My arrival at Hong Kong airport:
On the way to my hotel:
The Chinese Vice Chairman was visiting and the security was extremely tight in the area where I was:
Those clouds look ominous!!!
Heading out with my 88:
The rain was coming down so hard that here’s the view from the shuttle bus window:
….and from my room:
I was heading to Central from TST on the MTR (subway):
I love this building, LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!! You all know what’s inside…….
The IWC and Panerai Boutiques, side-by-side!!!!
A little non-Panny pix, the Vintage Portuguese in Steel:
Portofino:
DaVinci:
The newest version of the St-Ex with UTC function in RG:
It was great to have Jon (aka micro) join me in some watch shopping.
Here we are at a new Belgian restaurant appropriately named FRITES on Stanley in Central:
We did a lot of non-Panny watch shopping, including Hublot, IWC, Parmigiani, G Genta, JLC, and others, which I will post later.
Jon had to pass to the Hublot Service Center to pick up his AB BB.
We were greeted by Loic Biver at the Service Center and he had invited us in for a coffee and viewing of the new models.
Loic, it was a pleasure to meet you & I’m looking forward to my next visit where we can get together for drinks, dinner, and cigars. Emil can come too, LOL!!!!!!!!
Thanks again for your warm welcome and for taking the time to show us those amazing watches.
Later that evening I met up with a group of fellow Paneristi at Peking Garden in Central:
Here is Tim from the Philippines on the left, Perry, and Mark:
Alec & I.
Alec, after all these trips to HK, I cannot believe that it took this long to meet you. It was a pleasure!!!!
Marco & I:
Perry, Mark, & I:
With Tim, it was great to finally meet you!!!!!!!!!!
Eric & I:
With Anthony!
Who ordered the Peking Duck???!!!!!!!!!!
I would prefer to order this beauty!!!!!
We had a nice feast and it was just the beginning:
Here’s Tim doing the honours with the Beggar’s Chicken:
Nicely wrapped in lotus leaves for a fantastic flavour!!!
From the left – Anthony, Eric, Tim, Perry, and Mark:
Mark, Marco, and Alec:
Another beauty that I wish I could call mine one day!
A nice Ceramic duo!!!!!!!!!!!
Tim with his souvenir from the night!!!!
Nice 233:
Group shot:
Tim, hope to meet you again!!!
The weather never got better and remained UGLY!!!!
At the HK Convention Center for the HK Fashion Week:
Some sightseeing for you all!
I hope you are enjoying the trip so far, LOL!!!!!!!!!
Stay tuned for my last installment with some miscellaneous photos.
 
Montreal, Canada
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