Rolex's New Watches 2013.

I modified the cut out pictures of Rolex Catalogue HK Verison June 2013

Rolex has its watch glamour over the years , they have created a lot of great beautiful dials and various combination of designs on Day Date since 1956, applying various kind of precious metal to cast  the sturdy Oyster case that houses the reliable and accurate mechanical Chronometer movement. In 2013, that Rolex has some new elements in making some of these eye-catching watches.

Platinum Daytona with ice blue dial and brown bezel, Day Date with 6 colour choice for those who have been blaming they are too young to put a Day Date on.

The Blue Bezel GMT Master that people is the long waiting list for one, the platinum Yachtmaster, and not forgetting those demanding women who need something matching with them with flamboyant colour dial decorations…

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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!?

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Bling Bling Rolex

These are some of the sparkling Rolex including the most expensive GMT Master, Emerald Submariner and green Day Date... The background bling bling stuff is my collection of silver and gold.

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David Watch Hong Kong

This is a David Watch cloth that came with your Rolex back in 70s. We had only 6 numbers for the telephone... There were many Rolex AD back in 60-90s, however those are no longer representing Rolex as AD nowadays, this includes Kowloon Watch Company, Capitol Watch Company and This David Watch. Well, David Watch is still running Watch business in Queen's Road Central nowaday. The David Watch The Galleria Shop G04-05, Ground Floor, 9 Queen's Road Central, Central

+852 25234600

info@davidwatch.com

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Jules Audemars Chronometer with AP Escapement

The above Pictures were taken by HTC One XL at HKIA 15 Nov

This is an Audemars Piguet Chronometer with AP

Escapement, 46mm 18-carat pink gold case with black enamel dial.

It is fitted with hand-wound Calibre 2908 Chronometer movement with power reserve and small seconds displays.

Lubrication-free Audemars Piguet escapement and double balance spring operating at 43,200 vibrations/hours (6Hz) and offering a Power reserve of 90 hours.

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The Watch Fever preferred Watch Gift for you and your beloved one in the coming Christmas

The favourite Watch gift for you and your beloved in this Christmas

1.Rolex Oyster Perpetual Cosmograph Daytona

2.Omega Speedmaster Dark side of the Moon

3.BUME & MERCIER The Cliffton 1830

4.Rolex GMT Master II Blue Ref 116710BLNR

5.Rolex Submariner Ref 114060

Daytona Ice Blue Platinum 

Rolex to make Daytona using Platinum Ref 116505  and this is 50^th anniversary celebration of this classic Daytona model.

This carries the same size as the 1963 Model, 40mm, caliber 4130 debuted in 2000, first time in Platinum, Ice Blue dial a new colour Chessnut brown. The Dial symbolizes sky, and the bezel, Earth. What a beautiful watch if you afford to. 

Estimated price HKD$583,500

Omega Speedmaster Dark Side of the moon

Dark Side of the moon, Pink Floyd's LP album!
  

Omega is launching a Black beauty on this Speedmaster made of speed with Black coating, not ceramic.

This new watch houses an Omega Calibre 9300 movement with a souped-up Co-axial Escapement.

Black dial with shinning Omega Movement at back is mesmerizing me!  Estimated price HKD$96,000

Baume & Mercier Clifton 1830

Clifton collection, named for an affluent seaside of Capetown, South Africa.

With touches of design coming from watches of the 50s that I was borne!

Baume & Mercier watch Clifton 1830 is flag ship series, solidly build for daily uses, a classic dress watch!

Simple dial design with 42mm cases, solid gold case.  

An excellent gift for Christmas.
Model MOA 10060 List Price HKD$114,000
Discount on request.

Rolex GMT Master II Blue/Black bezel 

Rolex Master II Blue Ref 116710BLRN a hot case, would be an Excellent Merry Christmas gift if you could get it before 25 Dec 2013

Price HKD$65,300 no discount.
Limited stock supply now.

Submariner No date

Rolex Submariner 114060, a solid built Submariner, no date, Price is HKD$58,000 a super good deal for a super Rolex Iconic watch. Stock available.

There is no ranking for them as this is not fair when they are made for different usage and occasion under different price tag!

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There is something common between Car and Watch.

Why do most of the men who are interested to cars are also enamored of Watches!?

Men are borne to be mechanically minded, women are borne to be sentimentally minded.

When we were young, we used to play Lego, tin toy cars, aircraft model; Girls would play with Barbie, dolls and make up etc. (not Making Love!)

I used to play doctor and nurse with a neighboring little chic living next to my house. She came to play with me as a nurse and I as the doctor.  Since then, I had grown to appreciate the mystique of the woman’s curves, and I was mature only enough to control myself not to strip her off her clothes… I was only eight.

It would be natural process for a guy to get interested in cars as man tends to “Control Something,”

Men like to drive cars, fly aircrafts, steer racing boats, stride horses, and women…  We push the Lambor to the limit…. Reaching from rest to 100km in 2.4 second; we drive a promiscuous women to wantonly bonk their pelvis like the V-12 engine. The driver was already overwhelmed by the utmost happiness to sky high, and the more she cries, the more he wants to put more gas until the engine CPU Cut off the fuel…and the car stops!!

Women tend to kill men by her natural tool god created for her; Body!

She tends to force men to sign the second most important and horrific document on Earth: “Marriage Certificate” yes, we know that most horrible part is not marriage itself, but the Divorce… One day he will sign number one most important and horrible document human call “Certificate of Divorce”

That would in just one day to change yourselves totally from Wearing a Platinum Daytona yesterday to Today’s G-Shock…

When we get old, we used to get richer and have more money, we used get interested in watches.

Another thing is the mechanical intricacies of watches and cars.  In car, the control system is getting more and more sophisticated and is 98% computerized but there is still a great level of mechanical engineering involved as well, especially on racing cars. That is one of the reason those Horses and Bull from Italian is one of the best dream toy for a rich man.

Back to watch, the engineering level on watches is also amazing, we can see some of the movement we see today in the market: Twin Turbillon, JLC’s Spherical Turbillon, RD’s Excalibur Quatuor (4 Turbillons) which was not possible some 25 years ago… Thank you to the CNC (Computer numerical Control ) machine centre has move the whole industry to a new era.

So in next time, when you drive an Italian Stallion, you got to have a Rolex, or it seems it does not match…

Did Rolex ever produce a Green Daytona?

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What is this? A 70's Rolex Day Date Ref 1803 in stella Brunswick Green! Aweome!

This is a piece of 70's Rolex Day Date in yellow gold.

The Beautiful dial is rare Stella Brunswick Green.

How do you like this watch? Yes, I do love this Very Much!

A 36mm Men's watch with such beautiful dial can be very expensive!

This watch belongs to Lucky Captain C.M. Lam. A Singapore Watch collector Visiting Hong Kong now.

PS The diamond bezel is not original.

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1881 Heritage, a new shopping atrium for watches and luxury goods

1881 Heritage , picture was taken years back when the shops are under construction.

Night view taken by Samsung Note II, 10 Nov 2013

1881 Heritage is the Former Marine Police Headquarters that has recently been rejuvenated and re-integrated as a high-end shopping site in Hong Kong.

These buildings were constructed between 1881 and 1920, and declared as monuments under the Hong Kong Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance.

The 120-year-old site occupies 12,000 sqm near Victoria Harbour in Tsim Sha Tsui and will also feature a boutique hotel.

There you has the watches you want plus all kind of Luxury goods, A Prince Restaurant which is used to be my favorite places for dinner.

We can find the watches like, Roger Dubuis, Jaeger LeCoulte, Vacheron Constantin, Panerai, Piaget, Cartier, Rolex and Tudor there.

Next time you go TST, don't miss this new tourist and shopping hub!

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Torture your Rolex Watch!? You think you would break her heart? No Way!

Torture your Rolex!?

When I was in Primary 6, I bought a Rado, one way I put it in a glass of water, and put it into a refrigerator, after I took out the whole block of Ice, I still can see the watch was moving inside the Ice!

That was not enough, next day, I put the watch into the glass and I poured in boiling watch… The watch runs. And I think That was just it ran for a whilst as the crown does not have screw lock and the o-ring may likely work for that particular moment and It was not long later the watch start to slow down….

Well, there are a of mal-practice to abuse the watch…someone put the Submariner Ref 16610 into a dish washing machine and wash with 200 deg. hot water, and it was very cleaned and it was running fine afterwards.

Someone put the Submariner into a glass of watch and put in the top icy chamber of the fridge and it was changed into a cube of ice… it works normally like my Rado.

So we can say Rolex was very tough no matter icy cool water, 200 degrees hot water, it won’t hurt it?

So what is the weakest point of a Rolex….?

The Sapphire…. As it is synthetic sapphire, which has a hardness second close to diamond, by right, you cannot scratch it by using a stainless screw driver of NT cutter. But there is nothing indestructible…

If something is soft is not easily to be broken, but when something is very hard it would be very easy to be broken…

There are many cases that you $7,000 Rolex Submariner drop on to the concrete floor with the crystal facing downward, it would likely Broken…

The chance is 1 to 20 deepening the way you drop it, and depending the height you drop it and more critical how the crystal is facing downward flat or not…

My friend Conrad Lau who sold Rolex in Temple Street back in 1988, he worn a Boy Size solid gold Date Just who went into the MTR and he knocked his Rolex with the crystal facing the Stainless steel rail of the staircase. With sound of “ POPP!” he Crystal was smashed , and the dial was having damages wit few dents… he sent to Rolex Service center and Rolex replaced the Crystal and the dial free for him!!

So next time, do not think your Rolex is indestructible, the sapphire would break very easily in the right angle at the right force. That was one of the other factor people like the Plastic Crystal on a Ref 1803 Rolex Day Date as it never broken like Sapphire, it  would be get scratched much easier..

So take care your Rolex!  It is fragile sometime!

PS
When the crysal was broken, your have to pull out the crown to stop the watch or the pointers and the dial will be damaged!

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Watch Wrestling

Watch Wrestling

I had bought a Rado Seahorse Blue dial manual winding watch, at that time it was selling at HKD$120. That was about 1975.   

I can not figure out who had invented this game. We used to make Watch Wrestling with classmates, how!?

We put the watch crown on the other crown and see which watch would stop first… of course the watch should have a second hand.

That was a common game we used to play when I was a primary 6 student.  Now I understand that a watch with heavier crown and more powerful power chain would win.

And usually The Rado is very good in winning other Citizen and or Seiko, of course that kind of game apply to non-screw lock type crown, if you use  Rolex Submariner it would never stop as it is screw locked.

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The only manufacture to be 100% Poingon de Geneve certified. Roger Dubuis

The Above Italian wild bull and these two Roger Dubuis is having similar price tag!

In order to combat the abusive use of the name of Genava, which had become synonymous with First Class expertise, the Societe des Horlogers succeeded in getting the State of Genena to promulgate a law instituting the Poincon de geneve.

The was likely one of very first anti-counterfeit measures.

It officially came into forces the 1886 and was granted to only a handful of manufacturers,  with the seal or hallmark engraved directly on the movement serving as a guarantee that the mechanism was made, assembled ,polished and adjusted in Geneva and that compiled with the strictest demands and standard of watchmaking.

There are 30,000,000 watches made every year in Switzerland, only small fraction of that is certified to bear such a hallmark, that is no more than 0.08%, that is 8 in 10,000 pieces having such standard for watch making craftsmanship including 5,000 watches carefully made by Roger Dubuis!

Every Roger Dubuis watch has this “Poincon de Geneve” on the watch, I had a chance to see these likely the most beautiful and sophisticated watches Roger Dubuis made…

The Excalibur Skeleton Double Flying Tourbillon in Pink gold 45mm.  HKD$2,300,000

The Excalibur flying tourbillon mono-pusher chronograph with visible micro-rotor HKD$1,300,000

Well, I had not having the chance to see this master piece Excalibur Quatuor in "Silicon", Limited of 3 pieces and had been sold, HKD$8,500,000

Roger Dubuis Boutique at Tsim Sha Tsui 1881 Heritage

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Where to buy this? The Hottest Rolex Model, GMT Master II Blue Ref 1161710BLNR

Where to buy this? The Hottest Rolex Model, GMT Master II Blue Ref 1161710BLNR

Since August, this GMT Master II stainless steel with Blue and Black bezel came to Hong Kong under the Rolex Strategy: in a controlled supply.

This has made a lot of people happy; those who bought it. And at the same time a lot of people is disappointed as they cannot get one.

The price is List price HKD$65,300 no discount!

This price is higher than GMT master II green Pointer Ref 116710LN List Price $61,200 and less 5% discount; more discount to special VIP Guest.

Will that be an Indicator sooner the price of GMT Master II will take the lead to increase price? What I mean is will Submariner Ref 116610LN will be carrying a Higher price as GMT master II!?

Where to buy this GMT Master II Blue.

I have seen there are watch on sale at this Wah Hing at Mong Kok MTR Exit to Bank Centre along the Nathan Road.

HKIA Rolex AD, there will be more chance for you to get the watch Tuesday and Thursday After 4 Pm as they are replenishing new stock at that time.

Oriental Watch Company

They started to have stock, but mostly go to the top managers to entertain his VIP. And I think there will be more by end Nov for Walk-in.

Rolex AD at Canton Road like Emporer, Dickson at Landmark also have limited supply.

Discount

So far no discount, but I do think that after December Xmas time, more goods will come and very possible we should get minimum 5% discount.

WATCH OUT!

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Timex Mechanical Watch

Timex has been producting Watch for more than 150 years, they are more focus on Quatz movement, the early Iron Man has been one of the poular models. My ex-boss has been using an Iron Man for more than 20 years till recently he changes to a Seiko.

This is a pure mechanical watch, Automatic, power reserve and a fake Turbillon, colleague of mine bought it in USA with US$120.00!

Timex has a manufacturing facilities in Cebu of Philippines focusing on electronic quartz movement using some of the most Advance Bonding Equipment mainly Supplied by ASM Pacific technology Singapore.

Some of the early wire bonding machines was installed by me in 1989, they are still running for production till now.

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Rolex Ref 6605 Date Just 14K solid Gold Men's Watch

14KT solid gold Date Just is an early Example of an Awesome watch, size of 36mm. Pointed hour indexer,

Butterfly Rolex Rotor, it is a good vintage watch for both men and women.

Owner is asking for $29.5K

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