Monday, January 14, 2013

1952 Rolex Advertisement on Newsweek as the first and the 2013 final Copy


Men who guide the destinies of the world wear Rolex Watches.
Never before had the great men of the age been so well known to their contemporaries as
Today. News of almost their words and actions is flashed around the world in seconds.

Their faces and voices are made daily familiar to us in newspaper photographs, on the Radio, in files and on television. We are intensely aware not only of their important but also of their personalities. Their Impact Is enormous on us as well as on the world event.

If would not be fitting to name them here, for they include royalty, the heads of states, great statesmen, and service chiefs.

But there is one unusual thing we invite you to look at when you next to see them or their pictures- the watch in their wrists. That watch will most likely bear the name of Rolex of Geneva.


Accustomed through they are to be very best, these eminent men are nevertheless amazed at the accuracy and reliability of their Rolex watches.

Rolex are proud, if unsurprised, that they quickly take these qualities for granted.



The Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date Just, one of the most accurate watches in the world. It's accuracy has been objectively tested by a Swiss government testing stations, which is awarded the watch an " official timing certificate with the coveted distinction "Especially good result" and the right tot be called "Official certified chronometer".


Its movement is permanent protected by harmful elements by the 100% waterproof Rolex Oyster case. The Date Just is self-winding, powered by the new Rolex “Perpetual “rotor” this keeps a constant tension on the mainspring, making for still greater accuracy.


And the date is shown on the dial, changing automatically each night at midnight, and magnified by a “Cyclops” lens for easy reading.

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This is quite interesting that Rolex has started advertisement with a lot of illustration on the people, the watch and the relationship between important people and good watch.

After 61 years the same philosophy applies on Rolex Advertisement, emphases on some important celebricity and important people wearing Rolex.

Over the years this helps to bring the names of Rolex to everyone who could appreciate good quality watches. Since 1952 to 2013, Rolex hs been posting ad on Newsweek. but this is the last printed issue! Times chages, sooner later, there will be no more Hard copy Magazine. However a Rolex still remains one of the best accurate watches in the World!

The First Ad on Newsweek was a Rolex Date Just and the last is a Rolex Day Date Platinum.

HK Snob

Saturday, January 12, 2013

Rolex Milgauss, an Unisex Sport Watch.

Milgauss, it never need any de-magnetization as it work perfectly in engine room, Modern Bonding equipment in semiconductor house that has thousand of Stepping motors, servos. There are few varieties under Ref 16400,

Black Dial, White Dial (ref 16400) and Green Glass (ref 16400GV).

Milgauss is not just be used by men, it fit also Women as it does not carry a date, which I think it is more or less categorized as Unisex Rolex Sport Watch.


Price in HK
Ref 16400 HKD$55,500, 5% discount at Rolex AD

Ref 16400 GV HKD$59,600, 5% Discount at Rolex AD.
HK Snob

Sunday, January 6, 2013

Rolex Ref 1803 Stella Red dial


This is a Rolex Day Date circa 1978, the colour is Red, it is rare.
HK Snob

Rolex Cellini and Orchid Watch







Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571) was an Italian goldsmith, soldier, painter, painter, and musician, who also wrote a famous autobiography. He was one of the most important artists of Mannerism, Rolex make use of his name of “Cellini” to represent the “Perfect Refinement” of a Rolex dress watch series, all made of precious metals and decorated with Diamond and or precious gems.


The Cellini Collection used to include a number of beautiful models with quartz movements whose soft lines communicate an extraordinarily subdued elegance.

Deign with elegant and sensual, the Cellini watches offer a more provocative look. Cellini watches are the fruit of a delicate marriage where watchmaking tradition meets Rolex refinement. Firmly rooted in the grand Rolex watchmaking tradition, a Cellini watch is designed for years of use and enjoyment. Each timepiece is inspired by the supreme talent and outstanding craftsmanship of Benvenuto Cellini, who fascinated his contemporaries with his technical skills and refined taste. Among the Cellini models is the striking, strictly female Orchid.

The one I show here is a 1992 Watch Cellini for men, we bought it with HKD$18,000. the dial is a "Rolex Computer" Yellow gold, slim, quiet and smooth, it has never been serviced. Another one was 18KT white Gold Orchid which I bought for my mother in 1982 about HKD$6000. That was being used by my mother, and she gave it to my first wife, she used it for a few years, and then she returned to my mother, likewise my mother gave to my 2nd wife… and she did not like it as she like Yellow Gold. (I bought her a 36m men's Date Just Solid Gold) Then she returned to my mother…well, knowing that I may give it to someone in future whoever...again, probably, my mother gave it to me recently… I keep it with me now…

It is an example of Rolex Quality, it has been witnessing a few decades, it had never been serviced in Rolex Centre as it still takes time accurately and works perfectly… just one accident one of the diamond was lost at one o’clock position and I had no time, no intention to put back another diamond of similar size and shape, probably until I find the next owner…

This is a family watch and I believe many people selecte Rolex as family watch too.

Rolex makes good dress watch too!

HK Snob

Saturday, January 5, 2013

Top 10 best Seller Rolex Sport Model in Hong Kong

                                                    Rolex Ref 116660 DeepSea

                                                    

A recent Japanese Magazine Watchfan.com has made an intensive interviews with HK Watch shop and Watch industrial people about what is the favourite brand and model of Watch and Rolex in HK. These are the result.
The top 10 best seller Rolex Models:

Top 1
Ref 116660 DeepSea (102 points) 
As a memorial of Rolex 100 years, this tough Rolex Oyster case with the Ringlock system ensure the watch work perfectly at a depth of 3900metres was launched in 2008. This 44mm so called “ Big and Thick” Rolex is the No. 1 nominated Watch as the top ten.

List price HKD$82,500 with  5% * discount.

                                             The attached picture is latest GMT Master II Blue BLNR



No. 2 Ref. 116710LN GMT Master II (74 points)
The GMT Master that gives you three time zone reading, a master watch for those Dynamic HK Industrialist, pilot, fund manager and frequent Traveler, and of course anyone who likes Rolex. The new Ceramic bezel is an new tech material for withstand any scratches on the Rolex.

List Price at Rolex AD HKD$61,200  with 5%* discount

                                                   Attahed here is Explorer II White Dial

No. 3.
Ref 216570 Explorer II Black Dial (35 points)
A new Rolex design with 42mm size, floating Orange hand on black Dial. This is “ Big and Thick” the Black dial is more popular than the White as the orange hand appears floating on it.

List Price at Rolex AD is HKD$60,500 with  5%* discount




No. 4
Ref 116610LN Submariner (28 points)
A Standard Divers’ commonly accepted as for the whole world, no question on it waterproof function, it is also equipped with scratch proof ceramic technology.

List price at Rolex AD is HKD$62,100 with  5%* discount




No. 5
Ref 116610LV Submariner (23 points)
18Kt gold dial that offer you a green colour together with the ceramic green bezel, a bold Colour attempt to attract not just the men, but also the city women group for this Men’s toy. A popular cult watch for the young lady in HK.
But the concern is the limited volume Rolex ships to HK. So the price is higher than Submariner Black by a few thousand dollars.


List Price at Rolex AD HKD$66,100 no Discount

                                                   Attached here is Daytona White Dial.



No. 6
Ref. 116520 Daytona Black (22 points)
This 40mm case watch is very popular in Japan, but this earns only seat of No. 6 in HK.
Still we know this is not easy to find and the price is not the standard price on the Book.


Rolex AD is selling HKD$95,000 net  (Remarks White Dial is HKD$87,500)



No. 7
Ref. 116400GV Milgauss green Glass (22 points)
Third Milgauss revived in 2007, green Sapphire crystal and the orange Lighting-blot second hand is the focus of this watch.


List price at Rolex AD is HKD$59,600 with 5%* discount

No. 8
Ref 16622 Yacht Master (15 points)
The Yacht Master Roresium, using Platinum bezel, a good choice for water spoort and marine Sport. List Price at Rolex AD is HKD$78,500 with 5%* discount.





No. 9
Ref 214270 Explorer I (13 points)
The size was increased from 36 mm to 39mm. a very popular model in Japan but only ranked at No. 9 in HK… Japanese and HKers are really having some culture difference, really it is not popular as other Rolex in HK. List Price at Rolex AD HKD$48,300 with 5%* discount




No. 10
Ref 116509 Daytona with Solid White Gold (12 point)
18KT WG Daytona is ranked No. 25 in Japan, in the case of HK, it is ranked as 10.
The whole watch was crafted with solid 18Ky white gold, and the roulette Arabic numeral Dial with RED pointers gain some score points. As it is quite unique and beautiful… Don't forget, everything from the Rolex with RED will be some kind of Rolex glamour years later!


List Price at Rolex AD is HKD$269,300 with 5% discount*

 
My personal Ranking regardless of Price

No.1 Daytona White gold Ref 116509

No.2 Submariner Green Ref 116610LV

No. 3. GMT master II green Pointer Ref 116710LN

No. 4 DeepSea Ref 116660

No. 5 Milgauss Ref 116400GV

No. 6 Submariner Black Ref 116610LN

No. 7 Daytona Black Ref 116520

No. 8 Explorer II Black Dial

No. 9 Yacht- master Ref 16622

No. 10 Explorer I ref 214270


Beside, this is very personal as someone’s wrist is too small for a Deepsea, it might be good for someone but not for me, someone may like Simple watch like Explorer I but I can not tolerate watch without a date as It is important for me…

Someone may criticize Daytona has no date,,, but think about the design, it is hard to accommodate an extra space for a Date!

As for Lady, I think Milgauss Green Glass, Submariner Green or Explorer I is nice, fro the Green Sub, as the colour seems make the watch look larger, only you hand can carry the Submariner green as it looks a bit big for most of the average Asian Lady.

* Some people can get more discount!                                                                                              

HK Watch FeverHK Snob

Friday, January 4, 2013

New and Pre-owned Watch Shops in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, HK


If you are interested in Watch Shopping in HK, these are the major Shops that you can tour around and spend you one day searching your treasure, You can start off at Tsim Sha Tsui MTR Station Exit B1 or B1 going to Champagne Court which is about 30 metres away from Mira Hotel, Tthere you can see a few shops selling some of the exotic Watches, Rolex, AP, VC, Piaget, Panerai, Roger Dubuis, etc. If you feel tired, go to near by Chaa Tsaan Teng for a HK style Milk Tea. Then you can move Southward to Holiday Inn Golden Mile Hotel, there you can see the Rolex AD (Oriental Watch Co) at entrance of the hotel, and going inside Hotel lobby you can see two more Watch shops, going down the elevator one level and then you can see a few more shops….Visit the following Shops at Tsim Sha Tsui, Don't miss it!


Union Classic Watch & Clock
They have roughly 40 Panerai , 30 AP and 20 PP, 40 Rolex…and more…
You can get a new Rolex Explorer II Ref 216570 at HKD$57,800

Address: 18E, G/F, Champagne building, Kimberley Road, Tim Sha Tsui, Kowloon.

Tel: 852-62720206

E-mail: unionwatches@yahoo.com.hk

WEB:X

B:1230-2200 (Mon-Sun)

C: Visa, master, JCB, AMEX, Diners, 銀聯

G:12 Month (Mail O)



Watch Beat

Rolex Ref 116758SA (new) HKD$390,000

Richard Mille RM011 (new) HKD$800,000


Address: shop 1A-1B, G/F, Champagne Court, 16 Kimbeley Road, Tsim Sha Tsui

Tel: 35808301

Email: lafayettewatch@yahoo.com.com.hk

Web: lafayettewatch.com

B:1230-2030 (Mon-Sun)

C: Visa, master, JCB, AMEX, Diners, 銀聯

G:12 Month

 

Lafayette Watch Gallery

Rolex Ref 1665 (1975) HKD$93,000

Richard Mille RM003 HKD$6,000,000

Patek Philippe Ref 5150 HKD$580,000

Patek Philippe Ref 2499 HKD$3,300,000

A. Lange Sohne Ref 310.221 HKD$480,000

A Renowned shop for pre-owned watch such as PP, AP Richard Mille, Panerai managed by Tse’s group.

Address: Shop 1C, 1D, and 1E. G/Floor, Champange Court, no. 16. Kimbelery Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong,

香港尖沙咀金巴利道16號香檳大廈地下1C至1E

Tsim Sha Tsui MTR Station B1 & B2 Exit

尖沙咀地下鐵路站 B1 及 B2 出口

TEL 電話 : (852) 3580 8328

Tel: 852-3580-8328

WEB : lafayettewatch.com

B:0930-1930 (Mon-Sun)

C: Visa, master, JCB, AMEX, Diners, 銀聯

G: X



Happy Wise
Tudor Ref 7016/0 HKD$30,000

Rolex Ref 1501 (1960) Date HKD$10,000

Rolex Ref 1665 HKD$150,000

AP Ref 26290RO.OO.A001VE.01 HKD$488,000


Address
Shop B-113A, Holiday Inn Golden mile, 50 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui.
Tel:852-23669111

Fax:852-23669777

Email: dominic@happywisewatch.com

WEB:www.happywisewatch.com

B:1100-1900 (Mon-Sun)

C:Visa, Master, JCB, AMEX, 銀聯

G:6 month


Perpetual

Address: B113, Basement One, Holiday Inn Golden Mile Hotel,

No. 50 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui. Kowloon.

Tel: 21919098

Email: perpetual110@yahoo.com.hlk
Web:X
B:1100-1930 (Mon-Sun)

C: Visa, Master, 銀聯

G:12 month (Mail X)


Tourbillon 陀飛輪

Address Shop B105, 1st basement, Holiday Inn Golden Mile Hotel, 46-52 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon.

地址:香港九龍彌敦道46-52號金域假日酒店商場地庫B1層B105舖

電話:+852 2333 3219

傳真:+852 2369 6488

Tel: 852-23333219

Fax: 852-23696488

E-mail: watch@netivigator.com

WEB: www.tourbillonhk.com

B:1100-1900 (mon-Sat)

C: Visa, Master, 銀聯

G:6 month (Mail O)


London Watch Collection

Rolex Ref 16700 HKD$128,000

Rolex Ref 14270 HKD$83,000

Rolex Ref 1680 HKD$72,000

Rolex Ref 6034 HKD$248,000

Rolex Ref 5513 HKD$788,000

Rolex pro-hunter Ref 14060M (new) HKD$129,350

Rolex pro-hunter Ref 116680 (new) HKD$187,000

Patek Philippe Ref 5020 HKD$1,368,000

Cartier Crash with Diamond HKD356,300

Address: Shop 1 & 2, G/F, 65-67, Kimberley Road, Pacific building , Tsim Sha Tsui.

Tel: 852-23770008

Fax: 852-23770178

E-mail: info@londonwatchcollection.com.hk

WEB: www.londonwatchcollection.com.hk

B:1300-2100 (mon-Sun)

C: Visa, master, JCB, AMEX, Diners, 銀聯

G:6 Month (Mail O)


Quark House Hong Kong

Open in June 2010, Watch are mostly imported from Japan and all other dealers from Asia, Europe, US and Middle East.
Address: Hong Kong Woodhouse B1, 36-44 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Tel :852-23683909
Email: hongkong@909.co.jp

WEB:www.909.co.jp

B:1200-2000 (Mon-Sun)

C:VISA, master, 銀聯


Berne Horology (T.S.T.)

You Can find Rolex ref 5700 at HKD$19,000

Patek Philppe Ref 3445 at HKD$95,000

Address: Shop 168, 1/F, Peninsula Centre,67 Mody Road. Tsim Sha Tsui East, Kowloon.
Tel: 852-25768668

Email:antiquewatch@binetigator.com

WEB: http://www.bernehorologytst.com
B:1300-2030 (Mon-Sat)
C: Visa, master, 銀聯

G:6 Month (Mail O)


Pak Lee

If you are Daytona Maniac, you can not miss this...

Ref 6239 (1960’s) HKD$500,000

Ref 6263 (1970’s) HKD$2230,000

Ref 6265 (1980’s) HKD$210,000

Ref 6241 (1960’s) HKD$700,000

Address: Shop No.12, G/F Far East Mansion, 5-6 middle Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon.

Tel: 852-21867223

Fax: 852-27217898

WEB:X

B:1100-2000 (Mon-Sat)

C: Visa, master, 銀聯

G:12 Month (Mail O)


Tse’s Collection Shop C

Rolex Ref 114270 HKD$25,800

Rolex Ref 16570 HKD$35,000

Address : Shop 5, G/F, Winglee building, 29 Kimberley Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon.

Tel: 852-27233363

Fax:852-27233391
E-Mail:Tseswatch@gmail.com
WEB:www.tsescollection.com

B:1000-2000 (Mon-Sun)

C: Visa, Master, JCB, Amex, Diners, 銀聯

G:12 month (Mail O)



Lafayette Watch Gallery- Middle Road

Shop: Shop 11, G/F, Far East Mansion, 5-6 Middle Road, Tsim Sha Tsui.

香港尖沙咀中間道5-6號遠東大廈地下11號

Tsim Sha Tsui MTR Station F Exit OR East Tsim Sha Tsui Station L1 Exit
尖沙咀地下鐵路站 F 出口 或 尖東鐵路站 L1 出口

Tel: 852-27248622

Fax: 852-27248600

E-mail: lafayettewatch@yahoo.com.hk

WEB:www.lafayettewatch.com

B:1100-2000 (Mon-Sat)

C: Visa, Master, AMEX, 銀聯

G:12 Month (Mail O)

Tsim Sha Tsui Watch Snob

Coming HK Watch Fever New Posts

I am Planning to write about the following topics in these few days

1. The best Pre-owned Shops for Rolex in TST, MongKok and Other Area.

2. The ten popular Watch brands nominated by the HK watch ADs and Dealers

3. The top ten Rolex Model in HK.

HK Snob

Monday, December 31, 2012

The Quartz Movement of two Watches: Longines and Timex


                                                                  Timex Movement



Longines Movement

As a Mechanical Watch collector, I hardly buy any Quartz watch , in the past year I had bought an AP Royal Oak Two Tone with Diamond bezel, two Rolex OysterQuartz, Seiko, Tissot Touchand Sunnto Trekking Watch and a Piaget. Other than these, I use only mechanical Watch.

A Quartz watch consists of :
A microprocessor chip, a pieces of capacitor (as a component to form the oscillation with the Quartz) a trimmer , a couple of resistor a coil for converting the timing signal into pulse to driver a few gears , a PCB board and a battery Cell.

Many people think that all Quartz watches look the same as the cost of a low cost Quartz movement can be as low as USD$2.00 now. For certain High quartz Swiss Quartz movement, the cost is much higher as the use better material and design. Rolex has the best design and likely the highest Cost of a Quartz movement, up to $300.

I have taken out two very old pieces of family watch Timex and Longines that have been using almost 30 years. There seems no difference between two watches as people judges Quartz base on price.
From outlook there is hard to tell the difference of the movement except the Longines is much thinner about 2.5mm whereas the Timex is about 8mm that tells you the difference in the cost already.

As The Timex has a much bigger engine, much bigger Coil, Bigger gears, and then much higher power consumption, this required a much bigger battery cell. Even though we can see the movement is made with a more complex process, every component is dispensed with a kind of industrial resin to hold the component in position, even onto the coil. Nowadays almost no one will dispense any glue, adhesive whatever on the PCB (Printed Circuit board) component.

Look at the Timex Microprocessor, it is using SC70 package, that is a package IC contain few more complex manufacturing process. It used 99.99% gold wire inside the chip.

That could be a high cost in the year 1986, nowadays almost no one uses Package IC for the microprocessor, they use COB (chip on board) just use some glue to stick the IC Chip

Onto the PCB, cure it and then use thin Aluminum Wire of 1.25 mil (1 mi is 1/1000”) diameter to connect the chip with the PCB, it is done by an Automatic Aluminum Wire bonder.

Note that Gold wire interconnect is much more reliable than Aluminum, whereas Aluminum wire is much cheaper in cost.
As for the Longines, we can see they use heavy plated PCB, battery contacts, even screws!
The Aluminum mechanical plate guilloched. There are 7 jewels. The PCB is face up with additional protection of the circuitry, and the coil is made with very fine wire.

Since they use 7 jewels, the movement as a much lighter friction, thus a smaller coil with thinner wire will be able to drive the circuit, this is a great power saving for the battery. Of course a smaller battery cell can do. So with all this design, the Longines is very thin. The Timex is very thick.
The Longines requires battery changes in 7 years, the Timex is about 2 years. Don’t forget these are made in 1986. When you buy a Swiss quartz watch, you may know they have made a lot of effort to ensure that the watch can be used for many years with very good timming accuracy.

HK Snob


Sunday, December 30, 2012

Construction Worker wearing Rolex Daytona Black Dial


A Rolex Date Just Ref 16030 with stainless steel bezel has been used for more than 30 years
Still look in good shape except there is discolouration on the dial.

Construction Worker wearing Daytona

A friend sent me said to me on 26 Dec through this blog that it is a down grade to Rolex as he saw a Construction Worker worn a Black Daytona to work in a construction site in HK!

I think that is not a down grade, and may be it is an upgrade, as the worker knows that his work is rough and heavy only the world toughest watch can survive in these environment which is full of dust, sewages, smoke and lots of vibration.

I have been working on board a merchant vessel, the carpenter, Sailor, 2nd Cook and Oiler were all wearing Rolex, Date Just, 2nd Engineer. And they have been using them for many years.

The sailors had to clean all the rust on the desk by using chisel and hammer everyday whenever the weather is good, imagine what kind of watch will be survived under these vibration!? The Oiler had to work in the engine room which is very hot and very noisy, a lot of grease and oil, they washed their hand and no doubt the Rolex after they stopped work, what kind of watch that can last for years in these environment!? ROLEX.
Rolex has a good cases that isolated 99% of the major vibration and their double shock absorber will further elimination the rest f the vibration going into the hairy thin pivots of the shafts of the mainspring and the fork escarpment system.
Of course, we do not expect the Crystal and the case would shine like new as it will be punished by the miss target chisel, metal debris hitting on it, the case had also many scratches and full of dents, however the watch works perfectly. So Whenever Seafarers have some extra money, they buy Rolex, and all the old generation seamen in HK like to wear Rolex.

So I think this is Rolex, and that Rolex is real one, as I am sure the Fake one can not last more than 7 days  working at Sea.!

HK Snob



Saturday, December 29, 2012

Top 10 Best Rolex for Lady

Due to mechanical rigidity and reliability, Rolex was named with the King of all practical timepieces for men in Japan, It also has immense influence to women who would appreciate the beauty, watch design with some traditions, besides Rolex's name.

Nominated by Japanese magazine "Real Rolex" Vol. 9 Dec 2012, the magazine worked with "Pentei Ryodo" a Rolex boutique for women in Japan to do a survey on the sales, and comment of the customers on their preference on Lady Rolex.

The following are their rank in terms of choice and popularity base on votes regardless of price.



No. 1 Ref. 179171
Date Just 26mm rose gold two tone with fluted bezel, Roman numerals, Pink dial, there are diamonds at the VI o'clock position, Jubilee Strap Automatic movement and water resistance for 100 metres.
Ref 179171 is selling at HKD$80,000.00







No. 2. Ref. 179171G
Date Just 26mm rose gold two tone with fluted bezel, there is 10 diamond on the Hour index, Jubilee Strap. Automatic movement and water resistance for 100 metres.
HKD$80,000







No. 3 Ref. 179174
Date Just 26mm stainless steel with 18 KT solid white gold as Jubilee Strap. Roman numerals. Automatic movement and water resistance for 100 metres.
HKD$53,900






No. 4 Ref. 179174G
Date Just 26mm stainless steel with 18k white gold fluted bezel, there is 10 diamonds on the Hour index. Jubilee Strap Automatic movement and water resistance for 100 metres.
HKD$67,800









No. 5 Ref. 179171
Date Just 26mm rose gold two tone with fluted bezel, Roman numerals, 18K pink gold Jubilee Strap Automatic movement and water resistance for 100 metres.
HKD$80,000




No. 6 Ref. 176200
Date Just 26mm stainless steel, smooth bezel, oyster Strap. 3, 6, 9 hour index Automatic movement and water resistance for 100 metres.
HKD$49,000







No. 7 Ref. 178341
2010 new design with 24 diamond on the bezel, two tone with 18 K pink gold, diamond on VI hour index, 31 mm Automatic movement and water resistance for 100 metres.
HKD$99,600






No. 8 Ref. 179160
Date Just 31mm stainless steel, smooth bezel, oyster Strap. Roman numerals, on Pink dial.
Automatic movement and water resistance for 100 metres.
HKD$45,800







No. 9 Ref. 178240
Date Just 31mm stainless steel, smooth bezel, oyster Strap. floral design pattern on grey dial.
Automatic movement and water resistance for 100 metres.
HKD$55,500




No. 10 Ref. 179173G
Date Just 26mm Yellow gold two tone with fluted bezel, there is 10 diamond on the Hour index, Jubilee Strap Automatic movement and water resistance for 100 metres.
HKD$84,100

My comment, this is a result of buying statistics base on the Japanese ladies choice on Rolex, Japanese women that go for Rolex are mainly Middle class housewives, Journalists, hair Stylist, designers, celebrities, Lawyers and not so many OL will wear Rolex, as the conservative Japanese Culture limit their scope of Across the Border line of Class. It is not the same as in HK, everyone got money you can use it as you like… Well of course there are some exceptions.

I hope this can be some kind of guide lines for you to buy the next Gift for your beloved ones or for those ladies who would buy if as for herself as another luxury accessory other than your Hermes, Louis Vuitton, Chanel bags!

PS, The price listed here is List Price in HKD in Rolex AD, you may get min. less 5% discount on the purchase.

HK Snob


Hong Kong is a Paradise for Shopping Rolex Watches

                                Rolex AD Chow Tai Fook taken at Nathan Road (Nokia N97 mini)

                              Rolex AD Oriental Watch Co. at Central near H &M (Nokia N97 mini)

Rolex AD Chow Tai Fook  at Nathan Road (Noika N97 mini)

                               Rolex AD Oriental Watch Co. at Holiday Inn Tsim Sha Tsui (NoKia N97 Mini)

Rolex AD La Suisse Watch Company At Mong Kok ( Samsug Galaxy Note II )

Pre-owned Watch Shop Luen Shing at Sham Shui Po
with Rolex as majority of their goods ( Nokia N97 Mini)




Hong Kong Is a Special Administration Region of China; it was a British Colony before 1997. Hong Kong is a free trade port; there is no import or export duty.

There is no GST, VAT or any kind of consumption tax. There are a lot of tourists coming Hong Kong to buy luxury goods including Rolex and other Swiss watches.

Since 2003, Hong Kong has replaced Japan as the largest Luxury watch export of Switzerland, and Rolex Ships 60% of their watch to Hong Kong, and China.

In Hong Kong you can find a variety of rare colour, dial, material and some special model that no other places in the World has…

Rolex AD usually offer less 5% discount to walk-in customers. You can use most of the Credit card (Visa, Master Charge, AMEX and China card but not Diners) for Rolex without any additional of surcharge..

Even Swiss come to Hong Kong to buy their dream watch in Hong Kong. If you are a Watcher, Watch Fan, Watch collector or someone who wants to buy your first Rolex, you should come to Hong Kong as the World’s largest Watch Paradise for Rolex.

Attached the List of Rolex Authorized Dealer in HK.
These are the authorized Dealer of Rolex in Hong Kong.


Artland

Chow Sang Sang

Chow Tai Fook

Dickson

Eldorado

Emperor

Europe

Fung Leung Kee

King Fook

La Suisse Watch

Oriental

Precision

Right Watch

Solomon

Tai Hing

Times City

Times Watch

Wah Hing

Zurich

As some of the Shops have a few branches, there are about 80 shops in Hong Kong selling Rolex Watch, the watch are guaranteed genuine watches from Rolex.

Remarks Lung Shing Watch and Jewellery

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HK Snob

Friday, December 28, 2012

SIHH 2013 -Roger Dubuis Excalibur Table Ronde


SIHH 2013 - Roger Dubuis Excalibur Table Ronde

The dial features 12 solid 18kt Rose gold engraved figurines of the Arthurian knights with their swords. The "table" is hand-painted enamel depicting the round table of King Arthur. At each hour marker on the table, is the name of the knight depicted, in Olde English.

Movement is the new Swiss automatic Roger Dubuis in-house caliber RD822 with 33 jewels, 28,800 vph and a power reserve of 48 hours. It is adjusted to five positions and features the Geneva Hallmark.

The case of RD Excalibur Table Ronde is in 18kt rose gold, measures 45mm. It has a sapphire crystal and it is water resistant to 50 meters.

Limited Edition of 28 Pieces

My Estimated price is HKD$1.5M yet to be announced.

My point of interests is how to make those 12 figurines of the Arthurian Knights, so real yet so small!

And I do not know if the round table can be rotated!? It would be fun as it looks like a Roulette.
HK Snob




Cartier Crash happens to show up in SIHH 2013



Cartier Crash with case in 18kt white or rose gold, measures 38.5mm x 25.5mm. The crystal is mineral and it has a solid caseback. The case has 150 diamonds (2.15 carats).
Movement is a Swiss manual-wind Cartier caliber with 18 jewels.
Optional bracelet has 371 diamonds (4.27 Carat) I believe this Crash is over HKD$1,000,000,
The other one I saw last year with plain satin strap was selling at HKD$430,000
HK Snob