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Nina Ogor
SELECT ORLANDO - DEFINITION OF LUXURY By Riesa Pascal Select Orlando may be a hidden gem for its newness, but it won’t remain that way for long once the community discovers the treasures that await inside. Located inside Dr. Phillips’ Whole Foods plaza, Select Orlando is the city’s premier destination for today’s most elusive luxury brands and beautiful accessories. They offer an exclusive collection of storied timepieces, handbags and more. It truly is a hands-on experience of what online shopping offers for the luxury lifestyle shopper. When you step into the pristine boutique, you will immediately feel at ease as Select Orlando’s Roland Barcenilla and Nina Ogor greet you with a rare, genuinely warm welcome. “Everything that we have here was particularly chosen and picked for inventory. It’s not just a bunch of things that we throw out. It’s things that are proven to sell. Things that people want. Things that are exclusive.
You’ll be paying a little bit less and will have a little bit more availability as to the exclusive things that are very difficult to acquire through a regular luxury business.” - Roland Barcenilla, Select Orlando Select Orlando acquires their extraordinary selection of watches through authorized dealers and then sell them back as two categories of pre-loved: Slightly used and never been worn. Each piece is in excellent condition and comes with the same service you would receive from any high-end watch retailer. Through diligent research and an impressive network of connections, Select Orlando is able to offer everything imaginable as far as luxury watches are concerned. Most seasoned watch retailers have only ever seen photos of some of the watches that Select Orlando offers, but this is a business that thrives on exclusivity and rareness. Before Select Orlando, there was no other store in 66 ORLANDOSTYLEMAGAZINE.COM
the area that the public could just walk into and ask to try on anything from an Audemars Piguet to a Patek Philippe. “I have loved watches for a very long time. I started in the watch business 10 years ago and I just fell in love with making people feel good when they bought something. Slowly, but surely, I walked up the ladder and I give all the Glory to God that now I’m selling the finest of the finest.” Nina Ogor, Select Orlando Select Orlando is not only a place for men, it is also a place for women and that “finest of the finest” doesn’t just include watches. The high-end store also offers an amazing selection of exclusive women’s handbags such as Hermès Birkins, which are the most sought after bags in the world and they have been for a long time. Even Forbes has published a popular online guide titled How