Dubai Fair Doubles Attendance As Luxury Watchmakers Turn East

DUBAI — A record 49,000 visitors attended this year’s Dubai Watch Week, which closed on Sunday, confirming the growing importance of the Middle East to the luxury sector while Europe and China stutter. Attendance was more than double that of its last edition.

The show, which is backed by the Middle East’s largest watch retailer Ahmed Seddiqi and is free to enter, was held at a new 200,000-square-foot location in Dubai’s Burj Park and counted Rolex, Chanel, Audemars Piguet and Van…