Creamy Dial of Rolexes

Tabacco Patina Dial

Couresy Picture of http://www.nbtimes.co



Snow White transition dial

Couresy Picture of http://www.nbtimes.co



Date Just or Daytona? Black or White?

Recently I was addicted some of the Dutch, Japanese Danish egg, they are all labeled organic farm egg I don't their Chemical construction, but the colour of the yolk is different.

Reddish orange is the Danish whilst the other ordinary egg is yellow. The taste is also different, the egg white seems chewable, the yolk tasted stronger and the the favour of the yolk is complicated as those 30 years Po Er tea or the Chateau Angelus 1989!

As for Rolex Dial, there is always a tendency of change of colour over the years, say after 20-40 years.

When the so called “White” would becoming creamy beige!

A creamy dial is a few times more expensive than the white one, Well, there might be reason why the colour has changed from white to Creamy? The formula of the creamy luminous paint of Submariner , the aging effect of the ultra violet and heat over the year, it changes colour of the dial, from snow white transition, creamy, yellow patina, tobacco patina… more even more intense of the colour, Likely to be more expensive!

Because of the value of it, more and more fake patina colour dial in the market by some of the genius who applies colouring,  accelerated aging method under some chemical and ultra violet light. This kind of watch dial may not last as the original Rolex Dial.

It takes a lot of experience to tell if that is original natural aging or not, I am not good at this, but I am trying to learn from some of the expert, but for certain uncertain dial, I rather stay away from it…

Side Track

Most of the people like to go Daytona Black rather than White, well, because of the very small number of Black released from Rolex.

The price of Rolex Daytona Ref 116520 Black is HKD$98,000 and White is HKD$90,000.

If I were asked to buy Daytona Stainless steel again, I would rather take the white one for reasons:

1. Cheaper

2. Availablility in Rolex AD

3. Clearer to read the time, ( I use it)

4. More Chance to have the White Dial to change to creamy (really) after 20 years,

Someone said no as the new Rolex dial painting technology has been improved,

Well, Who know what will happen after 20 years.

HK Snob

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Brand New in Box GMT Master 116710BLNR (888) and GMT Master 116710LN (888) have stock

This GMT Master II Ref 116710BLNR (888)  HKD$66,500 Cash only

This GMT Master II Ref 116710LN (888) Green Pointer

Cash Only HKD$55,500!

Limited stock two pieces each model.

Whatsapp me!

Watches were sold out on 16 Sept. 2014
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Collector's personal Sale on his Rolex watches

116505, 1803, Tudor, 18038, 118238, 16220



Some of the friends private Collection are on sale. 

I like that Rolex 16220 creamy dial Date Just as the evenly faded dial colour is rare!

The 1962 Tudor is having a a great Classical outlook, brass movement with 3, 6, 9 and 12 on each quadrant of the dial, well balance deisgn added with a smart Red Second hand.

The Ref 1803 is having cloth vein Pattern dial, never been polished.

HK Snob

PS
Watches shown above all sold out 16 Sept 2014

Rolex 1803 Yellow Gold Cloth Vein Line pattern Dial on Sale (Sold)

Legendary Rolex Day Date Model Ref 1803 with Cloth vein line pattern dial, never been polished, pull to stop.

Come with a Replacement Buckle.

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Kung Fu Mister 

I always have a Dream!

Do you have a Dream?

I do, no matter what sometimes I wish I could had my dreams come true.

When I was young I planned to be a See Fu of Kung Fu, I was amazed with Bruce lee’s kicks that come and go…in fraction of a Second faster than any camera could catch.

I remember he made a demonstration he kicked the iconic lamp on top of his head where he stood!

I tried to follow, practice, and I could kick at a height of 7', I was 5’ 3” only, Well, I made it., but that is not the real kung Fu… the Kung Fu dream lives on…

Back to 1985, when I met my first beloved wife who was to pretty and kind…. I married her after 7 days we met and I stayed with her for two years in Thailand…. Doing nothing, just Kung Fu practice… I was criticized as “Tsee Sinn” Crazy by my friend who knew me…

Well, up to this moment, that two years could  ikely the best time in my life…

After a whilst I was “Tsee Sinn” on Watches… this is not just Crazy, but it is like ghost that possesses me sincce 80s’;  and  I always thought That it could be a great happiness If I could have a Rolex Day Date ( or any Rolex in Gold! I got it From Kiu Tai Yu, that was a Bubble back Date Just 14K watch, I paid with HKD$5,000 in 1986. And later on my next dream of watch is AP, what if I could buy one… I got it later on…

But when I get older, those watches to me is not too meaningful after I own a few piece of watch , a Rolex… as Rolex was my first  Ghost came into my heart!

Well, I have owned a few pieces of Rolex once in a whilst, I upgraded it by selling and buying… somehow it was great fun was I EARNED some money after I sold it… Somehow this kind of dream made me get into real crazy….

One the other hand, I miss a few good occasions to get some of the POTENTIAL watches, but due to my limited RESOUCES (money), I had REGRET,.. many people know me I missed at least two of the GOOD Watches… one of them is the Submariner 16613 with Lapis Azuli Dial, at HKD$120,000 . I was sold at auction 6 months later at HKD$730,000..... " &*$^$&#)#&$&:)L"

Now I always tell to my friend, or someone who knows me if you want to buy good watch, these are some of the guide line (my own opinion only)

1.Buy no ME-TOO watches

2.Buy Ugly Watch nowadays ( it may be tomorrow’s beauty, not always, but quite often)

3.Condition, Condition, always go for the best condition

4.Always get the first ONE, the first lot, the first Release…

5.Complete set, unless you are going to use it every day.

6.If you have question, ask your friend, if still there is question; let the fish goes!

7.Wait and Smile!

This is my dream… and I hope one day I can catch a beautiful fish!

Today’s airport I “met” Charlize Theron… I grasped my Note III on an Impulse and make this Picture..

It is also my dream to meet her!

HK Snob

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Kung Fu Mister (not master)

The Rolex Seadweller 1665 "Great White" sold in 1983 at David watch Ltd, store in Hong Kong.

Presentation of this awesome Rolex Seadweller 1665 : 

The Rolex Seadweller 1665 "Great White" sold in 1983 at The famous David watch Ltd, store in Hong Kong.

It is one of the last Rolex 1665 With serial number 8.04m, dial Mark IV, in mint condition and full set.

Original box and mooncrater innerbox, Submariner and Oyster booklets, rare Anchor With Green dot 610/2000 feet, vinyl green wallet, green tag, red tag and garantee punched paper with 1665 sticker.

Now, This beautiful watch has got an original Cloth David watch ltd.

Price in 1983, US$995, now in mint condition US$20,000 for this watch.

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Bill Mark (Liam Neeson) wears a Casio World Time in Non-Stop (2014)

An air marshal Bill Marks springs into action during a transatlantic flight after receiving a series of text messages that put his fellow passengers at risk unless the airline owner transfers $150 million into an off-shore account which is in fact under Bill’s name. Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. With Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Scoot McNairy, Michelle Dockery.

If you are having great excitement flicks after Taken and Taken Two, I am afraid you are same as me, sitting in front of the screen watching this movie., you could not figure out who was the one who started this terrible threat to Bill, unless the last 10 minutes.

Bill (Liam Neeson) wears a Casio World Time

Casio is likely the lost popular watch for American average traveler

This is Casio FIRST EDITION: CASIO WAVE CEPTOR WORLD TIME ALARM CHRONOGRAPH REF. WV-58A price is about US$30 nowadays. I believe this watch was produced in 1990.

On the Other hand well, the co pilot Kyle is wearing a Patek Philippe, A Patek Philippe!? Yes, but it looks odd to me as a Pilot to wear a Patek Philippe Perpetual Calendar watch on board is very Rare as that is not that Kind of Complicated Watch for the Pilot unless he is really a Watch lover, a rich Watch Lover! Patek Philippe should carry a Slogan:

“ Wear Patek Philippe, Don't Leave home without it”

Do see this watch again, does it really having this watch from the Patek Philippine Catalogue!?  Such a functional watch seem to be embedded on such a simple watch case! It carries a funny Circle on the Minute hand!? What is that!?

The sub-counter shows the four year leap-year indicator, currently pointing to the third-year quadrant. The outer ring shows the date –One hand to indicate two function!? No way!

The hand points to Sunday, but also overlaps the 12. Either it is a second time zone or a day – but not both with one hand.

The 24-hour indicator sub-dial shows 2 pm. It is 12 pm on the dial. Looks strange on the dial and pointer arrangement and I donnot understanding PP alows them to put such a watch on movie. As if this is a Product replacement on Movie, Patek Philippe  would like to put a Real stuff seriously instead of this “ Watch”!

Interesting!

HK Watch Fever
HK Snob

PS Wish You all had a terrific Mid-Autumn-Festival Today!

Barney's watches in Expandables 3

Barney wears a few watches, these are two of them, One should be Panerai and the other I know not!?

Do you!??

Thanks for advice from Daffy882007, the other watch is Richard Mille RM032 Automatic Chronograph Dive Watch.

HK Snob

Watch Fever

Kung Fu Master deg. student



Amazing Story at Kuen Kee Watch Company

What do you think if one day you jump into one Pre owned watch shop and ask Prices, discount on one watches... but you did not buy, and then you ask another one, and you did not buy… even use your handphone to take picture of the watch on your wrist!?

What is in your mind that the Maximum Number of Watches that the old man could possibly let you try,  and “ play” like this…

Remember, Hong Kong has fast pace shopping culture, they don't have patience to entertain you like this…..

2 Watches?

3 watches?
5 watches… seems to be the upper limited, right ?

Well, this person has tried to put 15 watches on her hand one by one, took picture using the other hand.

Lili must be very charming, very sweet and most of all very pretty!!

Lili has successfully tested the limit allowing her to asked, tried, and pictured 15 Different watches in Kuen Kee on 3 Sep!

Next time you go Kuen Kee, can you try!?

Normally shops in HK is not likely to allow you take picture on their products especially with price!

Warning : 
Don't follow Lili as you likely would have been kicked out to the street unless you are City celebrity or someone charming like Lili ...LOL!

HK Watch Fever
HK Snob
Sham Shui Po Snob
Kung Fu Master
HK Kong Tsaan 
Manila Snob
Rolex lover

細數香港六七十年代名錶

Cyma司馬錶
賭仔大忌，瑞士"輸馬錶"，影响至深，直到今天，你在馬會馬場內也找不到此錶的影踪!

Citizen星辰錶
吾知邊個衰神改其錶名"衰神表"國內叫"西鐵成"，吾知同中國近來的"向西"文化有無閒係呢?

得其利是Tugaris

"戴瑞士得其利是，利利是是"。成功的名字。

Octo樂都錶
瑞士樂都錶，報時準確!

Technos.悉奴時
身為下屬戴最好，悉奴時，悉撈之士也!

Orient 東方錶
這和香港東方錶行無關係的，東方錶是一家老牌日本製錶公司。好準的又好實用的。

Sandoz山度士
有別Cartier的 Santos, 一家生產四線的錶品牌，現在已不是瑞士做了，在上海街一帶仍有錶店設有山度士的專櫃。

Rodania 雷電錶
你見過未?，你層經戴過未?

Vacheron Constantin江絲丹頓
六七十年代氣勢盍天的名表，怎致無和Patek Philippe不分伯仲，後來來港表叔稱之為"勞絲丹頓"，前國家主席温家堡手上的名錶是也。

Favre-Leuba非凡錶
我好中意錶面那行字仔。錶名亦改得好聽!

Enica瑞士英納格錶。有人話: 戴英納格，無尼貴格!
戴英納格人仕曰: 英納格，夠型又夠格!

Titus鉄達時
八十年代的"天長他久"係例。謀殺了不少二多歲年青人的苛包，男女各戴住一隻對庄的錶，有人重竟然同時穿上情呂裝，真係羡殺旁人。而家鉄達時錶面已找不到Swiss Made 字仔。大家明喇!

Longines浪琴錶
六十年代做得好成功下。八十年代康卡斯石英錶Conquest RHP，用钛和黃金打造，又薄又準，五年不用換電，錶名靚，又浪漫，浪琴令女士想起"浪人"，即吾洗負責任，趙完鬆果隻，又想起"吹口琴"，好多性幻想啊! 好名，好錶，有味!。

Omega阿米加
一度比勞力士訂價高的錶。六十年代阿米加是錶中之皇，Constellation 5 星八卦面18K。今日來看重係禁靚。六九年登陸月球把阿米加品牌推到高峰。八十年後被勞力士的氣勢盍過了。

Seiko 精工錶
六七十年代最多水爺(海員)走水貨去菲洲，走Seiko 5號好好賺。而家重有自動的精工5賣，真係史上最長壽的生產手錶!
當'年電視精工錶廣告: 精工錶，任撞任浸!

IWC 萬國錶
上年紀的極不喜歡這名字，原因同紅碪一XX館同名。有人建議IWC 改名。我建議除去中文錶名即可。或者叫"國際"，有"kor tsai" 好玩之意。

ROAMER 羅馬錶
瑞士的，並非意大利表，傳葉問戴過，而家是洪金寶做代言人。

Ernest Borel依波路
瑞士老牌四十到六十年代好行，近期品牌有所動作，有東山再起。依波路，性感名錶，寬衣後碧波大露!

Tittoni梅花錶
六十年代澳門綠邨講錯(廣播)電台廣告曰:
瑞士梅花嘜錶，梅係梅花個梅，花係梅花個花。

市井之徒或往澳門輸了錢的人齊說: 
類事梅花錶、梅係梅毒個梅，花係花柳個花!



問題A
那一隻瑞士名錶至今在港都仲未有中文譯名的?

問題B
為什麼吾講勞力士，大概你也明白。因為我已經講得太多了。

床邊耳語
男: 依波路，浪琴?
女: 要蕭邦嗎?
男 大悅!

註:
這都是六七十年代記起的住事，絕對無一些詆毀錶品牌之意。以上所有的錶，除了江絲丹頓外, (八十年代一隻"江山輸盡"實在好貴!)
其它全部都層經擁有過，粒粒都係好錶!


問題A答案是Swatch!

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A Strap of your Wristwatch

A Classic Cartier Santos

In 1904, the Hot air balloon pilot Alberto Santos-Dumont complained to his friend Louis Cartier that while he was flying with both hands on the controls, it was impossible to read the time on his pocket watch. This was the trigger of the very first wristwatch Louis Cartier made for his Brazilian Friend.

It was sold from 1911 as the Santos, and was the first watch with leather bracelet attachment horns integrated into the case. The Santos carries a distinctive feature of Cartier: a sapphire cabochon on the winding crown. After 103 years, still, this Cartier Santos seems never lose glory and style as it is still a Classic iconic Watch from Cartier.

Nowadays, a strap is perhaps is less expensive but is an indispensable component of a wristwatch.  Watch Straps can be easily changed to suit your taste, styles or outfits…it comes come in a countless variety of colors, materials and design.

Many watch users have overlooked the importance of your watch strap, as if it fails, your expensive 2mm solid gold dress watch will drop onto the concrete ground…

”@&#^#^!” Is that next words I could hear from You!

Watches continued this way for many decades since Santos, but as these gruff “wristlets” sooner evolved to be more refined, detailed, even made as the predominant fashion nowadays. Removable spring bars allowed for changing of straps without rivets in the 30’s.

Most of the straps designs today have not changed much today.Thick leather straps with contrast stitching are often found on beefy sports watches, such as those from Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore, Panerai, U-boat, Bells & Ross…They tend to complement with jean.

Whilst, thinner, more exotic skins are still the choice for high-end dress watches, since they tend to complement a suit with leather shoes and a belt. Not the other way round!

In 1980, seems they are made thinner and less crude, stylish matching with the thin watch as the trend setter: Universal, Piaget, Vacheron Constantin and Audemars Piguet.

Leather Strap material had been using different animal skins, and now straps can be made from cowhide, pony tail, horsehide, crocodile, alligator, snake skin, lizard, stingray and ostrich skin.

 

French Flag NATO Strap on a Vintage Rolex Air King.

A Courtesy Picture from http://blog.trashness.com/

NATO strap

The one-piece cheap NATO nylon straps were first developed for the British military designed to run across the back of a watch and through the spring bars, they may also be the best way to save your watch since if one spring bar breaks, the watch remains on your wrist.

The straps are known as NATO straps because they were given a stock number by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (or No Action Talk Only for best describing my boss) for use by soldiers and divers.

NATO straps have become hugely popular with fashionistas, and are sold in striped patterns colour. Ironically, a HK$200 NATO strap now may be used to carry a HKD$500,000 Submariner!

Rubber

Supple Rubber straps have a long “Marriage relationship” with sports watches and diver watch, cheap comfortable, flexible, resistant to water, sweat or corrosive liquid.

In the 1960s, the first rubber straps were called “Tropic” straps, and the rubber used was stiff and often became brittle after a few years and or under sunshine.

Nowadays, silicone rubber straps can be found on expensive diver watches and can cost ten of thousands of dollars each!

Hints on Maintenance on your watch strap:

A well maintenance watch strap can last for years.

An fine alligator watch strap is expensive, and it has certain limitation in usage.

It does not go well with water or sweat

It absorbs water and sweat, it may create fungi and becoming smelly!

Sweat would corrode the leather especially in the hot and Humid Hong Kong Summer.

It does not like sunshine or it get hardened and cracked easily.

How to keep you expensive watch strap in good shape!?

Like your Ferragamo, leather has life and it has to breathe, give it some rest once in a while.

Use soft tissue paper to absorb the water or sweat immediately.

Put it in ventilated area for drying up

Put some fine soft leather nourishing lotion or shoe shine wax on all the stitches and leather surface, then wipe off with a fine soft cotton cloth.

This will keep you leather strap lasting for many years.

HK Snob
Watch Fever

Rolex DeepSea D-Blue Soon to Arrive HK

The Long waiting Rolex DeepSea D-blue Ref116660 soon to arrive HK, according to one of the major Hong Kong AD Managers told me today, it will be Estimated to reach HK about 10 Sept.
Anyway, once I got the news, I will inform you.
Singapore had the first DeepSea appeared beginning of last week selling at HKD$100,500 estimated after Sin-HK conversion.
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HK price will be HKD$90,500, I think There will be NO Discount!

Please Reserve at your nearby Rolex AD.

And I believe the GMT master II Ref 116710BLNR Black Blue and Submariner Hulk Ref 116610LV should have more stock after the Swiss Summer Vacation!

HK Snob
Watch Fever