Vintage Concept in Mong Kok

When you do shopping at Kwong Wo Street at Mongkok, there are a few shops selling pre-owned Rolex, these are two of them, including Vintage Concept.

http://www.thevintageconcept.com/


Mong Kok Snob

Shops that do Watch Whole Sales in HK



While Abenomic is working out some magic to change the Japanese Economy, at least some of the Japanese White collars are receiving an increase of salary for the first time in the past 5 years.

Well, while Japanese was used to be the major Collector’s paradise for Rolex in the 80’s. They have huge collection of various Rolex watches… but now there is a change for them to CASH them, more and more watch chain sell their Rolex in HK, Brand Off at Lok Road, and this new shop I found yesterday at Hoi Noi Road TST.

They do whole sales, for those people who buy watch and re-marketing them in their countries like Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam…

This is the “Jupiter” you can try other than Kuen Kee who does Whole Sales.

HK Snob

HK Watch Fever
LED fever
Gadget fever
Hi Fi Fever
Vinyl fever
Vacuum Tube Fever

A night tour to Ap Liu Street

It was a good weather to have a tour to Ap Liu Street yesterday

 Lung Shing started to close at 1830 and we should make this the first stop, then Kuen Kee

 Ka Wo Watch Shop selling Dial, part and doing some service work on Rolex, But I don't know them!

 Fook Wood Watch Shop at Exit A of Sham Shui Po MTR, I know the owner Hui Shiu Cheung. Nice Talking guy.

 Ask for less 10% to Dennis of Audio Space!

 Tim Kee Record shops, one of my source of NOS LP, the owner still holding some of the rate copies.

 Tim Kee Record

 Various Version of Tsrai Chin CD

 The Toy Shop I know, good price and I am seeing them expanding very fast, they have two shops now

 Some of the Latest toys

 R/C Tanks of all types, metal wheel chain, can have real smokes at Exhaust pipe, can fire bullet control in your Remote Controller Real Fun. If you buy, go for the latest Wheel Design with metal screw which is more durable

This is latest Tank on top weight about 4 Kgs, heavily Amoured!!  Price about HKD$1,380 quote my name try to get less 10%!

Most of the time when I am free on Sunday, going to Sham Shui Po is one of my pleasure tour.

These are the list of shops I must go: Lung Shing Watch Company, Audio Space Shop, Hi Fi Shops, The LP shop and once in a while Visit Paul’s record treasure, Tim Kee Record ( Shop for Chinese Opera Music) 粤曲專賣店,  Fook Wood Watch shop near MTR Exit A.

As I am collector of watches, LP, Vacuum Tubes, Pen, and also I am amateur R/C toys like helicopter, tanks, Aircraft… this is the night tour to Ap Liu Street last night.

Well, most of the shop will close at 7:30, Lung Shing will close at 7:00 in fact they start to pack and close the shop at 6:45, so I always start visiting Lung Shing first then Kuen Kee. If had time that day, or will go visit other shops right the way. Since most of the shop owners know me and I chatted with them for most of the updates of the things there, LP, Watches, Pen, Tubes, Hi Fi and the remote toys.

Sham Shui Po Kong Tsan

Watch Fever

Chi Si Watch Company at Tsuen Wan MTR station, Tsuen Wan, N.T. HK



They have two shops in Nam Fung Shopping centre, formerly running watch shop “luk Yeung Watch Shop in Luk Yeung Galleria , they moved to Nam Fung Centre some 8 years ago.

Main Product line is Casio, Timex, Citizen, Seiko  and many fashion watches, price ranges between $200 to $4,000

They also do servicing  watch  like battery replacement with just about HKD$30.

I know the boss more than 15 years…. If you stop by for some watches, try to talk to the boss there.

Price is very competitive! And he has a lot special discounted item.

Tsuen Wan Snob
Tsuen Wan Kong Tsan
Watch Fever

David Watch Hong Kong

This is a David Watch cloth that came with your Rolex back in 70s. We had only 6 numbers for the telephone... There were many Rolex AD back in 60-90s, however those are no longer representing Rolex as AD nowadays, this includes Kowloon Watch Company, Capitol Watch Company and This David Watch. Well, David Watch is still running Watch business in Queen's Road Central nowaday. The David Watch The Galleria Shop G04-05, Ground Floor, 9 Queen's Road Central, Central

+852 25234600

info@davidwatch.com

HK Queens' Road Snob
Central Snob
HK Watch Fever

Fook Wood Watch Shop ( A Day Tour to Ap Liu Street)

Fook Wood Watch Shop

Right at the Sham Shui Po MTR Exit A

Running By Mr. Hui Shiu Cheung, an Old master for Watch.

His Service including selling Rolex Parts such as Strap, Buckles, dial, furbishing watch, trade and repair Rolex, Tudor and Omega.

Shop Address Shop D-1, 135 , Pei Ho Street, SSP, Kowloon  Telephone : 61973533

Highlight on his products  Ref 116520 Daytona White Dial Brand new HKD$3,500

A Small Rolex Logo Watch Strap and buckles, HKD$1,900.

Rolex 16mm Gold plated and Stainless steel Buckle HKD$980.00

Rolex 16mm Gold Plated and Stainless steel Buckle HKD$150.00 (local made!)

I just Bought a Rolex Desk top Note Book as shown, that Comes with two Rolex Buckles!!

Sham Shui Po Snob

A Day tour to Ap Liu Street, Sham Shui Po

For those who know Hong Kong, and for those who want to search for some hidden treasure, there is a place called AP Liu Street in Sham Shui Po where almost everyone knows in HK.
I have I been visiting there since I was very young. I used to go there twice a month mostly on Saturday even nowsdays.

There are a lot of things that would arouse my interests going there. There are hawkers selling old stuffs like watches, pens, Vinyl, old sex magazines, jades, coins and gem stones of all kind.

And over the past twenty years, they have opened a lot of new shops selling new Handphone, phone assessories, Audio Equipment maker Audio Space who has gained international reputation from their products. Shop that sell Vintage Vacuum Tubes, and you could meet some of private collector for vacuum tubes.

A new hobby of mine is the R/C flying machine... I used to get the latest one in one of the shops.

So if you want to go there, being a foriegners, there is a lot of fun shopping there. Those people are nice, price is negotiable with say less 20%, not like Lady's street that you can ask for less 50%!
Recently I had found a solid gold 18KT Tiffany Ball Pen with a good resonable price. How could I find it?  Probably sixth sense!

Next time , put Ap liu Street a place you should go for an afternoon.

This is the map of Ap Liu Street where you  can rough tell where you should go around.

The length of Ap Liu Street is about 300 metres.  It would not take you 10 minutes to walk though, but some time it took me half a day to visit all the shops.

This is the place where the index is on the map.

Just Take Sham Shui Po MTR, following the exit C2 you can enter the middle of Ap Liu Street. I used to start from this as an entry.

On the Right of this we can see Ka Wo watch shop that has been running over 15 years. Refer to the following picture.



This one is on the right side of the Ap liu Street, Ka Wo Watch Shop who is doing repair, modification on your Rolex like switching the dial, they sell also Rolex Buckle, Rolex Dial of quite many colours but do not have that I need, of course! Who has Stella Green, Stella Red selling in Ap Liu Street?

Family business as husband is the watch smith, his wife and daughter is helping the shop.But I think if you do not know them they seem do not care about you!

Probably they are not too good at Cantonese. last time I even asked for the price of a Day Date light blue dial, the wife did not rely me., Well may be she is not willing to sell, or look at my way I dressed, she bet that I could not have the money to buy their dial. As she talked to herself " $13,000! Anyway, beware as they sell local made dial! Diamond Bezel...etc 

Remember Rolex does not repair for any non-Rolex Dial, watch is not coming from original set-up.

Lung Shing Watch and Jewellery shop, that I have been visiting them for the past 30 years., I have seen them changing the front desk sales for many times!

They have solid track record of selling used goods, they have Rolex, PP, AP and Cartier in the front window. They have their own shop which belonging to one famous landlord.

Someone said their price is so high and solid., and I think that is the only disadvantage, no one has mentioned that there is a fake or FrankenWatch being sold. 100% confidence for us to buy! on the Left of Lung Shing is the Pawn shop that supplies Rolex for Lung Shing.

I like to visit and say hello to the guy there, though he may not know Who I am as I am the one always saying good about their way of doing business. 

This is another view of Lung Shing, along the direction of the double decker Bus we can walk to ther other side of the Ap Liu Street MTR station than you can see another Pawn Shop which likely has been standing there for more than 50 years. 



This is the Hang Ching Pawn Shop... In Hong Kong colloquial saying, if you have something to put in the pawn Shop and money to get it back, you are the "First Class People".

I am not first class as I believe I can put something there but no afford to pay the Interests to get the stuff back. As I know myself as Lower Class People of Hong Kong!

Now you know why I always call myself Sham Shui Po Snob!

You should note that there is a Small shop at the left side of the above picture, a shop whos' expertise is fixing Rolex and they do sell some of the Rolex and Tudor watches, buckles, croco strap, Pen, silvery stuff, gold coins, etc. The man in charge is the watchsmith, his wife and his pretty daughter is always there to watch for the shops.

They is a Parrot in front of the shop, she makes a lot of noise. if you a foreigners, she can speak your langauges!

When you walk in Ap Liu Street, we should look up once in a whilst to see some of the Old Building in this area, there is still a TV Antenna Array on top of the building.

They have those metal cage cubicle renting to those poor people at HKD$35 a square foot a month!



If you are lover for the audio, or you are an audiophile, you must not miss those shops like "Ming Kai", "Pak Wah Audio", "big HK Audio name "Audio Space" who has been providing one of the best Vacuum Tubes amplifer for HK, and China, and they have been running as OEM maker for Japanese, US and German audio makers.

Boss of Audio Space Dennis Lau is the one who used to ask me to sell some of my Rolex to him. but most of the time he said' Too Expensive" but he did sell two matched pair of "Expensive Telefunken ECC803 audio tubes to be with HKD$8,000" and I always can go there to cash! Tubes is Cash now! 

If you are an Audio DIY, you must know the Wing Shing electronics, it sells all sort of electronics components...

This shop sells all kinds of aluminum hook, belt, chain, Security card holder...etc, Shop keeper is a Charming lady that everyone knows her selling technique. And you better ask no discount as her goods has been one of the best price already.

 Don't look down this shops, although there are a lot of underwear, clothes handing on second floor that it seems , the "Kuen Kee" has been there over 30 years selling some of the most fabouous watch like Rolex, Cartier, Patek, Audemars Piguet, Diamond and Gold ornaments, the 300 square feet shop may have goods that has a value of HKD$20,000,000. Kuen Kee is one of the reliable source for you pre-owned Rolex, and there thye can find your Rolex, don't have to beg the Rolex AD to sell you., take your card there and get the watch immediately.

For those Rich people who gets a fortune in the "Ma Jong School" a name that HK has been used for aviod being caught by police long time ago, and now they have been a place that you can openly play Ma Jong as Gambling there. Of course, I have seen C9 (housewife called in a Colloquial way) lost the house, and husband, and even her body due to Ma Jong! and I have seen people who won some money and immediate went to Lung Shing to buy a Solid Gold Day Just for his "Sweeties". And Asked her back the watch in next round of Ma Jong whereby luck is not on him anymore. So if you still have a Rolex, go to this probbaly most hi price Pawn Shop at corner of Nam Cheong Street for quick Money. This building is owned by one gentleman and if they sell it, I think he can get a return from the developer for HKD$90,000,000.

A Ma Jong School that C9 and gambler used to go... to try their Luck! But to be honest, the luck is always on the School master, who teaches "ECONOMY". This is "Ho Kong Ma Jong School". You can not go inside if you are under 18.

if you had been walking too much in that day at Ap Liu Street, or you have won some quick money at the "Ho Kong Ma Jong School", or you have an late appointment for dinner, it is time that you could possible try the Massage in that area.

I really don;t know if they are called DUP, as some of the places may offer specail service like HJ, or something that goes between appetizer and the main course... that is the "Intercourse" ! well, they are well known to the locals. 

I would rather like to spend more time in searching treasure...

Many people may know there there is a temple behind Ap liu Street, once in a whilst I went there and seeking the advice of the Buddah on my future.Well, superstitious!? No, it gives you a place which is of tranquillity in the midst of the noise city of Chaos.

At last, what did you find in this Ap liu Street! No!? You can call me.... I lead you there at least you find a freind like me there...for a cup of Ap Liu Street HK milk Tea.

Remeber Lung Shing closes at 7:00 and they start to check stock at 6:45. and most of the shop will close at 7:30. if you want to spend them there do it at 1:00, there is less people.

Also make sure your purse and wallet is well protected as there might be some international pick pocket trying to ambush on your pocket.

If you wear expensive watch Like Yellow gold Rolex Day Date, pass it to me, I can keep for you!...LOL!

Sham Shui Po Ap Liu Street Snob

Galleria Watch Shop at HKIA, Chak Lap Kok, Hong Kong

There is a Watch Supermarket for watch shopping at HKIA Departure concourse right opposite IWC Boutique

It carries the following Swiss fine watch brands

Glasshutte, Chopard, Frank Muller, Bell & Ross, Tag Heuer, Rado, Gucci, Burberry, Mido, Hamilton, Tissot,
Certina, Baume & Mercier, Montblanc Longines, Breitling Zenith, Bvlgari and Omega. Amongst all I like Glasshute, I had stopped there watching the Promotion video for 30 minutes, it is so much interesting to see how Glasshutte watch is being made. Baume & Mercier and Longines were some of my favourite watch too.

All prices are list price and I think there is no discount, well, if you are interested in watch it I nice to shop and then you can mark down the model ref. You can go to down town Kowloon via Airport Express Halewinner or Oriental Watch Company to get the same watch with less 15%-30% discount.

Of course, if you do not care about the discount, that is a right place for you to shop.

In Hong Kong, the watches are all tax free.

HKIA Snob

Watch Shops at Sino Centre, Mong Kok

Sino Centre Mong Kok is a popular shopping place for watch, toys, clothes and Electronics goods.
On the Ground floor there are at least 10 shops for new and pre-owned watches selling buying business. Mywatch situated at Shop 3C is just one of them
I saw Submariner 16610LV Green Bezel Black Dial selling at HKD$58,800.00, they marked NEW!
16610LV Green Dial and green Bezel HKD$69,600.00
Daytona 116520 Black Dial SS new $97,800.00.
I saw that a Lot of people checking on their watches...

Mong Kok Snob

Champange Court

This is a place that most of the camera collectors should know. We had been buying camera in the 70's in Champange Court. Recently there are a lot of new Watch shop selling new and used watches there.
A lot of local and or foreigners come to shop watches there. There are about 10 Watch shop and about 8 camera shops there.

It is just beside Mira Hotel at Tsim Sha Tsui MTR station with Exit to Kimberley Road.

HK Snob