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Geneva, the watch capital of the world.

As soon as Holly landed at Geneva International Airport and walked out, he saw the Patek Philippe staff who greeted him.

"Hello, Mr. Huo, welcome to the beautiful Geneva, the capital of watches and clocks in the world." The staff warmly welcomed, "Our President Terry Stern has arranged board and lodging for you. I hope you can stay in Geneva." Have a great holiday.”

Although Patek Philippe does not hire spokespersons to promote its products, it does treat every super VIP with great respect.

Especially for a king-level collector of Patek Philippe watches like Holly.

He is also the only Chinese tycoon personally invited by Terry Stern, global CEO of Patek Philippe and the fourth generation head of the Stern family, at this Geneva watch show.

It’s not that others are not invited, but that many Chinese invisible rich people are unwilling to attend such an occasion.

Patek Philippe also fully respects the privacy of the rich.

Of course, Holly was not only invited to visit Patek Philippe headquarters this time, but also came to pick up his customized watch, Patek Philippe Summer Calendar.

If nothing else, this watch should now be on display at the Patek Philippe watch show in Geneva.

It combines Patek Philippe’s craftsmanship with traditional Chinese elements to create a high-end luxury formal watch.

In order to cater to the Chinese market, major watch brands have been creating watches with Chinese elements over the years, but there is a limitation, that is, they integrate what they consider oriental elements into watchmaking techniques.

In fact, most of them are not Chinese elements that Chinese rich people like.

However, the Patek Philippe Summer Calendar customized by Holly was based on the theme elements determined by him after communicating with designers in the domestic watch industry and the Institute of Traditional Culture. Finally, he communicated with Patek Philippe designers and craftsmen to present the watch. payment.

It can be said that it is the most high-end luxury watch in line with oriental aesthetics on the market currently.

This watch is estimated to have attracted countless tourists at the watch exhibition.

"Mr. Huo, please!"

The staff invited.

Holly smiled and nodded, and followed him into the Rolls-Royce Ghost waiting at the airport exit.

Zhong Yiwen, Song Wenwen, and Li Heng got into the Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicle behind.

The driver drove directly to the Woodward Hotel on Lake Geneva.

The only Platinum Diamond-rated hotel in Geneva.

The car parked in front of the hotel, and the etiquette and waiters pushed the luggage trolley out to pick up the luggage.

Holly took people to the front desk to check in, and Patek Philippe booked him an executive suite with lake view for more than 5000 Swiss francs a night.

More than RMB 40000 per night.

Scenic.

Across the lake is the headquarters building of the world's major watch brands.

"Mr. Huo, this is my business card. If you have anything, you can contact me. President Stern will take time to receive you. During your activities in Geneva, I will be your personal secretary. Please give me your advice.", work The staff bowed slightly.

"Hard work." Holly said politely, holding his business card.

After checking in at the hotel, Holly went back to the room with his two beloved women.

Open the curtains and enjoy the view of Lake Geneva.

"When I was studying, the name Switzerland was just a dream in my mind. I never thought that one day I would come to this place." Song Wenwen sighed as he sat in front of the floor-to-ceiling window with a cup of coffee.

"After visiting the watch exhibition, we will drive to a snow-capped mountain town to show you the real comfortable life in Switzerland." said Holly.

"Yeah, thank you, husband." Song Wenwen smiled.

Holly was lying on the bed, "Sister Wen, call me at half past two. We will go to the exhibition center in the afternoon."

"Okay." Zhong Yiwen smiled and nodded.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Holly walked into the watch exhibition center.

There are many Chinese people coming here to visit. Some are designers, jewelry and watch craftsmen who come to learn, and some are collectors of famous watches. Of course, the most are self-media people who come to shoot videos.

The fashion industry has a lot of traffic, and if you make good videos, you can make a lot of money.

Therefore, domestic fashion bloggers travel around the world to capture first-hand fashion information to attract traffic.

Holly walked into the Geneva International Watch and Clock Exhibition Center and joked, "The things in here are enough to buy more than a dozen villas in places like Beijing and Shanghai." He looked at his wife and Zhong Yiwen, "I'll give you two a task. .”

"What mission?" Song Wenwen asked curiously.

"Everyone chooses his favorite watch, and I'll pay for it. Don't save me any money." Holly laughed.

Zhong Yiwen smiled: "This task doesn't seem to be easy."

She told the truth.

For men, they basically fall in love with one or two famous watch brands, and they will go straight to the brand exhibition area when they walk in.

But for women, major jewelry watches and fashion watches can dazzle you.

There are not only famous watch brands such as Patek Philippe, Rolex, Vacheron Constantin, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Piaget, Roger Dubuis... at the Geneva Watch Fair.

There are also Hermès, Van Cleef & Arpels, Cartier, Chanel... these luxury brands and jewelry brands focus on the female market.

Song Wenwen smiled and said: "Sister Wen, my husband means to pick the most expensive one."

Zhong Yiwen smiled, "I think what you said makes sense."

Holly smiled: "Go!"

Price doesn't matter, just like it.

With the billions in cash he currently has on his books, he can buy any watch with his eyes closed, or even contract all of them.

Holly went directly to the Patek Philippe booth to take a look at the summer calendar he had customized.

In the venue, the most stylish and largest booths are Rolex and Patek Philippe, standing on the left and right sides of the door like door gods to welcome visitors.

These two booths are also where the self-media is most concentrated.

When Holly walked over, he saw many Chinese self-media people taking pictures of watches with cell phone cameras.

I also saw an old friend from Beijing, a top figure in the domestic watch self-media circle, a powerful man.

Holly walked towards Da Neng and said hello.

At the Geneva Watch Fair in the second half of this year, Patek Philippe launched seven new models, but there was no 6300 series model like last year.

The 6300 series is still displayed in the most conspicuous position. Holly is wearing this 6300 green brick watch king, which is also in the display cabinet.

Ren is still the most talked about watch king.

But there are two watches that are more eye-catching than it.

One is the Patek Philippe Super Watch King 5175R rose gold. A total of 8 pieces were produced in 8 years. One piece is collected by the Patek Philippe Museum, and the remaining seven pieces are collected by wealthy people around the world.

It is worth mentioning that the collectors of 4 of them are wealthy Chinese.

The piece on display today should be the one collected by the Patek Philippe Museum.

The unit price of this watch is 2.4 small targets.

It is no exaggeration to say that it is the treasure of the store or the museum.

In addition to this collection-level Patek Philippe, the other piece is the Patek Philippe Summer Calendar customized by Holly.

The brown dial and strap do not have exaggerated stacks of diamonds and gems, but they incorporate elements of Chinese astronomy, earthly stems, and 24 solar terms... into this watch.

Coupled with the complex craftsmanship of the tourbillon, perpetual calendar and minute repeater, this summer calendar uses a total of 18 complex craftsmanship, all of which are installed part by part by senior craftsmen.

It represents the highest craftsmanship level of Patek Philippe today.

Of course, the market price of this watch is also very high, 518 million Swiss francs. According to the current exchange rate, it is worth 4300 million yuan.

Although it is privately customized, it can be regarded as a king-level watch, but it is not produced and sold to the outside world.

On display here today, Patek Philippe wants to express its watchmaking craftsmanship and aesthetics of oriental elements.

It just does better than other brands.

(End of this chapter)