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Cortina wows with S$4m investment

Its Patek Philippe boutique in Taipei is the world's biggest, with China tourists the main target

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Published Fri, Jan 30, 2015 · 09:50 PM

    Singapore

    IT cost Cortina Watch around S$4 million and nearly two years of planning to get the world's biggest Patek Philippe boutique up and running, according to Raymond Lim, Cortina's deputy chairman and deputy chief executive officer.

    The luxury watch boutique is located in Taiwan and Mr Lim had to travel there often to supervise its opening. It's huge, easily twice the size of Cortina's biggest Patek Philippe boutique at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore.

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