Rolex 2014 Calendar

There are lot of reason that watch made in Switzerland could not be copied simply if you had the MC, the mini CNC machinery, the tools and even the technique they make watch. Simple no one could copy the tradition and passion of the Swiss!

Well, something like an Iphone5S or even 6P (6P means 6 Premium, HK Snob's idea) sooner could be made 100% in China as the iPhone does not have LIFE, but Watch and WINE has!

Even after the best winery master move the sands, soil even the  grape tree tranplanted from France into somewhere with similar climate places like Sheung Du, Yantai or Some place in Shang Dong, they just cannot reproduce the same wine they make in Pauillac Bordeaux.

This is two extracted pictures taken out from 2014 Rolex Calendar in HK; Look at the place they live, water they drink and air they breathe, only under that environment could possibly create the watch SWISS MADE that no one could COPY!

Go to your near By ROLEX AD to get these calendars free!

HK Snob

Watch 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

What Watch Lindsey Vonn Wear?

Oylmpia Gold Medalist on skiing Wears Rolex Date Just Ref 116234,36mm  Blue Dial on Oyster Strap.

A nice match with her bodyline and taste!

Ref 116234 36mm Date Just Stainless, Blue Dial, 18 KT White gold fluted bezel with Matching Oyster Strap

HK List price 58,000

HK Snob

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

Rolex Date Just Two Tone Pink Gold

Model: Ice

Still 31 mm Date Just is well fitted with tall and slim lady, there is no loss of glamour as comparing with
Bigger Watch Like Submariner, or Explorer II.

Ref 178241 31mm Two Tone Pink gold and Steel smooth bezel with oyster braclet HKD$69.000
Ref 17834131mm Two tone Pink Gold and Stee;;, fluted Bezel, VII hour mark is constructed with Diamond, 24 diamond on bezel, with oyster Bracelet HKD$99,600
These are Rolex AD List price in HK.

HK Watch Fever
Fever Ip
Tsim Sha Tsui Snob

China ‘s Emerging groups of Tu Hao (土豪) nouveau-riches

China ‘s Emerging groups of Tu Hao (土豪) nouveau-riches

Tu Hao

There is a new Chinese word created recently yet to be found in an English Dictionary but will be soon I believe!  It is “Tu Hao”!  Tu Hao or nouveau-riches who spends regardless of cost and consequence.

During the first launch of iPhone5S gold, people would have been waiting and eager to pay RMB25,900 or more to buy one gold colour and they described it as “Tu Hao Jin” (土豪金translation is nouveau-riche gold) Iphone5S  .

There is a Tu Hao bought a 13.3 carat Diamond on website with RMB 20M, this is really Tu Hao style, needless go to the shop to Scrutinize the diamond under x20 magnifying glass, who could believe something in internet that a trivial defect that could cause a drop of price from 20M to 10M for diamond! They just don’t care!

There is a Tu Hao who sends Cash of RMB 10M of uncut bank note as proposal deposit for marrying a beautiful girl!

Another Tu Hao casted a Cow weight 1 ton of solid 24K gold and mounted in his 80/floor office lobby as a Small Decorative statue. That is about 100M RMB!

Note Tu Hao's Plate Number....Five "9"!

Ma Linxiang, the deputy director of the village committee of Qingheying Village in Guangying County of Beijing, arranged a “Tu Hao Wedding” for his son.  He invited Yadan to perform for the wedding, he reserved the China National Convention Center to hold the ceremony. On the day of wedding, the bride and groom rode a Rolls-Royce followed by a BMW motorcade. , and he arranged 20M helicopter to pick up the bride.

So what is the SPECIFICATION to be classified as “Tu Hao” in China.

Age under 40

3 cars minimum: 2 B and 1 L or F: Bentley, Benz and Lamborghini, F is not Fiat of course…

Suit: Amani

Shoes: Causal low heel wearing no socks

Membership: High Class Golf Club

Hand Phone: Vertu with Diamond, Iphone5s is a gift for his friends or mistresses.

Watch: Turbillon, and watch with a lot of diamond that the watch cannot carry! Favourite Brands are  Frank Muller, Audemars Piguet, Vacheron Constantin, Roger Dubuis. More Turbillons more Class, that is why someone has said, Double Turbillons or Quator Turbillons...

Frank Muller Tournillon with Diamond

Vacheron Constantin Tonneau Tourbillon Squelette

Roger Dubuis Boutique Shanghai

Roger Dubuis Excalibur Double Tourbillon Skeleton in Platinum, Tu Hao's Favourite, HKD$4,300,000

No wonder Why Roger Debuis has created the Excalibur Quatuor in "Silicon", (4 Tourbillons) Limited of 3 pieces and had been sold, HKD$8,500,000 before it is launched, I guess two of them go to the China Tu Hao! Roger Dubuis is one of the fastest growing Watch brand in China.

On April 22nd, 2013, a group of customers were squeezing their way to buy gold chains, which terrified the sales lady.

This is the life style of the new young nouveau-Riche in  China! Somewhat like the Arabians in 70’s, followed by the Russians and Indians who bought everything when they have spotted… Now it is the turn of these Chinese…

How about HK? Who can be classified as Hong Kong Tu Hao? In the eyes of China Tu Hao, probably 95% people of HK is classified as Kong Tsan港燦!

HK Kong Tsan

Watch Fever

Sham Shui Po Snob

A Watch Fever Friend Edy from Batam just Bought a Sub Hulk and Daytona Black.

Edy from Batam, a friend, Rolex Lover just bought two lovely watches, the most difficult one to get in the market nowadays;
Rolex Daytona Black Ref 116520 and Submariner Green Bezel Dial.

I Agree on what he says a while ago to me, Submariner Green is more GREEN and lovely, White Dial is better than Black on Daytona as the former one is easier to ready the time.

HK Snob
Watch Fever

Hong Kong Kong Tsan (Country Pumpkins) 港燦

 

A Contrast of Social Status at Tsim Sha Tsui

There are more and more poor people in Hong Kong, what can we do about it!?

We call this the Oriental Pearl, Hong Kong, seems full of rich people, someone said that if there is a broken window falls at one building at Central, it would hit 10 Millionaires in the street. That was true as I fact more than 2 million people is classified as Millionaires, Millionaire is classified now the poor middle class in such a weird place HK!

Every the other day, there are long queue of this silver haired people waiting for the free Metro post at MTR,  as there are discount MacDonald Coupon enclosed with the newspaper. There are poor people who search for litter bin for the paper, tin cans that they can sell it for money to exchange for food.

Some of the people who could not afford to eat pork more than once a month, there is a Primary school P4 student that has not been tasted the hamburger in HK!

However, on the other hand, one of my executives earns HKD$8,000 a hour! Who could sit down for an 6 hours meeting without saying one word, and we learn NOTHING from the meeting, but he could get his salary enough to buy a Rolex Submariner Ref 114060.

The world is not fair and it would never be fair, the Gini Index in HK getting worst, more than 1.2 Million people is suffering as they are classified as poor people, Million people is so called Middle Class but in fact a bit better than the lowest class of people., Only the top 5 % earners could enjoy the best in Town with sacrifice of the rest 95% of the people…

The case will not be changed, as there is no hope about Hong Kong’s Future, you can see more people in migrating into country like Candida and Australia, New Zealand, or even Thailand.

More Middle Aged Lady with fairly good income is now considering marriage with the Richer Chinese people. 50% of HK Man is marrying with lady of Mainland Chinese simply they want to move Northwards. The professor in Universities of HK are those Chinese Speaking Mandarin, 4 out of 10 students of the HK Universities are coming from China. 3 out of 10 homes are purchased by Chinese…

Hong Kong People once called Chinese immigrant as “Ah Tsan” is now being called as “Kong Tsan“ by the Chinese mainlander.

Don't forget to speak Mandarin when you go to Rolex AD, as you will be served with priority, if you speak "Cantonese" you will be put aside waiting!  Same thing happens in Zurich Rolex AD, Cantonese or HK English is not welcome, you should speak "Mandarin" or you will not be given a Chance to see the Daytona Black Ref 116520! Not mentioning your right to buy it.

Poor Kong Tsan's favourite "Cocktail Bun!" Each HKD$3.0, It is Cheap but I classify it the most Delicious Cocktail Buns in Hong Kong, Available at Sum Sum Bakery at Exit of Kwai Hing MTR station.

That is one of the reasons why I called my self “Kong Tsan”  (Hong Kong Pumpkins!) and the City is dying as Joe Junior said!

Tsim Shat Tsui Kong Tsan

Watch Fever

HK Snob

Rolex GMT Master II Ref 116710BLRN is apprearing to have more stock now in these Rolex AD Hong Kong

There are more stocks now in Hong Kong, started with Dickson Central and HKIA, Oriental Watch Company in Tsim Sha Tsui,Wah Hing, and this latest Purchase by Watch Fever friends coming from Malaysia. He bought two watches as shown, at Tsim Sha Tsui Zurich Rolex AD.
One Two Tone Rolex Yacht master Two Tone and the GMT Master II Black and Blue.

The price if the GMT master still at List ptice HKD$65,300 no discount.

Tsim Sha Tsui Kong Tsan
Watch Fever

Rolex Bubble Back Oyster Perpetual Watch

Wrist watch in Advertisement by Shozo Nakamura Printed by World Mook

Rolex Bubble Back Oyster Perpetual Watch

Advertisement from Rolex in 1946 

“Every hour, every minute, every second the Rolex Oyster Perpetual guards the invaluable element time… with conscious thought of its owner.

Designed with a unique and efficient reserve action… in addition to positive automatic winding when on the wrist, it will keep split second time for as long as a period of 32 hours when motionless.

It is the one perpetual which over the years has proven its dependability.

Price, $141.75 to $320 Federal Tax Included.

“Rolex Keeps Better Time”.

Rolex Watch Company, Inc., 580 Fifth Ave., New York 18, N.Y.”

Bubble Back棺材chai

The 'Bubble Back' was the first completely watertight automatic watch developed by Rolex. It was named the 'Oyster Perpetual'. “Bubble Back” was the name we called it later on. The self-winding movement was quite thick and the rounded case back was made to house it rather than the original Oyster case. This gave the name the 'Bubble Back'. Rolex only produced this watch from 1933 – 1955, one year before Day Date was created!

Price of a Bubble Back is not cheap in 1946

This is a Rolex Oyster Perpetual Bubble back watch, the $320 dollar one is Solid Gold, in converting into the money in 1946, $320 is likely 10 months’ Rent for a home, Federal Minimum hourly wages was $0.40. So a car factory worker on assembly line, say $0.5 a hour, that watch was three months’s salary for a general worker. In 1946 a new car is $1,125 that Rolex is 1/3 of the car price. It is not cheap at all. 

I am eager to look for one mint condition 14KT gold as I know the size is a concern is that is about 32x38mm.  In the market, we can get a Rolex Bubble back with about $5,200 to $9,000 depending on condition.

A 14ct gold vintage Rolex Oyster Perpetual or 'Bubble Back' watch. The case measures 32 x 38 mm., with a smooth bezel. The case is signed Rolex Geneva Swiss, 14K, ref: 5015. The movement is signed Rolex Perpetual Chronometer Swiss Made with the 'Rolex Oyster' signed base cover.

The dial has gold Arabic numerals with an outside minute track and centre seconds. The dial is signed Rolex Oyster Perpetual above the centre, with Officially Certified Chronometer below.

Rolex Oyster Perpetual Bubble back Ref 3130

Courtesy Picture from http://robertmaron.com/product.php?productid=18190&cat=0&page=11&sold

Movement  Automatic  Case  14K Pink Gold  Case Shape  Round  Case Size  33 mm  Crystal  Acrylic  Display  Complications  Subsidiary Seconds.  

Additional Information Rare Oyster Perpetual Bubbleback in 14k rose gold, from circa 1946, with subsidiary seconds in original condition. 

 

HK Snob

Watch Fever