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Fearsome Puppy · 10 October 2011, 11:13 PM

I took a walk this lunchtime down the Bund in Shanghai, first stop was at the Omega flagship store trying on the new POs, must say they are nice (and very heavy), and I really like the chrono which has a great see through case back showing off what looks like a fantastic movement (no pics though).

Then it was onto the the recently opened Rolex Boutique in the House Of Roosevelt. Whilst Rolex have lagged in China in terms of their shop fronts, this more than makes up for it, the Boutique is huge and nicely laid out, what's more it must hold more variations of Rolexes that any other place I've been to, they seriously had something like 20 versions of Daytona on display.

Next to the boutique is the Rolex Experience which is a museum/exhibition area, one part with the history of Rolex and the other a temp exhibition (now displaying Rolex's association with Tennis as it's The Masters in Shanghai. I only got a peak at the experience as you need to book the tour which takes 1.5 hours, have booked my spot later this month.

To round off the trip was getting to try on my Rolex grail the Platinum DD.

Have included some pics - hope to include more when I visit the Experience later this month....

Speed · 10 October 2011, 11:26 PM

Wow. Would love to visit. I was in Shanghai on business several years ago...pre WIS days. :-(

No intl travel opptys these days :-/

Looking forward to more pix!

Fearsome Puppy · 10 October 2011, 11:38 PM

I'd definitely recommend a return visit as Shanghai would have changed a lot since your last visit and it's certainly recapturing the past glory it had on the world stage in the '30s. In the 5 years I been here the pace of development has been nothing short of phenomenal...

Keeperoftime · 10 October 2011, 11:40 PM

Sounds like a great time. Thanks for sharing!

sherwin · 10 October 2011, 11:46 PM

Those pics look cool!

Speed · 11 October 2011, 12:33 AM

Yeah...was last there in 2005.

Miss the soup dumplings!!!

Like To Watch · 11 October 2011, 12:43 AM

Amazing city.

wluk · 11 October 2011, 12:46 AM

would love to visit.

rossi46 · 11 October 2011, 01:09 AM

That building is amazing! The architecture must stand out compared to other, more typical construction nearby?

What else is inside besides the Rolex boutique/museum?

Fearsome Puppy · 11 October 2011, 01:45 AM

On the Puxi side of the Bund all the buildings are from the early 20th century, nice to walk around with the European and Art Deco architecture. In the House Of Roosevelt there is also a restaurant, rooftop wine bar and private members club.

Here are a few pics of the puxi side of the bund, the first pics from the 30's, I've also thrown in one of the other side - Pudong - where there was virtually nothing but marshland less than 20 years ago...

siewmaiwatch · 11 October 2011, 02:50 AM

Nice photos! Thnks for sharing. Hope to visit one day.

Ck8 · 11 October 2011, 04:03 AM

I recently watched a programme on Shanghai and apparently there are around 7000, yes 7000 billionaires living there and probably infinite number of millionaires. One guess on the brand of watch every Chinese aspire to?
Silly if famous brands not wanting a piece of the action.

leeye · 28 November 2011, 11:34 AM

Kevin, I was there yesterday afternoon after making the appointment earlier on.

As I was the only one there, I was personally guided thru the whole 1 hour tour.

This will be a permanent Rolex exhibition here in Shanghai. Some of the interaction gadgets for the display are amazing.

What could they have done better? Perhaps a section whereby a watch technican showing the inner working mechanism of a Rolex watch.

Oh and the new Explorer II just arrived at the opposite showroom, costing 64,000 RMB.

azguy · 28 November 2011, 11:36 AM

amazing stuff

brkanand · 28 November 2011, 12:22 PM

Great shots. Thanks for sharing.

Time2time · 28 November 2011, 12:30 PM

Wow looks fantastic, thanks for posting.

sea-dweller · 29 November 2011, 04:52 AM

Nice photos!

opaline460 · 29 November 2011, 06:44 AM

thanks for sharing the fotos, me will visit there, next time i go back to China.

10 October 2011, 11:13 PM	#1
Fearsome Puppy "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Real Name: Kevin Location: Kuala Lumpur Watch: SD4K Posts: 880	The Rolex Experience Shanghai I took a walk this lunchtime down the Bund in Shanghai, first stop was at the Omega flagship store trying on the new POs, must say they are nice (and very heavy), and I really like the chrono which has a great see through case back showing off what looks like a fantastic movement (no pics though). Then it was onto the the recently opened Rolex Boutique in the House Of Roosevelt. Whilst Rolex have lagged in China in terms of their shop fronts, this more than makes up for it, the Boutique is huge and nicely laid out, what's more it must hold more variations of Rolexes that any other place I've been to, they seriously had something like 20 versions of Daytona on display. Next to the boutique is the Rolex Experience which is a museum/exhibition area, one part with the history of Rolex and the other a temp exhibition (now displaying Rolex's association with Tennis as it's The Masters in Shanghai. I only got a peak at the experience as you need to book the tour which takes 1.5 hours, have booked my spot later this month. To round off the trip was getting to try on my Rolex grail the Platinum DD. Have included some pics - hope to include more when I visit the Experience later this month.... Attached Images __________________ Lange 1815 Chrono, AP ROO 26470ST, RO 26230ST, Rolex 216570 (w), 116600, 116520 (w), IWC XV, PAM 366, 420, Omega 311.30.42.30.01.005, Seiko SKX007J, Apple Watch, a bunch of G-Shocks -------------------------------------------------------------

10 October 2011, 11:38 PM	#3
Fearsome Puppy "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Real Name: Kevin Location: Kuala Lumpur Watch: SD4K Posts: 880	I'd definitely recommend a return visit as Shanghai would have changed a lot since your last visit and it's certainly recapturing the past glory it had on the world stage in the '30s. In the 5 years I been here the pace of development has been nothing short of phenomenal... __________________ Lange 1815 Chrono, AP ROO 26470ST, RO 26230ST, Rolex 216570 (w), 116600, 116520 (w), IWC XV, PAM 366, 420, Omega 311.30.42.30.01.005, Seiko SKX007J, Apple Watch, a bunch of G-Shocks -------------------------------------------------------------

10 October 2011, 11:40 PM	#4
Keeperoftime "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Real Name: Jeremy Location: Louisiana Watch: Rolex Posts: 2,732	Sounds like a great time. Thanks for sharing! __________________ As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers. William Blake

10 October 2011, 11:46 PM	#5
sherwin "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Perth/Singapore Posts: 1,764	Those pics look cool! __________________ Want to Buy:SS GMT black;116509 WG Daytona Metrorite

11 October 2011, 01:09 AM	#9
rossi46 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: May 2008 Real Name: Dan Location: CT, by a lake Watch: 16570 Posts: 1,544	That building is amazing! The architecture must stand out compared to other, more typical construction nearby? What else is inside besides the Rolex boutique/museum? __________________ A watch is about the entire package, not just its appearance. Any large watch company not making its own movement is not making a watch at all; they’re just playing dress-up. --The Watch Snob

10 October 2011, 11:26 PM	#2
Speed "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: USA Posts: 19,706	Wow. Would love to visit. I was in Shanghai on business several years ago...pre WIS days. :-( No intl travel opptys these days :-/ Looking forward to more pix!

11 October 2011, 12:33 AM	#6
Speed "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: USA Posts: 19,706	Yeah...was last there in 2005. Miss the soup dumplings!!!

11 October 2011, 12:43 AM	#7
Like To Watch "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 1,196	Amazing city.

11 October 2011, 12:46 AM	#8
wluk "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 86	would love to visit.

11 October 2011, 01:45 AM	#10
Fearsome Puppy "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Real Name: Kevin Location: Kuala Lumpur Watch: SD4K Posts: 880	On the Puxi side of the Bund all the buildings are from the early 20th century, nice to walk around with the European and Art Deco architecture. In the House Of Roosevelt there is also a restaurant, rooftop wine bar and private members club. Here are a few pics of the puxi side of the bund, the first pics from the 30's, I've also thrown in one of the other side - Pudong - where there was virtually nothing but marshland less than 20 years ago... Attached Images __________________ Lange 1815 Chrono, AP ROO 26470ST, RO 26230ST, Rolex 216570 (w), 116600, 116520 (w), IWC XV, PAM 366, 420, Omega 311.30.42.30.01.005, Seiko SKX007J, Apple Watch, a bunch of G-Shocks -------------------------------------------------------------

11 October 2011, 02:50 AM	#11
siewmaiwatch "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Macau Watch: 16610LV 14060m Posts: 399	Nice photos! Thnks for sharing. Hope to visit one day.

11 October 2011, 04:03 AM	#12
Ck8 "TRF" Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Real Name: Mark 哥 Location: UK Posts: 860	I recently watched a programme on Shanghai and apparently there are around 7000, yes 7000 billionaires living there and probably infinite number of millionaires. One guess on the brand of watch every Chinese aspire to? Silly if famous brands not wanting a piece of the action. __________________ I like wonton noodles soup - Mark 哥

28 November 2011, 11:34 AM	#13
leeye "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Real Name: Lee Location: Singapore Watch: Too many...... Posts: 689	Kevin, I was there yesterday afternoon after making the appointment earlier on. As I was the only one there, I was personally guided thru the whole 1 hour tour. This will be a permanent Rolex exhibition here in Shanghai. Some of the interaction gadgets for the display are amazing. What could they have done better? Perhaps a section whereby a watch technican showing the inner working mechanism of a Rolex watch. Oh and the new Explorer II just arrived at the opposite showroom, costing 64,000 RMB. __________________ Lee, Singapore - Shanghai Submersibles - PAM 64, 87, 187, 243, 382 Luminor - PAM 366, 367, 372, 390, 420 Radiomir - PAM 410

28 November 2011, 11:36 AM	#14
azguy Banned Join Date: Sep 2011 Real Name: ------- Location: ------- Watch: --------- Posts: 12,609	amazing stuff

28 November 2011, 12:22 PM	#15
brkanand 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Real Name: DrK Location: India Watch: 4=YMDaytonaGMTHulk Posts: 7,052	Great shots. Thanks for sharing.

28 November 2011, 12:30 PM	#16
Time2time Banned Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: U.K Watch: Milgauss GV, Sub-C Posts: 2,178	Wow looks fantastic, thanks for posting.

29 November 2011, 04:52 AM	#17
sea-dweller "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Real Name: Dennis Location: Bay Area - 925 Posts: 40,018	Nice photos!

29 November 2011, 06:44 AM	#18
opaline460 "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: US Posts: 3,386	thanks for sharing the fotos, me will visit there, next time i go back to China.

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