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Seddiqi Holding
Seddiqi Holding Group, also known as Ahmed Siddiqi & Sons, is an Emirati holding company that specializes in watchmaking and service. It was founded in 1950 by Ahmed Qassim Seddiqi, who opened his first store in Bur Dubai. Seddiqi Holding now has over 50 boutiques spread across the United Arab Emirates. Since its inception nearly seventy years ago, the group has remained an exclusively family business, providing Swiss watches and representing more than 60 international brands in the luxury watches and jewelry sector.

History
During the early fifties, Ahmed Qasim Seddiqi, the only son of Qassim Seddiqi, who was passionate about collecting Swiss watches, opened his first small cabinet in Bur Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and began purchasing small quantities of watches from West End watch dealers in Kuwait and India.

The relationship between Seddiqi’s family and the Swiss company, Rolex, began in the 1950s, when they dealt with the Swiss company’s agent in Bahrain. Ahmed Seddiqi acquired the Rolex watch agency in Dubai and the Northern Emirates in the 1960s. The agency relationship between the two companies continues to this day. Seddiqi Holding has acquired over 50 of the world’s leading watch brands, including Patek Philippe, Chopard, and others.

In 2012, after the two companies developed a relationship, the Swiss company allowed Seddiqi Holding to use its commercial name for the first time in history on a 63-story building called the Rolex Tower, located on Sheikh Zayed Road and owned by Seddiqi Holding Group.

2007
In 2007, Seddiqi became a holding group, to be the main group that includes “Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons Company,” which specializes in retail; “Swiss Watch Services Company," and “Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons Investment Company,” which manages the group’s investment portfolio.

After Ahmed Qassim Seddiqi passed away, his son, Ibrahim Seddiqi, took over the mission of expanding the Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons Company. In 1964, Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons Company became the first to establish the after-sales center “Swiss Watch Service” and opened its second store in 1967. Two years later, the company held its first watch exhibition at Dubai International Airport, which was attended by Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

Key people
A list of some key people in Seddiqi’s family:


 * Ahmed Qassim Seddiqi, founder of Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons Company
 * Abdul Hameed Seddiqi, Vice Chairman
 * Mohammed Abdulmagied Seddiqi, Chief Commercial Officer
 * Osama Ibrahim Seddiqi, Senior Vice President of Finance and Operations
 * Hind Abdel Hamid Seddiqi, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer
 * Hassan Abdul Majeed Seddiqi, Vice President of Human Resources

Brands and boutiques
A list of some of Seddiqi’s partnerships with the world’s leading watch brands and boutiques:

1950
Rolex

1960
Patek Philippe SA

1970
Gérald Genta

1972
Chopard

1980
Harry Winston

Hublot

1985
Movado

1988
TAG Heuer

Concord

1990
Guy Laroche

Charles Jourdan

1992
Daniel Roth

1994
Hermes

2006
Momo Design

Marc Ecko

Ferrari Watches

Van Cleef & Arpels

2010
Ralph Lauren

1956
First Boutique for Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons

1964
Provided a Swiss Watch Service and after-sales service to customers

1965
First watch exhibition for Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons

1993
First Guess Watches boutique at Deira City Center

1998
First TAG Heuer Watches boutique at Wafi Mall

1999
First Chopard Watches boutique at Burj Al Arab

2008
First Rolex Boutique at Wafi Mall

First Rolex Boutique at Atlantas

First Rolex Boutique at the Dubai Mall

2009
The first largest Patek Philippe SA store in the Middle East at Dubai Mall

2010
First GC store at City Centre Mirdif