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Claude Sfeir collects only the crème de la crème

COLLECTOR PORTRAIT

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By Pierre Maillard

April 2021

Claude Sfeir. How do you introduce Claude Sfeir? Or rather: does Claude Sfeir still need any introduction? Because this renowned jeweller and gemmologist is also one of the world’s top watch collectors. Some prefer to keep a low profile. Not him.

Claude Sfeir collects only the crème de la crème

COLLECTOR PORTRAIT

Español Français Pусский 中文

By Pierre Maillard

April 2021

Claude Sfeir collects only the crème de la crème

Claude Sfeir. How do you introduce Claude Sfeir? Or rather: does Claude Sfeir still need any introduction? Because this renowned jeweller and gemmologist is also one of the world’s top watch collectors. Some prefer to keep a low profile. Not him.

B

orn in Lebanon, Claude Sfeir splits his time between Beirut and Dubai, where he was sent as a young man by his taxi-driver father four decades ago – war was already raging in Beirut – to work with one of his uncles in the traditional Gold Souk.

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