About Us

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Samuel Lee

As a passionate industry leader, Samuel Lee keeps devoting his time and effort to improve the industry in different areas by taking up official duties highlighted below:

• • Fine Watchmaking Ambassador of Swiss Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie since 2008;

• • twice as the Director of The Federation of Hong Kong Watch Trades & Industries;

• • once as the 1st Vice-Chairman of The Federation of Hong Kong Watch Trades & Industries;

• • presently as the Adviser of The Federation of Hong Kong Watch Trades & Industries.

As an insightful industry leader, Samuel Lee is leading Time Solution to turn over a new page for the industry by introducing its one-stop solution and unconventional approaches while inheriting the traditional elements all along.

• Close Bond with Brands

With his 35 years’ commitment in the watch industry, he has built up a close bond with the industry’s top watch brands. This enables Time Solution to provide a wide choice of brands, models and collections to satisfy needs of discerning clients covering casual carriers to watch enthusiasts, collectors and connoisseurs.

• Keen Market Sense

Samuel Lee is well-known for his keen market sense. He once introduced into the local market as some “dark horse brands” which are presently super popular brands in the market. He also brought locally some Independent Watchmakers’ masterpieces to satisfy the needs of niche market. His calibre together with Time Solution’s professional and scientific approaches in analysing the market trend makes Time Solution’s trading platform more competitive in the same trade.

• Sustainable Growth

One of the major focus of Samuel Lee is industry’s sustainability. To draw more talents to the industry, he puts a heavy weight on sector of training young professionals and facilitating human resources development. His related contributions are highlighted below:

• • Present Member of “Jewellery, Watch & Clock Training Board, VTC”
  • Present Member of Industry Training Advisory Committee, Watch & Clock Qualification Framework
  • the then Convenor of Human Resources Working Group of “Jewellery, Watch & Clock Training Board, VTC”
  • the then Member of Hong Kong Watch & Clock Human Resources Development Committee by FHKWTI & HKWMA

• Awards

Samuel Lee’s meritorious contributions to the industry are well-recognized as shown from the following list of awards:

• • “CAPITAL Leader of Excellence 2010” by CAPITAL Magazine, South China Media Group

• • “Fellowship” by Asian College of Knowledge Management

• • “Men of 2015” by JMEN Magazine

Director & Senior Specialist

Amy Chow

• Auction House’s Elite

At Sotheby’s: With over-twenty-year working in worldwide leading auction houses started from Sotheby’s in late 1990s, Amy Chow has acquired in-depth knowledge of watches & clocks and gained expertise in auction business specializing in timepieces.

• Highlights of Major Achievements

At Christie’s, China Guardian & Philips:  Later Amy Chow joined Christie’s, China Guardian (Beijing) and Phillips where she enlightened the respective teams with her expertise, knowledge and experience in auction business in relation to timepieces specially.

In 2002: The Exceptional Rolex Collection Sale handled by Amy Chow brilliantly achieved a sales result of 100% sold .

In 2007: A Watch Auction Sale under Amy Chow’s management reached sales of 100 million dollars.

In 2011: Amy Chow accomplished a challenging task by taking in charge of Beijing’s First Watch Auction, an unprecedented event still followed as a general example for subsequent auctions.

Major Focus: (i) Condition Verification & Reporting; (ii) Market Information; (iii) Watch Trading through different channels, like Auctions, Face-to-Face, E-channels, etc.