It was his love of watches that led Sean Li to change careers.
The Hong Kong resident, an enthusiastic watch collector, was working as a management and technology consultant in 2009 when a friend introduced him to the publisher of the Singapore-based luxury watch magazine Revolution. The publication had just started a Hong Kong edition and, before you could say tourbillon, Mr. Li was its new editorial director.
Mr. Li started buying MB&F watches, first an HM2 and then an HM4, but he then sold both. "As much as I admire the 'Horological Machines' as pieces of art for the wrist, I do find it's difficult to go unnoticed when you have an HM, due to their unusual cases," he said. "I prefer to be more discreet." So he bought an LM2.
"It reminds me of what fascinates me about watchmaking in general, from the mechanics, to design, to the hand finishing," he said. "It's mesmerizing to watch the LM2's balance wheels at work" — just like when he was a boy.