Historical heritage can be directly in modern society reflect the commercial value, invariably visit European cities - Paris, London, Geneva is not difficult to find those most luxurious luxury stores and specialty boutiques, historical photographs and even an antique kind are arranged shop indispensable element, some of the shop or the new goods and thrift together to sell, people, especially fascinating. Specific to clock watch industry, not only around the world brand stores will be a substantial reflect historical tradition element in Geneva Basel exhibition hall in particular, will see many museums grade antique exhibits.
The earliest for the watch industry to introduce this "historical trend" when pushed Patek Philippe . From the 1980s onwards, the brand has been in the main "handed down" concept, while the company's owner Stearns family also began through a variety of different ways collecting their antique products, its painstaking crystallization is now located in the city of Geneva Center Patek Philippe museum imposing collections and data. It must be noted that the Patek Philippe Museum, far beyond brands museum areas, became the show in Geneva and throughout Europe watchmaking history of one of the authorities in the clockwork Switzerland almost immediately in La Chaux-de Clock Museum and Beyer, Monte castle, etc. After the museum, is the most top of several professional watch museums. The museum's presence also made Patek Philippe brand stood out, in many people's minds slightly higher than those same old illustrious counterparts, so there will be today's leading position. But with other Swiss museums are different, Patek Philippe museum is relatively small to the exhibits sent overseas or foreign shows, but would not place himself solicited to antique resale to others.
Founded in 1983, the Cartier Collection start of the morning, and Patek Philippe is similar to its collection scope is not limited to watches, jewelery known. Each collection consists of Cartier's specialized agencies through private collectors, exchanges and auctions, according to style, inspiration, sources, materials, and techniques and technology standards such as carefully selected from, currently has a total of 1450 works, and continues to expanding. Its distinctive is that it is often with the global range of the most famous museums - the New York Metropolitan Museum, London British Museum, Lisbon Carlo Manchester - Gul principal Safety Foundation Museum, Moscow Kremlin, and Beijing Palace Museum etc. together Cartier thematic history shows, a brand promotion tool. Meanwhile, in Geneva, Cartier Collection headquarters will be careful maintenance and repair of their own to find the Cartier Collection, and sold to favorite antiques and traditional products to consumers, or should Cartier collectors request for them to collect antique treasures. Companies directly involved in the antique trade people actually in Europe are not many big companies is even more rare, no wonder Cartier Collection department in Geneva is particularly secretive, only genuine fine handed down would recommend to large customers.
In fact, whether directly for collectors collecting antiques, or just for their own museum to enrich the exhibits, or the company museum's collecting extended to the entire watch history category, the brand image in terms of absolute strong support. This reminds me of some of the early years of the Swiss purchased the historic brand, and relying on the brand to the business rapidly expand in Asia tables suppliers, always refused to brand the ancient traditions and more invested capital. Even collecting the antique boutique and historic movements such as inventory, do not know how to take advantage of the transformation to make the brand the way these things be promoted. Over time, those who had a very pure Swiss brand also transformed into Asia's brand, and it is difficult in the high-end table ShangXi place. Explore the value of history is an unavoidable prerequisite is - with respect and awe historical tradition, the caution that tradition, so it can really make your brand constantly passed along, to flourish.