A
JOURNEY THROUGH TIME VII
CELEBRATES
ANOTHER YEAR OF STUNNING SUCCESS
Prestigious Watches &
Jewellery Honoured at Asia’s Grandest Luxury Watch and Jewellery Showcase
KUALA LUMPUR, 2
DECEMBER 2013
– After eight eventful days, the curtains closed last Friday on Asia’s grandest
luxury watch and jewellery showcase, A
Journey Through Time VII at Starhill Gallery. Endorsed by The Ministry of
Tourism and Culture Malaysia, this year’s A
Journey Through Time had once again awed
watch & jewellery enthusiasts with exquisite timepieces and jewellery with
its display of the latest and most unique collections from world-renowned
brands. Making a grand finale for the closing event was the highly anticipated Starhill Gallery Watch and Jewellery of the
Year Awards, which saw some of the world’s leading luxurious brand nominated
for the various different awards presented.
On
the judging panel for the Starhill
Gallery Watch and Jewellery of the Year Awards are renowned local and
international horological & jewellery experts, namely Tan Sri Dr Francis
Yeoh, Mr. Joseph Yeoh, Mr. Su Jia Xian, Mr. Hirota Masayuki, Mr. Rainer Siegal
and Mr. Charles Sutanto. The esteemed judges had the challenging job of selecting
the winners from a choice of nominated timepieces & jewellery in seven
different categories.
The
Reverso Cordonnet Duetto by
Jaeger-LeCoultre was celebrated for winning The Starhill Gallery Favourite Ladies Watch Award. Consecutively, The Starhill Gallery Favourite Men’s Watch
Award went to Chapter Three: Reveal
from Maîtres du Temps while one of the most interesting award of the year, The Starhill Gallery Watch with
Complications in Movement Award was claimed by Hublot’s Masterpiece MP-05 “LAFERRARI”.
Bedat & Co.’s Ref. 327.555.909
timepiece, designed with the finest of art deco elegance featuring a sparkling
diamond exterior and mother of pearl dial proves its exquisiteness when it won The YTL Spirit of Classical Art Award. This
year’s new category, Judges’ Choice Award
which is given to luxurious and fine timepieces that are easily accessible was won
by Speake-Marin’s Spirit Mark 2.
Just
like the everlasting Sophia Loren, the Starhill Gallery Timeless Jewellery Award
went to the illustrious Sophia Loren necklace by Italian jeweller, Damiani. Finally,
the Chairman of Tourism Malaysia, Dato’ Sri Dr. Ng Yen Yen closed the award
ceremony by presenting The Tourism
Malaysia Most Revered Award to Mouawad
for its enchanting necklace, the eminent L’Incomparable,
which was one of the most highlighted piece throughout A Journey Through Time VII. Priced at US $55 million, the L’Incomparable necklace has excite its
many visitors with its sophisticated design and dazzling yellow diamond and is
certified by the Guinness World Records as the most valuable necklace in the
world.
In
her speech, Dato’ Sri Dr. Ng Yen Yen commended Tan Sri Dato’ Dr. Francis Yeoh
on the success of A Journey Through Time
and told guests, “Malaysia is the place to be for everything, especially
shopping. Hence, we insisted that Malaysia has to be duty free. This has
definitely contributed to Kuala Lumpur as the 4th best shopping city in the world.”
Tan Sri Dato’ Dr. Francis
Yeoh, Managing Director of YTL Corporations Berhad said, “Over the years, A Journey Through Time has housed many luxurious
brands of watches and jewellery. Thank you to all who has made the event a
success every year. Since 2007, A Journey
Through Time has attracted over millions visitors and this year we have
grown even more as our sales of watches and jewellery is over RM 50 million and
with bigger and bigger items.”
He
added, “We are very excited in receiving the news for the 2nd time
that CNN ranked Kuala Lumpur as the 4th best shopping city in the
world ahead of Paris, Hong Kong and Dubai. Every renowned brand in the world
has their standalone boutiques here at Starhill Gallery. They choose to come
here to Malaysia and Starhill Gallery ahead of other possible venues because we
offer attractive rental prices and a platform to reach the affluent customers.
Starhill Gallery is the catalyst to turn Bintang Walk into the Orchard Road and
Oxford Street of Kuala Lumpur. We are like the Paris of the East because we
provide them a shopping destination, with an array of delectable cuisines.”
In
a new twist to the proceedings this year, the Swiss Auctions made their
first-ever appearance, auctioning over 200 of the world’s rarest timepieces and
providing expert demonstrations by world-famous watchmaker Aaron Becsei of
Bexei Watches and Daniel Jiménez, General Manager of Pita Barcelona.
Visitors
to A Journey Through Time VII were
enlightened with daily guided tours with knowledgeable watch concierges
organized by Starhill Gallery. The visitors were also treated to stunning fashion
parades and nightly gala dinners with delectable world cuisine. As
accompaniment, the closing dinner crowd was serenaded by Australia’s Got Talent
2009 winner Mark Vincent who took to the stage in a spectacular end of show
finale.
Starhill
Gallery houses over 120 of the world’s finest watches and jewellery brands in
Kuala Lumpur with new flagship stores opening every year since the inception of
A Journey Through Time in 2007. Internationally renowned names appearing at the
event this year included Jaegar-LeCoultre,
Bedat & Co., Richard Mille, Maîtres du Temps, Hublot, Van Cleef &
Arpels, Chopard, Boucheron and Gübelin.
In
addition to these stellar brands, this year Starhill Gallery also welcomed new
international boutiques to Malaysia, including Garrard. Dubbed as the oldest
jewellery brand in the world since 1735, Garrard’s masterpieces had ornamented
British royalty for centuries. For this reason, Starhill Gallery is very
honoured to be the exclusive setting for Garrard’s first standalone boutique outside
of the United Kingdom. Another grand highlight this year for Starhill Gallery
is the opening of the first ever boutique of the Italian jewellery brand
Damiani in Malaysia, in conjunction with A
Journey Through Time VII. With this, Starhill Gallery proves Kuala Lumpur to
be a shopping destination to be reckoned with.
The
spectacular event together with the support of these international brands upheld
Starhill Gallery’s status as Malaysia’s premium shopping centre which offers
shopping privileges and a duty-free haven for the world’s biggest names in
high-end timepieces and jewellery.
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| Antoine Bakhache of Mouawad posing with Dato' Sri Dr Ng Yen Yen & Miss Msia Universe 2013 wearing the L'Incomparable after winning the Tourism Malaysia Most Revered Award |
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| Chairman of Tourism Malaysia, Dato' Sri Dr. Ng Yen Yen greeting the guests at a Journey Through Time VII |
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| Tan Sri Dato' Dr Francis Yeoh delivering his speech at A Journey Through Time VII's closing gala dinner |
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| The Winners of the Watch & Jewellery Award of The Year at A Journey Through Time VII See you in my next blog post. With love, Silviana. |
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