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Chopard L.U.C & Dickson Watch Chinese New Year Celebration

 

Last week , Chopard and Dickson Watch had a Chinese New Year Celebration cocktail with a group of local watch collectors/enthusiasts at Dickson Watch & Jewellery new boutique located in Knightsbridge along the main shopping belt of Singapore - Orchard Road.

Some key pieces of the Chopard L.U.C pieces were present for the watch-lovers to view and feel.  Beside, an unusual and auspicoius "Lo-Hei" was done in a watch boutique!  The first that I know of !

Snapshots of the wonderful evening of catching up with some friends ...



7:15pm -  Frontal of Dickson Watch & Jewellery Boutique Knightsbridge

The early birds already started viewing the L.U.C ...

Mr Patrick Normand, Managing Director of Chopard Asia and Dr Melvyn Teillol-Foo, CEO of PuristSPro chatting with  a VIP guest ...

By 7:30pm the boutique was packed ...



A size comparison of the 49.6mm  L.U.C Louise-Ulysse-The Tribute with the classic 37mm L.U.C Sports.

For more pics of the L.U.C Louise-Ulysse-The Tribute, please   click here.

While friends were busy catching up, the table for the "Lo Hei" / 'Yu Sheng'  was set up with the key ingredients neatly lay out.

The position of the table was smartly placed at the one of the fortune-points of the boutique - the main entrance.

'Yu Sheng' is a must first dish or appetizer for the Chinese New Year meals to mark the beginning of an prosperous lunar new year.  Also known as "Lo Hei" ( in Cantonese 捞起) which friends and families gather and do the tossing of the shredded ingredients while wishing one another with the many Chinese auspicious phrases.  The belief is the higher the tossing, the better the luck and fortune for everyone.

Ingredients are unique to the restaurants, typically consist of  slices of fresh raw salmon, shredded white radish, shredded carrots, capsicum ,ginger, lime tree leaves, Chinese parsley, ground peanuts, toasted sesame seeds, crackers and five-spices powder. The dressing is plum sauce and oil

Time for the auspicious tossing and friends gathered around  ...

A short note and well wishes from  Mr Patrick Normand ...

and Mr Kelvin Lim, General Manager of Dickson Watch & Jewellery ( gentleman to the left of Mr Normand) ...

Alright, Gentlemen, please roll up your sleeves for the action !!!

Interestingly we had a non-Chinese gentleman for the ingredients mixing ceremony.
Singapore is a multi-racial society.

Oh! His SOP with the auspicious Chinese phrases!

Our friends were impressed with our mixer ...

The crackers, symbolised the gold ingots were poured in.

The tossing began ....

Come on ...

Higher!!!

The after scene of the tossing

Snapshot of the activity from outside ...

Chopard has a pretty frontage in the Boutique, upon entering, most will see the Chopard showcases ...

A few of the wonderful L.U.C pieces displayed ...

L.U.C Tourbillon Tech Steel Wings

L.U.C Tourbillon Tech Twist




L.U.C Tech Twist with baguette set diamonds on bezel

L.U.C Lunar One

L.U.C Lunar One

This full black dial variation looks good! 

Some quick pics ....

L.U.C Tourbillon Esprit de Fleurier, limited to 15 pieces.

This model seems to be a variant from the previously sold out model, L.U.C Tourbillon Heritage which was limited to 25 pieces production.

Beautiful fleurisanne (Fleurier-style) engraving on the 18K gold mainplate and bridges.

For the specifications, please  click here .    

This Fleurier-style engraving had made a name for Fleurier from 18th century and the appeal spreaded to as far as China.

The engraving method is different from the typical, with the highlighted details cut into the metal.  The Fleurier-style is the reverse, the area around the highlighted details were removed instead, which required higher skill and more time to complete.

Both the bridges and platine are Fleurier-style engraved.  Stunning!


Append some pictures of the beautiful hand-wound tourbillon calibre L.U.C 4TT3NGM from Chopard ....

Strike One in rose gold.  A couple of friends were asking if any repeaters soon?

Mr Normand with L.U.C 1937 ...

More canapes and drinks were served ...

Tasty chicken wings ...

A surprised guest arrived .... Jester, our Moderator for Panerai and also an avid collector !  Good to see you!


Thanks to Chopard and Dickson Watch for the wonderful evening.


Kong






This message has been edited by Kong on 2011-02-23 23:59:34