Until recently, only a handful of luxury brands including LVMH watch labels Hublot and Tag Heuer as well as Kering-owned fashion brands Gucci and Balenciaga have experimented with crypto payment offer
Imports touched 98.5 million Swiss francs (nearly Rs 933 crore) in the January to June period this year period from 81.2 million francs a year earlier
Timepieces costing lakhs of rupees must highlight the owner's taste and personality
To tide over the disruption, a few players have also started creating websites for digital sales
The watch comes in four variations to retail from $1,800 to $2,350-making it one of the most expensive, serially produced, connected watches on the market.
This will help the Swiss watchmaker cement its smartwatch alliance with Google