Hong Kong Is Still One Of The Most Exciting Places For Shopping, Eating And Perhaps Purchase Of Luxury Goods

  The Above pictures were taken by YKL, using Canon 5D, All Rights Reserved by YKL.

Hong Kong is still one of the most exciting places for Shopping, Eating and Sight Seeing in Asia.

Well, this is true that many people do like the food in Hong Kong, as we have almost every kinds of food in the world, from 10 dollars for 5 Fish balls to HKD$30,000 an dry abalone, from a HKD$50 bottle Table wine to a HKD$100,000 a bottle of Laffit.  From HKD$20 watches in Sham Shui Po Ap Liu Street to HKD$8,500,000 a watch from Roger Dubuis…

Well, as I always mention, the process of looking for the things you like is more pleasurable than you have bought it home sometimes…

Somewhat like when you are interested in your supermodel girl friend, there is a lot of imagination about her… however when you had her… well, that would be another story, you may want to escape from her ASAP!

Come for a tour in Hong Kong's country park, try the best HK milk tea at Nam Heung Yuen, go to the Sham Shui Po for a brisk walk, or Cat Street catching up some of the lost 60’s memory stuff. Jump into the ferry shuttling between Hong Kong island and Cheung Chou, try hiding yourselves with your beloved one in a small hotel at Silvermine bay for whole Sunday, Switching off the Note Book computer and handset!

Sweep your black diamond card for a platinum Patek Philippe, or Buy a bottle of Chateau Margraux 1900 and share with some of the best girl who knows Red Wine… if your life style is not like Mr. Lee Shiu Kee who could donate a piece of Land valued HKD$ 10,000,000 to build shelter for the sensor citizens.

How would like you to handle your money!? Or Pass it to your son or daughter who couldn’t be happier  to buy a Ferrari whilst his parent had never worn a better watch for the whole life!?

HK Snob

Hong Kong Kong Tsan

Sham Shui Po Snob

When Where you can see a lot of Rolex in HK?

This is the Chinese New year day whereby most of the people are on vacation except poor HK Snob had to work as to help the family.

In these few days started on Sunday 10 Feb as the first day to the New year, and Monday (2nd) and Wednesday (4th) that is the three days you can see many Rolex in the street? Why?
As a traditions, 3rd day is not good to meet friends.

As many Chinese buys Rolex for investment and they might just keep it in the cold dark Safe Deposit box in the bank of the Safe box at home, except these three days, they will take it out and Polished it with a puff of air from his mouth using a piece of cloth to polish away the passivation layer after sleeping in the safe for 300 days. And in the 80s 90s many new married couples used to buy a Pair of Rolex one for he and one for She…. Now they can take it out to show off a bit…

You can count in just one carriage of MTR, you can easily find 12 Rolex Watches in these days!!

Well, Enjoy your Rolex! And you might feel better as it has gain 70% in dollar value over the past ten years! At least it appears a piece of investment and luxury items for many people. Afterward, don't put it back in the safe for another year to come.

HK Snob

HK Watch market in the 60s'

This is a picture taken at Causeway Bay Tramway Terminus in 1962, note the Ad of Rolex and Longines

What is the Major bellowed brand of Watch in HK in 1960.
I my experience, these are the watch from Switzerland to be popular in HK. Note that Omega earned a better fame than Rolex in 1950 and 1960 because of the Success of Constellation series, and After 1960’s Rolex gained a lot of market share from the Success of Submariner, Explorer and Day Date Series.
This is my categorized watch ranking in 1960s’
Super Hi Class Patek Philippe, Audemas Piguet and Vacheron Constantin
Hi End Omega, Rolex,
Middle class Longines, Rado, Mido
Lower class E. Borel, Titus, Titoni, Tugaris
HK Snob