How a Vintage Watch Dealer Scaled Momentum Dubai Worldwide

Tariq’s watch career started with a raffle he wasn’t supposed to win, a plastic suitcase full of Swatch watches, and a store in Aachen he and his brother never planned to buy. Fifteen years after co-founding Momentum Dubai, most of his sales happen with people he’s never met in person, and some of them wire six figures before anyone asks for an invoice.
Inside Gattopardo: The Story Behind the View

At Il Gattopardo in Dubai, high up in ICD Brookfield Place, DIFC, with a view of the Burj Khalifa, Restaurant Director Andrea Fincato runs a team of 84 people. On its busiest day so far, the restaurant served 480 guests. His rule: no one on the floor sees the sales numbers. Here is how the restaurant really works, in plain facts.