Master watchmakers to flaunt their skills 'live' in Dubai

Dubai is set to welcome a host of master watchmakers who will display their talent along with some rare timepieces that will be exhibited at Salon des Grandes Complications, which is set to make its debut in Dubai next month.

There will be live demonstrations by various watchmakers and engravers flown in especially for the exhibition, organisers said in a media statement.

The first-of-its-kind in the Middle East, Salon des Grandes Complications is a new watchmaking exhibition concept designed to offer a platform for the fine watchmaking sector to engage with watch collectors and enthusiasts from across the region.

The exhibition, which will run from November 25 to 27, 2014, at Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), will feature timepieces by some of the world’s most celebrated watchmakers. In addition, several rare and limited edition pieces will be on display.

Visitors will be offered insights into the highest level of watchmaking by both historically renowned manufactories and acclaimed modern-day independent watchmakers. Each brand will present their novelties and certain horological highlights and Participants include A. Lange & Söhne, CVSTOS, F.P. Greubel Forsey, Grieb & Benzinger, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Montblanc, Piaget and Vacheron Constantin, amongst others.

“Salon des Grandes Complications will bring together some of the greatest horological masterpieces of today, and the masters who make them, for the first time under one roof in the UAE. Guests will encounter a hands-on experience of the heritage, craftsmanship and artistry behind the brands and their commended timepieces. As the leading importer of luxury timepieces in the region, the UAE is a natural location to host an exhibition of such a caliber and we are excited to be presenting the first annual edition,” said organiser Nader Freiha, Director of MPP Middle East and Publisher of Arabian Watches & Jewellery Magazine.

Exhibiting brands share a number of extraordinary specialties and accolades between them. From working with only in-house crafted movements to hand-engraving of never to be seen microscopic parts, creating the most complicated wristwatches and the thinnest, from being the one of the oldest watchmakers to the latest innovators and melding history with modern-day technical advances, each of the manufactories ultimately crafts timepieces that have become cornerstones of the watchmaking world.

Supported by Audi Corporate, Bang & Olufsen and Christie’s, with Watch Anish as official media partner, the inaugural edition of Salon des Grandes Complications will take place in line with the DIFC 10th anniversary celebrations and is set to become an annual event.

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