{"id":79578,"date":"2022-06-21T10:25:11","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T09:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watchpro.com\/?p=79578"},"modified":"2022-06-21T10:55:23","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T09:55:23","slug":"maurice-lacroix-drops-king-of-the-court-aikon-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watchpro.com\/maurice-lacroix-drops-king-of-the-court-aikon-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"Maurice Lacroix drops King of the Court Aikon watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Maurice Lacroix has dropped a special edition of its bestselling Aikon watch in association with King of the Court, an elite beach volleyball series of tournaments for which it is official timekeeper.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 2022\/23 season kicks off this week in Hamburg before traveling to Utrecht, Itapema in Brazil, Sydney and then the finals in Doha, Qatar, next January.<\/p>\n<p>Maurice Lacroix has been official timekeeper for KOTC since 2021 and this week unveiled the Aikon King of the Court 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