There are Only 5 Watch-making Companies who are producing 100% in-house Movements

There are 4 Swiss watch-making brands and One German who are producing 100% in-house movements are Patek Philippe, Jaeger LeCoultre, Rolex, A. Lange & Sohne and Roger Dubuis. Since A Lange & Sohne is manufactured in Germany, we classify this a German Watch though its mother comany is Richemont, Swiss. Amongst these, Roger Dubuis has increased the number of watch production to nearly 5,000 pieces per year; whereas PP is producing 42,000 pieces per year and Vacheron Constantin is producing 25,000 pieces per year. Rolex may produce as many as 1,000,000 pieces a year. Ferrari produces about 6,000 cars a year, so we are even more exclusive than them! Therefore, Roger Dubuis timepieces remain very exclusive when compare to other watch brands like Patek Philippe and VC. So if you want to purchase a watch, you should consider that these are the key factor that the brand name would not be eroded by OEM their movement to some other body. As for Collector’s mindset, everything should be the maker’s original design and product, or better off..do not collect!
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Roger Dubuis Minute Repeater

Everything about Roger Dubuis is distinguished by the Fervent pursuit of Swiss Engineering Superlative Excellence.
I always appreciate Powerful, Bold, unique and Extravagance design, as it is a MUST for A New Borne Classic, there is not more stubborn atmosphere and environment for going so much to the slow mover of boring casing design with insertion of standardized calibers!
Watch for Today is a men’s Accessory, a piece of Art, time Keeping function becomes a side product gradually. Wearing a watch would represent your Glamour, taste and ability to Choose a new Class. As a successful business man who knows how to spend money wisely for a Watch you wear and that might become a Great Classic Tomorrow... Who want to have same watch that may be worn by another passing by sitting in the 5 star hotel lobby?
An exquisite uniqueness is a new criteria for those City Snobs to have…including watches. Imagine that Roger Dubuis produces less than 5,000 watches a year. Imagine that there are just limited 8 to 28 pieces of a Roger Dubuis model … who will be wearing the same watch with you when you travel, that is the uniqueness of yourself… from the day Roger Dubuis establish their own brand name in 1995, they have developed 31 Exclusive calibers in just 10 years. Imagine who can do that nowadays? So Be Calm, you still have a chance to select and buy by money on these watches of blue blood…World is Changing fast and who knows what will the top Auction items are after 15-20 years?
From what we see today at Roger Dubuis Opening of their new concept Boutique at Pacific Place, me as the one to be invited to join…People are nice and beautiful. Today I had a Chance to see this Beautiful example of the masterpiece.

A Platinum Minute Repeater Ref. EX45-08-80-00/0RR00/B,
Movement: RD08 Minute Repeater, Flying Tourbillon, Double micro-rotor automatic winding
Case: 45mm Platinum with Sapphire case-back
Dial: Grey Rhodium plated, black Roman numeral, III and VII embracing the tourbillon
Strap: Black genuine Alligator, hand-stitched
Platinum adjustable folding buckle.
Limited to 28 pieces
It moved my heart when I heard about its Crystal clear Dings and Dongs! Touching!
Would you spend HKD$4,680,000 for this masterpiecs?
HK Snob

Santos De Cartier 100 Extra Large Model

This is the Icon Watch of Cartier, the Santos 100 Extra Large Pink Gold version, i is not too common in Hong Kong. List Price HKD$184,000.00. I just have seen it at Cartier Shop, HKIA.

It is massive, large and Sportive have a sense of I don't care the size, this is Santos of Cartier.The Surface finish is so delicately polished to almost Perfect....Note that the AP Jumbo looks very Small and thin like a rasor blade when compared side by side with this Extra Large Santos! A Must De Cartier! Friend of mine offered me, I am thinking as I calcualte this way as an Old Chinese thought of Gold, It is almost 200 g of Gold,,, remove the movement which may be just 18gf, after 20% deduction because it is 750 Gold, The net gold is valed nowaday is about HKD$50,000.00! Gold is Forever! I love it...Don't say I am a gold Fever, Look at the Gold price...it is rising everyday. Watch DescriptionSantos 100 watch, extra-large model, flying 18K pink gold case, 18K pink gold octagonal crown decorated with a faceted sapphire, sapphire crystal, slate-grey galvanic dial, openwork satin-finished sunray grid with black transfer roman numerals, sword-shaped blue steel hands, alligator strap, 18K pink gold triple adjustable deployant buckle, workshop-crafted mechanical movement with auto winding calibre and individually numbered, diameter: 24,5 mm, thickness: 4,5 mm, including 19 jewels, balance: 21’600 vibrations/hour, transparent back with sapphire crystal, water-resistant to 30 metres / 100 ft (3 bars). Case dimension : 46.5x54.9 mm, 16.5 thick. HK Snob

West End Watch

One of this is tri-colour. looks like the National Flag colour combination of India., a Matching colour of leather strap for this automatic watch. Interesting for Inidan I think.

Another manual winding one is Arabic Figure on Dial, Which is quite rare but the watch is not as big as the average size of the Watch Today.

HK Snob

Longines Conquest Auto Vintage Retro

Longines has created this beautiful Watch in 1950, and I used to have a Yellow Gold plated Conquest which does have 5 star at top of 6 o'clock position, and I sold it to our second officer on board. Now this is a re-issue of the Longines Great Classic watch.

Automatic, and note the solid gold enamel seal at the bottom side of the watch.

HK Snob

Seiko Kinetic Watch Perpetual

Seiko Invented Kinetic which has both Auto watch rotor for winding up and accurate of Quartz Watch. The Kinetic Power was used to charge up a power capacity (Battery Cell) and the Battery cell is then drive up the quartz watch module.

However by right after 5-7 years we have to replace the Rechargeable Battery Cell.

One drsaw back is that the battery is expensive... It is about HKD$200.00 a piece, if you go through Seiko AD, it is more.. So Kinetic quartz is no more popular ...My Guess only!

HK Snob

TISSOT T-TOUCH TREKKING Watch

-TISSOT T-TOUCH TREKKING T001.520.44.061.00
WATCH STYLE NAME: TISSOT - T TOUCH TREKKING
OFFICIAL TISSOT MODEL #: T001.520.44.061.00

Price About: $6,200. For each function there are different movements of the hands (see: Meteo and Compass function) and various settings on the LCD display (see: Alarm, Thermo, Chrono, Meteo and Altimeter functions).
WATCH SPECIFICATIONS with
MOVEMENT:QUARTZ (TACTILE) CASE :Titanium
CASE SIZE : 42.mm. CASE THICKNESS :12MMDIAL COOR : CX green, Wife was able to entitlered BLue Us
ANTHRACITE
BRACELET : Titanium
CLASP : Titanium safety clasp
CRYSTAL: TACTILE SAPPHIRE

WATER RESISTANCE: 30 meters

I like this model as this Looks Like Transformer!

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
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Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Tradionnelle World Time Watch

This is a Beautiful Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Traditionnelle World Time Watch Pink Sold gold, beautiful hand craft globe printing, displaying 37 cities for those Travelers walking through the SQ, CX, First Class cabinet, every time the stewardess asks your seat number, you just say “ 1A… 12C…. or Upper deck… Wow, you should equip this watch to show your world Traveler business man status…
But one thing I do not like… It does not display City “Hong Kong”! WHY?
Hong Kong is Under Beijing now!? Oh man, that is why those Northern Old Chaps say Yes, our Donald Dumb will say yes… Those Old Chap say “No” then Donald Dumb would dare not to say “Yes…” indeed he is a good Order follower… HK needs you… But Hong Kong People do not need you… the next Executive Office would be even worse… so as Chinese say “The new crab will be inferior than the previous one” HK Snob

The McIntosh Mantle Clock

A Simple Patek Quartz Clock disguised a Supper Hi End Audio Equipment.
I did not make mistake to put Hi Fi Amplifier on my Watch Blog!The Master Clock System from Patek Philippe the would-be love child of the venerable Swiss watchmaker and super high-end audio make McIntosh. It looks like McIntosh has answered our calls and actually made a clock of their own, without the help of Patek or anyone else. It is constructed with the same beautiful Lake Warm Blue panel and glass in the same dimensions of a McIntosh Power Amplifier. Price!? USD$2,000.00 Cheap as you know how much McIntosh build their Chassis? Or you can use this new McIntosh plinth to put your 1969 MC2100 Power Amplifier in.. Awesome!

HK Snob

Sheffield Cuff Link Watch

This is a Sheffield Cuff link Watch made in 1950. It was sold in New York. I have the original Warranty card. 17 jewels Swiss movement. One of them is a photo frame.

New York Snob

Roger Dubuis Will Be Tomorrow's Classic for your Hand Today.

Founded in 1995, ROGER DUBUIS did indeed receive the Poinçon de Genève for all watches. Its founding philosophy based on traditional culture and the most advanced technology. It soon occupies an original, exclusive position in the prestigious watch manufactures. It’s new Pacific Place show room is just renovated recently and I went to see last Sunday. Well the most attractive watches are display in the front window Double tourbillon Excalibur Watch.
The Reason why I like Roger Dubuis is their Super Bold design that is an Avant-garde and latest Manufacturing Technology with Swiss Watch tradition. It is quite different with Patek Philippe and Audemar Piguet, I would Rate Roger Dubuis the Tomorrow's Classic, that is right for your hand Today...if you could afford it!
Show Room:
Peninsula Hotel Gorund Floor , Tsim Sha Tsui,
Pacific Place 330, L3 Admiralty. Hong Kong
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Wind power Watch

French Designer Julien Moise made this Eco Watch with power from a Puff of air that rotate the turbine for generation of Electricity to power the watch for Visual Display.
But I doubt that it should contain a tiny battery cell to keep the quartz timer to be in operative. If you can get rid of the battery, that will be great.

HK Snob

Piaget dress watch

This is a Beautiful Watch made with some special Kind of Mineral stone that glitters under sunlight, it tells time very accurately. It is watch I go for work once in a while…It is thin have a diameter of 38mm. HK Snob

James Bond's Choice of Watch:Omega Seamaster or...

Someone said the Omega Seamaster was a better watch comparing with Rolex Say Submariner but he wouldn't own one. Well, if this is 1960, Definitely it is as Omega produces the best watch in the 60’s. There is a separate review for the Omega on the site that says it's a great watch. Some watch snobs say nice things about the Seamaster but criticize it for having "James Bond Editions" saying a company like Rolex would never do that.
There are many clothing & style snobs who say it is completely wrong to wear a Rolex or Omega style bracelet watch with a suit or tux and say it shows poor style for James Bond to do it. I personally plan on getting an Omega, probably the Black face Seamaster but not the 007edition. This is the non-James-bond version with Sapphire Crystal. Friend of mine intending to sell to me at HKD$9,000.00 Good Deal to be a James Bond Watch!!

HK Snob

Full Blooded White Skull

This is a pices of White Beautiful Design Swatch, not a bad idea oif that is for your beloved one...

The White Skull bring us a sense of human and mocking to the life and death, If she is tall and slim, I think this is a best matching time peice especially she is on white dress!

HK Snob