Talking to...Will Stein, founder of Philip Stein watches and wellness bracelets

With wellness a key talking point within the industry, Emma Baron talks to the founder of Philip Stein about the importance of incorporating wellness into your business and the brand’s plans now it’s in the UAE

Please tell us more about your brand Philip Stein… Philip Stein was founded by me and my wife Rina in Miami, Florida.

We started of as a watch brand with a wellbeing benefit. In 2003 all watches were simply a symbol of prestige, fashion and style, as well as a device to tell time.

A watch as wellbeing accessory was a novelty and that is why we were able to create a niche for ourselves in this saturated watch market.

Today Philip Stein is no longer only a watch brand but over the years we evolved into what I call “Wearable Wellbeing Technology Brand” which offers watches and other accessories.

How does Philip Stein fit into the spa and wellness market?

Our products with our unique Natural Frequency Technology are all about wellbeing. Our mission is to improve people’s quality of life through our unique technology combined with stylish design and high quality craftsmanship.

Wellness has been a major buzz word over the years.Why do you think it’s important?

Everybody searches for ways to look better and feel better. More and more people look for healthy alternatives. I believe as we get older the focus and what’s important to us changes. Today there’s a clear shift from material luxury to experiential luxury. With that I mean spas, wellness resorts and retreats which help us bring a balance into our daily stressful lives. This is exactly where Philip Stein comes in, to help re-establish this balance.

What benefits would a spa or salon get when retailing Philip Stein?

Every Spa and Salon promotes and sells wellness. Philip Stein is a perfect add-on to complement the wellness which is provided in spas and salons. For example people come to the spa to receive a relaxing massage because they sit all day and experience a lot of stress from their work. The massage helps to relieve those stresses and the customer walks out satisfied and feeling great. In addition the spa could offer now a Horizon Bracelet that helps to improve a person’s inner balance and cope with stress better. Now the customer doesn’t only walk out feeling great for the next few days, but the Horizon Bracelet will help him feel more relaxed continuously. The same hold true for the sleep bracelet of course and the other accessories.

Tell us more about the NFT Technology which is found within the bracelets?

The NFT technology is not only found in our bracelets, but in all of our products including our watches. We are surrounded by frequencies all the time. We are surrounded by manmade frequencies, such as those from electricity, wifi, etc., but we are also surrounded by natural frequencies, which are important for our wellbeing and life in general. Our earth has a frequency (Schumann resonance) which our body is synched to when we are in a state of calm and relaxation. However, since we are bombarded by manmade frequencies this can create an imbalance within us. Our technology functions like a finely tuned antenna, harnessing and channeling only the natural frequencies to our bodies to help bring us back in balance and perform at our best.

What are your plans for Philip Stein within the Middle East?

Al-Futtaim Watches and Jewellery is our exclusive distributor for the GCC, which we are very happy and excited about. Together we will introduce our products to spa chains, hotels, fitness and yoga studios, sports stores, etc. Our goal is to increase the awareness of Philip Stein, the wearable wellbeing technology brand in every aspect. Our advantage is that we are a complement to the services or products that the wellness industry offers. We are not competing against other products within this industry, but we are an additional component to help improve people’s quality of life. Once the industry has understood this and experienced the benefits of our products I believe Philip Stein will become a sought after brand within the spa, health and wellness industry. This is our goal in the Middle East and worldwide.