masters of Time event. This free-to-enter exhibition is running until February 28 next year.

 

Amongst the watch brands represented at the event this year are: Arnold & Son; Blancpain; Breguet; Breitling; Bulgari; Chopard; Chaumet; Christophe Claret; Corum; De Beers; Franck Muller; Girard-Perregaux; Glashütte Original; Greubel Forsey; H. Moser & Cie; Hermès; Hublot; IWC Schaffhausen; Jaeger-LeCoultre; Jaquet Droz; Laurent Ferrier; Louis Vuitton; Manufacture Royale; Montblanc; Officine Panerai; Omega; Roger Dubuis; Tiffany & Co; Vacheron Constantin; Van Cleef & Arpels; Zenith and more.

 

 

 

 

Some of DFS Group’s highlighted pieces among the collection’s watch range include:

• Bulgari’s Octo Finissimo Tourbillon;

• Jaquet Droz’s Bird Repeater Openwork;

• Van Cleef & Arpels’ Midnight Planétarium Poetic Complication;

• Christophe Claret’s Margot;

• Vacheron Constantin’s Métiers d’Art Florilége Collection.

 

 

DFS Group Chairman and CEO Philippe Schaus proudly shows off his team at the Masters of Time event in Macau.

 

 

Some of the jewellery pieces being shown include:

• Bulgari’s illuminating Diva collection necklace, bracelet and earrings in 18kt white gold with pavé diamonds;

• Chopard’s Haute Joaillerie cinema-inspired Red Carpet collection;

• Tiffany’s brilliant Marquise Diamond Cluster necklace set with 325 diamonds, and bracelet set with 135 diamonds in platinum.

 

A more detailed report on this event and a one-on-one interview with DFS Group Chairman & CEO Philippe Schaus will feature shortly on TRBusiness.com.