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Maria Dubov
May 25, 2026
I have visited luxury watch boutiques extensively — on Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Fifth Avenue in New York, and internationally — and what I witnessed at the Hublot Miami Design District boutique was unlike anything I have encountered at this level of retail.
I visited as part of a small group. Everyone in our party was well-dressed and serious — one member was already wearing a timepiece in the $50,000+ range and was genuinely considering a purchase. We were the definition of the clientele this store exists to serve.
What followed was aggressive from the start, but one particular associate — a taller, heavyset gentleman with facial hair — crossed a line that I find genuinely difficult to believe. Having sensed that my friend’s wife might not be enthusiastic about the watch being considered, he approached her directly and proceeded to guilt-trip her, implying that she was standing between her husband and something his heart was set on. She handled it with extraordinary grace, calmly stating that it was her husband’s decision — which, of course, it was. But she should never have been put in that position.
Inserting yourself between spouses, manufacturing tension within a marriage to pressure a sale, is not a sales technique. It is a serious lapse in professionalism and basic human decency. It is manipulative, it is embarrassing, and it has no place in a boutique that charges what Hublot charges and purports to offer a luxury experience.
I sincerely hope management reviews this behavior and addresses it directly. A store of this caliber should be earning clients for life — not driving them out the door and onto Google.