What better way to beat the tariff blues than to cruise the Caribbean, shopping on board or on sun-kissed islands where duty free prices come as standard.
One such duty-free island is St. Maarten, where Omega has its own boutique and jewelers like Little Switzerland, Little Europe and Art of Time represent leading brands.
Art of Time is giving itself an advantage this year with an exclusive watch from Doxa it calls the SUB 200 Dune.
Limited to just 100 pieces, the watch has a dial with a sand-grain texture that shifts, like a Caribbean beach from sun-bleached taupe to warm bronze.
If a more obvious connection to the region is required, the underside of the watch has a laser-engraved map of the Caribbean with the sea in a vivid blue created using laser-induced oxidation.
Each numbered piece is sold exclusively at Art of Time with both a stainless steel beads-of-rice bracelet and a black rubber strap for $2,090 (no tax to pay!), although the price does feel on the high side given a standard SUB 200 sells in the UK for £1,050, including VAT.
Art of Time’s Sunil Alwani, points out that the watch comes with nothing a rubber straps and steel bracelet as standard in a unique presentation box and has a bezel with luminesence.
The blue oxidation on the caseback to represent the water is also a first for Doxa.
The jeweler is offering free shipping to the US and absorbing all the tariffs to ship into the country.
