Wixon?s Jewler?s, located in the nether land of suburban Bloomington, MN distinguishes itself with a selection from the world of haute horology as improbable as stumbling across a Bugatti dealership driving east out of Omaha. Minute repeaters, annual calendars and tourbillions from the storied workshops in Geneva and Schaffenhausen with prices in the 5 and 6 digit range illuminate display cases in mute testimony to the rising tide of wealth that has washed over the Upper Midwest in the past 20 years as well as the synergy that can develop between MSP airport and the draw of the nearby Mall of America as a shopping destination. \r
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Sales staff is knowledgeable, friendly and attentive although, particularly on the jewelry side, in the best tradition of Glenn Murry, Glenn Ross, always closing. The store itself is pure Minnesota and seems to have taken its design cues from a mix of the Perkins restaurant chain and ?the cabin up North.? Except for the usual two door entry system,
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