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Cartier owner destroys more than £400m of watches in two years

May 23, 2018May 19, 2018 by Editorial

Richemont bought back stock from jewellers to stop it being sold at knockdown prices

Categories Business, Fashion, LUST, Watches|Jewelry Tags Article, business, designer timepieces, dismantled watches, Europe, Financial, IWC, Life and style, luxury goods group, Luxury goods sector, luxury products, luxury watch market, Main section, news, Piaget, recycled, recycled watches, Richemont, Richemont watches, Swiss watchmaker, The Guardian, UK Business, UK news, unsold watches, Vacheron Constantin, Watches, World news, wristwatches, Zoe Wood

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