{"id":82357,"date":"2022-09-14T07:25:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T06:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watchpro.com\/?p=82357"},"modified":"2022-09-14T12:00:53","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T11:00:53","slug":"grand-seiko-selects-singapore-for-a-new-grand-seiko-asia-pacific-headquarters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watchpro.com\/grand-seiko-selects-singapore-for-a-new-grand-seiko-asia-pacific-headquarters\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Seiko selects Singapore for a new Grand Seiko Asia-Pacific headquarters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Grand Seiko\u2019s global expansion has taken another leap forward today with the establishment of Grand Seiko Asia-Pacific Pte. Ltd., which will serve the region from headquarters in Singapore.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Its stated purpose is \u201cto provide Grand Seiko with the solid foundation, resources and investment that will ensure its future growth in the region\u201d.<\/p>\n

Grand Seiko Asia-Pacific is a joint venture with Thong Sia Watch (Far East) Co. Ltd., the sole distributor for Seiko and Grand Seiko in Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Hong Kong and Macau.<\/p>\n

Its parent company, Stelux Holdings International, owns the City Chain retail operation, which has a network of watch stores across Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and China.<\/p>\n

Grand Seiko says its new Asia-Pacific headquarters will bring decision-making about the implementation of the brand\u2019s strategy closer to the market and allow Seiko Watch Corporation to increase its marketing investment in the brand.<\/p>\n

In a few months\u2019 time, the new company will also open its first Grand Seiko Boutique in Singapore at Marina Bay Sands.<\/p>\n

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Akio Naito.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Akio Naito, who established Grand Seiko in the United States and Europe before moving back to Japan to take on the role of president of Seiko Watch Corporation has been named as chairman of Grand Seiko Asia-Pacific.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe creation of this new company is another milestone in the history of Grand Seiko. I am delighted by the progress that Grand Seiko has made in the past few years in many markets throughout the world and I am certain that Grand Seiko Asia-Pacific will allow us to further increase the brand\u2019s profile in this important region. I believe that we can look forward to a golden era for Grand Seiko.\u201d Mr Naito says.<\/p>\n

Grand Seiko at WATCHPRO Salon 2022<\/h2>\n

\"\"<\/a>WATCHPRO Salon in London is a showcase of prestige watchmakers where collectors, brands, retailers and press meet in 5-star luxury.<\/p>\n

Back for a second time after a\u00a0spectacular debut in 2021<\/a><\/strong>, the two-day event takes place from November 11 to 12 at The Londoner, one of the capital\u2019s most spectacular 5-star hotels on London\u2019s Leicester Square.<\/p>\n

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Grand Seiko Asia-Pacific is a joint venture with Thong Sia Watch (Far East) Co. Ltd., the sole distributor for Seiko and Grand Seiko in Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, Hong Kong and Macau.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":82358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false},"categories":[7024,2],"tags":[1948,12012,11340],"newspack_lstngs_evt":[],"newspack_lstngs_gen":[],"newspack_lstngs_mkt":[],"newspack_lstngs_plc":[],"acf":[],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"WATCHPRO","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/www.watchpro.com","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.watchpro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82357"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.watchpro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.watchpro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.watchpro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.watchpro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.watchpro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.watchpro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.watchpro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.watchpro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.watchpro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82357"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_lstngs_evt","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.watchpro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_lstngs_evt?post=82357"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_lstngs_gen","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.watchpro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_lstngs_gen?post=82357"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_lstngs_mkt","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.watchpro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_lstngs_mkt?post=82357"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_lstngs_plc","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.watchpro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_lstngs_plc?post=82357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}