Lights, camera, action! This is the story of Noel Wong: watch collector, filmmaker, journalist, auctioneer and author. His journey as a watch collector began with a ladies’ watch—a gift that remains his favourite in the well-honed collection he has nurtured over the last few decades.
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It all started when he was accepted to university in Australia to study journalism. His mother wanted to show her pride through a well-meaning gift, and bought Wong his very first watch, a Pasha C by Cartier. “I still remember, it was HK$15,000 after discount; getting it at that price today is impossible,” he says. Wong, a self-described “mama’s boy”, felt love at first sight, and is eternally grateful for the gift. “Because of that watch, I started getting interested [in luxury watches],” he says.
While in Australia, Wong lived with his aunt, who was a nun and “took him as her own son”. “She didn’t have any money; she contributed a lot of it to the church,” says Wong. But even though she had been through a rough financial patch, and noticing Wong’s avid interest in the art of watchmaking, she wanted to give him “something that would always stay with him”. That’s when she gave him a Rolex Cellini. While the watch was not an expensive purchase at the time— “around HK$ 5,000”—it meant a lot to Wong, and became another all-time favourite in his collection.
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