3. Why was Frederique Constant founded in Hong Kong?
At that time, Peter Stas and Aletta [his wife and co-founder of Frederique Constant] were based in Hong Kong. …
They started working just at their kitchen table, with ideas for dials and montages, before going to a Hong Kong watch fair with their idea. The first person to purchase the very first 300 units of their watch was a Japanese distributor – and suddenly, they had to start producing. It took them a year to create these watches and deliver them to Japan, where the watches then sold within one month. The distributor then requested 3,000 units, and then it accelerated. This encouraged Peter Stas to resign from his job and focus fully on the new brand, starting in Hong Kong.