Wherever you are, this is the ONLY watch adjusted to the time Zone on the Earth Automatically… Seiko GPS Solar Astron

The smooth Bezel is made of dark blue Ceramic material

Watch has taken a series of technological breakthrough, namely…

The introduction of the quartz watch in 1969  In place of a balance wheel which oscillated at 5 beats per second, it used a quartz crystal resonator which vibrated at 8,192 Hz, driven by a battery powered oscillator circuit.

1970 Bulova Accutron Tuning Fork watch.

In 1990, Junghans offered the first radio-controlled wristwatch, the MEGA 1. In this type, the watch's quartz oscillator is set to the correct time daily by coded radio time signals broadcast by government-operated time stations such as WWVH, received by a radio receiver in the watch. This allows the watch to have the same long-term accuracy as the atomic clocks which control the time signals. Recent models are capable of receiving synchronization signals from various time stations worldwide.

Seiko has been leader in Electronic watch using Solar, Kinetic as Hybrid catch, Shows the latest Solar GPS launched Sept 2013.

Unlike radio control watches, which work only in a small part of the world's land mass, Astron recognizes all the currently recognized time zones on earth.

Wherever you are on the earth, on Tai Mo Shan or Victoria Peak, of Mt. Everest,  with only the push of a button operation, Astron pinpoints its location and identifies your exact time by receiving GPS signals from 4 or more GPS satellites.

Astron never stops unless it receives all the power it needs from light absorbed through the dial and it has a power reserve indicator to show the amount of energy stored. It does not need a battery.

Whenever the dial is exposed to bright light, the watch automatically receives GPS signals.

It is light comparing with the size of it, as the sample I had today is made of Titanium, the bezel is a ceramic, very smooth and cold, It should be ceramic… it is very comfortable to wear!

The watch case material is a bit HARDER than the Titanium bracelet as I have seen scratches on the bracelet but not on the watch case… to my wonder, what material of the watch case made!?

Price: this watch is belonged to my colleague who bought it with HKD$22,000

Well, he may not get any discount, so it is the list price…

For that money, you are buying the World leading technology and look at the workmanship, it is Excellent Quality, … Same watch made in Swiss, I believe that could be 4X more expensive. Whether you need this accuracy is purely another matter!

HK Snob

Watch Shops in Mongkok

You Won't miss this shop with their Smell

Taken by Samsung Note III 26 Apr 2014

There are at least 20 shops for Selling Rolex in Mongkok District and Yau Ma Tei Area.

These are the major one….

Kwan Yan,

Wing Kwong- Sino Centre

My Watch天時–Sino Centre

Chat Sum澤森– Sino Centre

Chow Tai Fook- Rolex AD

Chow Seng Seng- Rolex AD

Oriental Watch- Rolex AD

Vintage Concept,

Wah Hing-Rolex AD

Ken’s  Watch - Moved away already.

La  Sussie Watch Co- Rolex AD

Don’t Miss Mongkok if you go shopping, There is almost everything you need for your Big Shopping Day.

Clothes, Toys, Hi Fi, Food, Watches, Shoes… Bet you would not feel bad about all these shops except the one who sells stinky Dou Fu that contaminate the whole street with that terrible stringent awful smell!

HK Watch Fever 

Something you don't want as you are the important valuable Clients…你遇過這情況嗎?

Shall I wrap up that watch for you now!?

Mr. that watch has been reserved by some VIP, you may choose other model!

Mr. I can give you less 5% only, that is the Company Policy for discount!

Mr. what can I do for you!?

The Model you want is discontinued, you can try this new model!

Mr. that is a Platinum watch…!

We have no stock on Green Pointer, GMT Black Blue, DeepSea, can you consider other model!? 

HK Snob

Watch Fever

你遇過這情況嗎?

我同你包起佢先! 你再揀其它錶款喇!

先生，這個己有人客留起左，你再揀過其它錶款喇!

先生，我最多可以比九五折你，無辨法喇，錶行規矩呵!

先生，我有mud 嘢可以幫你?

你這個型号己無出，試下這新款喇?

先生，果隻係鉑金錶嚟架。

綠针，GMT藍黑圈，深潛暫時無貨呀,你揀選別的喇!

香港港燦勞奴

Does it Worth? A Rolex Gold Daytona?

Rolex Daytona Yellow Gold Ref 116568 BRIL -78598 HKD$716,500

This Pre-owned Watch now asking HKD$375,000

New Rolex Daytona Ref 116576TBR BaselWorld release soon to Arrive HK, Are you Interested in!?

有朋友問: 手錶一隻，花那麼多錢值得嗎?

我這樣看錶，是!

女人可以花錢在手袋，皮鞋，手飾，手錶，鑽石，衣服，化裝品,及.她們花錢在可以花得上的籍口上!

男仕就有相對少得多溝道花钱，但如果你富有而又喜歡花錢，也有很多渠道，汽車，飛機，遊艇，衣篩，，但是一隻手錶是是你每天好用得著的東西。手錶變成你品味，你的取向，讓別人知道你的銷費能力。

我有一同學，平時吾多說話，時不時拿往本聖經，讀書OK個隻，在麾托羅拉做了十多年。收入吾錯喇。自己搬開住邨屋，做關人忍仕，有一個星期二，重未見人上班。公司的同事，可能是死黨，電話找不到他，好奇心俱使下，去家中找他，眼見家中燈火通明，枱面放了煮好飯餸。他自己一個人，無老婆無子女，可能未拍個拖因為上帝是他致好的朋友。他己倒在地上，失去知覺.....大約三天了!

隨後的三個星期，我有去醫院見佢，他全身無反應，就這樣走左喇，他只有四十三歲。

有好多人好努力的揾錢，也更用力的花錢。

有好多人好努力的揾錢，也更用力的儲錢。

有很多人好努力的揾錢，更努力的吾花一毛錢。

一位月入七位數字的他…。他亦未必會去買隻Submariner Emerald or Daytona Rainbow. 並不是他设有這銷費能力，他未必鐘情或發繞手錶，有人年薪二千萬，手戴三千元的Tissot 石英表.

這往往是很複雜的心理因素。

有人月入廿萬，可以住半山，開馬沙拉蒂，生日開1989的Petrvs...手帶大石圈的Daytona。佢有本事囉，佢話人生好講吾埋好化學。隨時蒙主龐召。有得吃就吃，有得玩就玩，有得睡就睡，有得笑就笑得大聲一些，買錶要買嚇得人。要好多好大的長方石。係都係愛戴勞力士之人。

用力的去花錢, 經濟才有轉變，大家都吾花錢，香港經濟點會好呢?

任何揾錢，花錢，储錢，也好，你開心就得喇。

不過我如果有多一些的錢，我會買這東西!

一隻你花得起而你又喜歡的手錶就變得有價值的東西喇!

HK Snob

Watch Fever

人生的下半埸

一天，有朋友問起，我五十七歲，再做過三年六十退休。
對，我亦不寄望六十再做下去了。而公司亦大都會找別人接上去!

理所當然，找年輕一些接班人，化算多呵!
人工低D，有衝勁D，大胆D，撞板多D算上課，我地這些"三個五"無多用了。

三個五者即年薪五十萬元薪水，五十幾歲.了。五慢，手脚，眼，耳，口都慢過人。佢地想法都是一樣的。你有見過他請四十六歲的新入行工程師嗎?你同我講有人夠胆請嗎?


有人五十歲，辭去做了廿多年的政府官去讀書並且娶了一個老婆。你會嗎? 這是與非局外人很難作此決定。

我覺得五十來歲，還算年青。人生的經驗很難錢去量的。一些错誤的決定住住另公司輸掉年薪十倍的錢。無法子，人人都是先為已，再為人。請用年青人，短期表面數字靚嗎，長遠喎，下一位主管的問題了。一為偉大的領導者，真難遇見呵!

部門主管辭職走了，就請一些空降傘兵囉，他知道這。但面子尤關，本公司有制度，無邊一個都得的，真的嗎?新人是很難一時間對公司作出大的供貢獻喎? 當然很多公司都是這樣吊盬水發莓下去。

蕷果的喬布斯死去，蘋果擁躉講蘋果有的是錢，可以再請十個有喬布斯能力的人幫助發展蘋果。
我和他吵得熱，當時我話未必，喬是天才，加上天時地利人吾和才造成昨天成功的蘋果。喬死了一年多你覺得蘋果還可以前吸毒般的使人著迷嗎?

我覺得人生經歷都很重要，有一些人知己滿天下，有多方面與趣。退休真係不仇寂寞了。

相反，退休後日日在家做清潔，去公園到發白日夢，勉懷過去在公司的呼風唤雨的日子，錢有了，但這日子不是退休而是"退憂"!

我有一班玩撈的老友。真係越玩越過癮!
週六萃華吹水，品評Rolex錶，週日去鴨記看二首錶，尋寶找胆找舊水筆，去權記，聯成，科寶，胆皇，HI FI Shop 找阿軍吹水，上五樓找阿Paul 找唱片，不亦樂乎!

六十歲退休，正正是人生下半場的揭幕禮!

HK Watch Fever

South Korea's Devastating Ferry Disaster.

Friend of mine wears a pair of leather shoes and his Rolex in Bed

South Korea's devastating ferry disaster has elicited messages of sympathy, condolence and support from around the world. The 6,825-tonne Sewol capsized and sank on 16 April morning with 476 people on board. Up to this moment, death tolls reached 61.

I had mentioned on 16 Apr Wed on a Post : Time has change, but my watch hasn’t…I  had written :

I know one guy who wears his shoes and his only Rolex to sleep, do you know why?.... the answer could possibly makes you laugh!

He is a friend of mine, his name is Tsang Yip, being the No. 1 Chef on board a general cargo ship, I went to stay on his ship anchored in Shimonoseki in 1982.

He has all the alertness of sea bound safety!

He wears a leather shoes and his Rolex Date Just, he puts his passport in pocket when he goes to bed!

He told me there are no times for you to get out of the ship when the ship sinks! EVERY MINUTE COUNTS!

Same cases for those people who wear plastic slippers onboard aircraft, these people have lesser chance to live after an accident as they cannot walk through the fuselage on fire!

Well, this is what really keeps me remembering No. 1 Chef Tsang’s  saying…

I think next time when you travel on sea cruise, take certain precaution.

1. Try a ship with national flag like Britain, America, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Germany, France, Canada, China, …

Try not to go for those registered Flag like Panama, Monrovia, African country except South Africa as most of their safety regulation, maintenance record, list of life saving facilities, equipment test, safety drill record is not as strict or up to standard as those Ship flying national flag listed above.

 These countries provide a CONVIENT channel for the ship owner to save cost!!

2. Familiarize where emergency exit, find where the Hand torch light is.

3. When you hear noise, shock, BLACK OUT, ship is tilted suddenly, wake up and be alert.

4. Go to the bridge if you can as this is the command deck.

5. Make your own judgment  on the Captain’s announcement sometimes may not be telling you the right action as they always want to buy time to fix after the disaster or not to create chaos. That may cause delay to escape.

6. Join the Life and Fire Drill as you are required by Captain.

7. Run out to bridge or deck level, provided the weather is tolerable

8. Hold a torch light and wear a Life jacket

9. Standby at the life boat

10. Get an Axe. There should be one axe minimum at the fire hose near the hatch area on every floor. There is no way to break the glass of the window as they are made to withstand wind and water!

Have a pleasant sea tour!

HK Snob

香港機場閙鬼?

Taken by Samsung Note III on 23 April 2014

機場閙鬼?

君不見機場勞力士店昨年六月已開幕,由一班有經驗有活力的人仕打理，生意蒸蒸日上。
而打對枱的Chanel 店就一直都未見開張，令那些城中濶太無機會用她黑礸卡買袋，五千呎店，掉空十一個月，你估講笑! 月租四百萬，點解?

聽講裝修時有人見到鬼，之後就冇裝修工人入去工作。下次搭夜晚機，時運低的就最好吾好行太近!

計我話，有人攪鬼就真!

復活節生意

復活節並不帶來從前的大銷售額。

強國人D大款吾見哂，以前一入店就好有氣勢的指着這個說包起佢，拿過來!

而家佢地好有"氣細"問，幾多折，幾多錢，調頭就走人!

今過星期我只幫一個住在香港的印度珠寶啇人買了一隻勞力士，一隻卡地亞比，另一個德國人買了一隻金銀Date Just 比他女友，兩人都超爽快，不用十分鐘就完成交易。但全部每隻都低於十萬元的。撈九折，卡地亞八折。

香港打工仔

香港一般打工仔的銷費力己大不如前。

1998年，我們公司請維修工程師大學畢業底薪$12,000，每年都有十五到最高十六個半月人工，但這兩三年，大學畢業生底薪$13,000。今年最好的那一羣拿十四個半月。但想一想，今天的通脹比十五年前差得太多。

八十早年代我月薪九千元，當時一隻勞力鋼皇是$5,025, 今天我每月底薪買不到一隻鋼皇*了!

PS, 勞力士鋼皇116234夾帶今天訂價$58,000!

HK Snob

Watch Fever 

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

Memorigin Tourbillon Watch

A Hong Kong design, HangZhou manufacture Tourbillon Watch with various types of exquisite handcrafted creation..
The same watch would definitely costs you more 30 times if that is a Swiss manufacture!

This is one example I saw today at one of its HK distributors, you can find this at HKIA Hong Kong Design Gallery beside Gate No. 1.  I think there is little discount there.

If you go to buy in HK Distributor like Chow Tai Fook or Oriental Watch Company, you may get less 20% or more discount.

I went to HKIA Design Gallery, there was no more Memorigin Watch for sale, on 22 April, 2014! FYR

HK Snob
Watch Fever

This Might be a good Choice for your Old Pa... a Longines Solid 18 kt gold TT 5-star Golden Wing

List Price HKD$9,500

I bought this Auto Stainless steel Longines today, and I found that there is one watch who could be of good value for your consideration.

This is the Solid Gold Two Tone Golden Wing 5 Stars, List Price HKD$12,000

It is a 18kt solid gold two tone Five Star Golden Wing Longines in Quartz. It can be used by your silver haired uncle, father of father in law if they are not used to wear Auto Watch... which is prone to stop if you not using it more 40 hours.

This Longines is old stock over ten years and the list price is HKD$12,000, imgaine If you can get less 20% off. The Value is great, base on my estimation, it carries about 10 grams of gold.
If we cash the gold., I will get 10/38x 12,000 x 0.75 = HKD$2,400!

HK Snob gets less 20% off on most of the Longines.

HK Snob

Rolex China Sea Race 2014 Hong Kong-Subic

HK Yacht Club

The 2014 Rolex China Sea Race starts at 1320hrs on Wednesday 16 April in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong.

This 565nm Category 1 Offshore Race is run under the auspices of RORC, and takes competitors from Hong Hong, China to Subic Bay in the Philippines.

A fleet of 34 yachts from eight nations are expected to make the start line in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong for this 565-nm race through the South China Sea to Subic Bay, The Philippines.

Some of the Yacht is valued over HKD$10M.

It is about time some of the fastest yacht should reach Subic now…. 

What watch you think that will wear!?  Submariner? Yacht Master ?

HK Snob
Watch Fever

簡約主義 Minimalist

Rolex Day Date 18 kt Yellow Gold Onyx Dial

Rolex Date Just 18 Kt Yellow Gold Onyx Dial

Rolex Oyster Perpetual No Date, Ref 116000

簡約主義，低調智慧的恒山派，以柔克剛，以無形勝有形，詠春戰柔道，好佬勝爛佬!

簡約主義之表表者，愛因斯坦，一九二一年他受邀到荷蘭萊頓大學執教，大學的高規格待遇他一一不要，對他來說,他所要的只是牛奶，水果，餅乾，一張床，一張寫字枱，一支燈，一張椅子，和一把小提琴。

德國女建築師伊娃·瑪利亞·斯特德爾在東柏林的赫赫爾曼雙子塔大厦里面，只是一閒普通的卧室。陽光從落地窗照射進來，房内只有一張白色床铺，一盞黃色落地燈，除此之外，再無他物。

人的生活事實亦可以好簡單，吃半飽，睡眠要有質素，工作八小時，每天十二小時或以上的工作羣不屬於我的。這都是一起無腦的老闆級人的專利。有腦就吾會這樣，阿你爸爸老闆馬雲是一好例子。

簡約人生可以好隨和的，好簡單的，，，

一份好工作，每天六小時工作。

日薪一萬，不用比老闆囉囉嗦嗦，

每日三餐一"督"，

無牌牛仔褲加一道白裇衫，

一瓶致愛的"4711"

車，有，要好的，無就坐天天吾同司機的士地鐵囉，

要套低音準，中言甜，高音清爽的300B胆機。

手錶呢?

Well, 簡約的示範表表者，勞力士的以下幾款，

而其中Date Just 18 kt 黑縞瑪瑙 (onyx) 36mm.

Day Date 18 kt 黑縞瑪瑙 (onyx) 36mm.

Oyster Perpetual Ref116000

你覺得帶上的手錶，加無牌牛仔褲，白裇衫，穿上一對懶佬鞋(loafer)，或帆船鞋(topsider)，夠吾夠简約呵?

有人問我吾戴手錶咪重簡约?

無錯?但吾戴手錶我咪就無嘢寫囉?!

那你可以穿牛仔褲吾著底褲嗎?

你試下喇!有個危機:你的小弟有三份一機會被牛仔褲拉鍊夾到!

簡約，吾係零約!

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HK Snob

Watch Fever

HK Kong Tsaan 

Time has changed, but my watch hasn’t

Technology brings us to a world to advanced communications.

In 80s, if you need to call Hong Kong from Dalian or Shanghai, you have to go to the China local Friendship Store, or Telecommunication office inside a Post office.

You have to book the number through the operator, once the call was established, you have to talk as fast as we can, as they charged about FEC * 15 Yuan a minute!

And …the whole process of calling for 3 minutes took me approximately two hours. As we needed to take a taxi to the Friendship store, booking, waiting and calls.  At that time not so many hotel was equipped with IDD calling services….

I could still remember I worn a 14 kt 34mm solid yellow gold Bubble Back Rolex Oyster watch.

It was a nice watch made between 1945-1952, I bought it with HKD$5,000 from HK Famous watch maker Mr. Kiu Tai Yu.

After 30 years, the watch is still a sought after Vintage selection from Rolex and it worth many times more that the amount I spent on it in 80’s.

Now our electronics industry is so advance that just with a “Click’ you can almost practically talk to anyone in the world, leave a message to him or her, send him a picture and or video. With a Click you can watch Movie on your gigantic 7” Smart phone screen!

The Electronics gadget is amazing an that keep us terribly busy, we had no time for cinema, no time for family gathering , no time to sleep, sarcastic part of it is your customers keep chasing you mail asking why you don’t reply… Gad damn it, should I stay hooked on to the computer replying mails all night long mail… what is my private life!? - Sorry no more since you get into this internet world, I had a colleague who went hiking with, he brought his note book computer and replying mail on top of Tai Mo Shan....LOL!!

One Executive sends us mail telling us not to register the
out of office assistant for short trip three days, meaning that he forces us to hooking up with the cold blooded computer connecting with customers ALWAYS... is that the so called
Customer Oriented!? I think that is idiot idea to do like that.

Now, we talk to the hand phone more than talking with another body in the family.  Everyone must carry more than 1 handphone Now… , 90% of the people in the train playing on his phone… Who in the MTR train would read a Reader’s Digest, Newsweek or Time?  It is about 0.001% of those passengers.

We, the Electronics Smartphone is selling $5,000 when new and drops to $2,000 after 6 months…

In 2000, a 42’ Fujitsu or NEC Plasma TV was selling HKD$70,000

And By now a Hisense LCD TV with LED backlit of the same size is selling HK$4,500  (no more plasma TV in production since 2010)

Well, may be Samsung of the same size is still could debate for a price of HKD$9,000 as it has to carry a lot of added feature and Gadgets…  Internet TV, Smart household Control, Harddisk, network TV…etc

If you Keep you Plasma TV till now, if it is still operational, you may sell it at HKD$500 ? No way!
And I guess you have to pay Someone $500 to take it away to the landfills.

Well, imagine you had bought a Rolex Day Date Ref 1804 with Blue dial and diamond bezel of the White Gold with president bracelet... with the HKD$75,000 in year 2000… What happened to it now!?

Now you can sell it at minimum of HKD$280,000!

I still watch my watch closely and observe how the second hand swings and the Date window changes at 00:00! I used to listen and count the heart beats of my watch… I swing my wrist to listen the smooth Rotor bearing sounds.  When I peep through the window of the Rolex Cyclops, I see my history, pain, joy and laughter…… this is the real fun of a Pure mechanical Watch that could bring you…

… as I said time has changed, but the Watch hasn’t

I mean the "Value"… and its "Affection"!

After all, your honest vintage watch still could be your CLOSEST friend most of the time,

I know one guy who wears his shoes and his only Rolex to sleep, do you know why?.... the answer could possibly makes you laugh!

Note *1

FEC is a kind of money for seamen, foreigner or HK Macao people staying in China, it can be used to shop, eat in Friendship store where you can find imported goods such as Cigarette, Perfumes, TV, nylon stocking, and some of the local made goods such as Phoenix bicycle, and medicine like Ophiocordyceps sinensis，(冬蟲夏草) . In 1981, a pack of fine quality 250 gram Ophiocordyceps sinensis is about RMB 80.

Now it is about RMB 20,000! What a world now!?

HK Watch Fever

HK Snob