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When Morgan Stanley and LuxeConsult released their hotly anticipated annual Swiss Watcher report in late February, one statistic stood out among the wave of data. Watches with a retail price tag exceeding CHF 25,000 ($27,000) accounted for 69 per cent of growth in the Swiss watch sector in 2023 — and accounted for 44 per cent of the total value of Swiss watch exports.