Woo Kwok-hing and his Rolex Day Date in 18KT white Gold

Hong Kong's Retired judge Woo Kwok-hing became the first candidate to declare his campaign for Chief Executive Election on 27 October 2016.

Note what he wears: a Rolex Day Date 18KT white gold.

I can't tell the exact model, but likely that is the same one as I am wearing Ref 18039.

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Johnnie To and His Rolex Date Just Ref 16234

 

Johnnie To (To Kei Fung) was borne in 1955, and he has spent his youth at Kowloon Forbidden City like I, he had not finished his high school form 3 and joined TVB worked as a junior staff as start of his filming career. He has contributed to many projects, as a producer, director or a combination of the two. He made his directorial debut in 1980, when he directed The Enigmatic Case, a film starring Damian Lau. Beginning in 1996, To began producing and directing films under the independent production banner Milkyway Image, a company that he co-founded with frequent collaborator Wai Ka-Fai. Commercially successful in his native Hong Kong, To's films have regularly appeared at international film festivals most notably in Europe and North America.

To's biggest international successes include Breaking News, Election, Election 2 (aka Triad Election), Exiled, Mad Detective and Drug War; these films have been distributed theatrically in France and the United States and widely sold to foreign countries. He appeared today on TV teaching young people on how to get involved to work in the society with way to pursuit of one's dream.


He wears a Rolex Date Just stainless steel Watch Ref 16234
with 18KT white gold Fluted bezel, that is practical and sportive elegant watch for people who are looking for serious  dynamic life style.


A used near mint Rolex Date Just Ref 16234 is about HKD$30,000. Special colour dial with diamond dial will have a higher price.

Rolex Date Just Ref 16018 Full Set on Sale

We have a Solid gold Like new Watch case and Brand new black dial replaced by Rolex HK for your consideration.


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Does a watch would indicate your taste, your personal and political Idealization!

Michael Tien wears a Rolex Date Just

Is James Tien's Watch Patek Philippe Nautilus?





These are Michael Tein Puk-Sun (1950) and James Tien Pei-Chun (1947) who is both actively a business man and as well members of two political parties in HK.

I have no comment on what they do to the benefit of People of HK but all I know they have different taste in Watch.

Michael used to wear Rolex Date Just stainless steel and his brother a Patek!

Side track

Note that they share the same Chinese Character “北” for them but Elder James English name is “Pei” and younger Michael is “Puk”, during issue Birth certificate, the translation of Chinese Character had not established a standard. And like Family name葉 , “Ip” sometimes, the translation is “Yip”.

Sally Yeh, 葉蒨文  sometimes written as Sally Yip or Yip Sin-Man, her family name is “Yeh” as she was from Taiwan. If you are born in Malaysia, they will be named as “Yap” wow, only one Family name will be split into so many different families of naming.. Should we unify them?

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Watch Fever

Lee Kar Shing’s watches; Patek Philippe, Seiko, Citizen and Casio

After starting with a loan from his family in the early 1950s, Li’s first business venture was a factory making cheap combs.

He upgraded to the hugely profitable plastic flowers business. He used to have a Patek Philippe when he was changed himself from rags-to-riches in 80’s. A few years whilst he was able to gain his fortune ten folds, he changed his watch to a Seiko, a plain stainless steel watch he has been wearing for over 25 years… recently reporter has seen his new watch is a black plastic Casio.

Everyone knows he spends money in a very calculative way, once he was interviewed that he dropped on dollar into a sewage, he took out one hundred dollar to his staff as a rewards for him to find one that one dollars, Lee’s philosophy was: he cannot afford this one dollar as if he did not find it this one dollar will be lost in the world forever…

So this is one likely the richest man in Asia has a very different way to choose his watch; when he get richer, his watch is getting cheaper… I think we know why he changed Patek Philippe to Seiko as he might not want to hear people's comment about the Richest man and the most renowned watch are linked up together. As in HK the poor peoples start to hate the richer people! and The Rich people dislike the poor people, Like I go out into the street, people gives me dirty eyes as i wear cheap clothes, and a low taste Watch, worst is I go to work by MTR, whereas friend of mine driving a decent X5!

When people get richer, there is a tendency for low profile in personal belonging. Same for Lee Kar Shing's car, a Camry…however his house is big, expensive and strong like an invincible fortress.

As once in 1990s he wore a $5400 timepiece from Citizen Watch Co. and still is not a brand conscious man. It seems he is the true follower of the saying “simplicity is the best policy”.

No one knows in details why he changed his watch from Seiko to Casio, may be from what I guess, he is going to go for some changes from White to Black for superstitions. Or simple his Seiko was damaged and could not be repaired, he just picked up the watch from a street shop.

I am an admirer of Mr. Lee as he is not well educated and he could show that the best in class does not ensure you could be sucessful in the soscity. Preparation, hard working plus some luck would possibly help you to get some good fortune

Well, someone may say "richman isn't necessarily the sucessfully man! 

But I am sure a poor snob like I is definitely a loser!

 

HK Snob
Watch Fever

Micheal Tien and His Rolex

Michael Puk Sun Tien is deputy chairman of New People's Party, and the member of Tsuen Wan District Council. He is founder of The G2000 Group and the former chairman of the board of the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC).

He joined the Liberal Party in 2008, a party led by his elder brother, James Tien, a member of Legislative Council of Hong Kong. People has some criticized about he made "TV SHOW" by turning himself as working classs street wiper for three days, trying to undertand the way how the grass-root people works...I feel that is a good aproach if you really want to understand how poor people live in HK.

In his real life, he is a business man, and a politician, he wears ROLEX DATE JUST stainless steel Ref 116234.

That is a good choice for business man!
HK Snob