Blancpain Osaka shop-in-shop opens

Jun 1, 2016Updated May 28, 20251 min read

As well as opening a Blancpain Osaka shop-in-shop, the Swiss watchmaker has a new flagship boutique on one of Hong Kong’s busiest streets.

Blancpain’s new Japanese concession is inside the Hankyu Department Store Umeda Main Store, on its seventh-floor luxury-watch outlet area, which has just been remodelled. Crafted by a Swiss cabinetmaker, the interior design of the Blancpain outlet features woodwork and mouldings along with streamlined furniture and displays.

Visitors can see such Blancpain masterpieces as the Carrousel Volant Une Minute, the Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe and the Ladybird.

Founded in 1735, Blancpain develops its components and tools in house, with a single watchmaker manually assembling each movement.

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