(Bloomberg) -- Xinhai Liao wants to splurge on a
status symbol: a new watch. Rather than buy an imitation out of a
suitcase on a Hong Kong street corner, the Chinese financial
adviser went two blocks away to check out genuine Piaget Polo
watches.
``It has to be perfect,'' Liao said. Piaget maker Cie.
Financiere Richemont SA's sales of luxury watches are surging in
China as consumers snub domestic timepieces to show they can
afford the real thing. Piaget Polo gold watches have a
recommended retail price of more than 15,000 euros ($20,000),
according to The Watch Quote's Web site.
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status symbol: a new watch. Rather than buy an imitation out of a
suitcase on a Hong Kong street corner, the Chinese financial
adviser went two blocks away to check out genuine Piaget Polo
watches.
``It has to be perfect,'' Liao said. Piaget maker Cie.
Financiere Richemont SA's sales of luxury watches are surging in
China as consumers snub domestic timepieces to show they can
afford the real thing. Piaget Polo gold watches have a
recommended retail price of more than 15,000 euros ($20,000),
according to The Watch Quote's Web site.
Read more at Bloomberg Exclusive News
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