Present is a Hong Kong house working in what it calls the four languages of craft: lacquer, jadeite, diamonds and movements. Its signature is Heritage Lacquer, a collection of dials made with Qi Diao lacquer — a technique listed as intangible cultural heritage — applied by hand, layer over layer across weeks, as micro-paintings of nature and mythology. Jadeite is hand-carved and set into the watches, and the diamonds are described as ethically sourced and placed to serve the mechanism as much as the design.

The catalogue is small and expensive: around thirty references from HK$38,000 for the classic versions to HK$118,000 for the deluxe ones, each named in Chinese — Zang-fu, Peony Dream, Tian-ji, Wan-xiang, Tai-bai, Water Lilies, Looming Golden Dragon. At the top sit 18K gold ladies' tourbillons on hand-wound movements, with roughly 1.3 carats of DEF/VVS diamonds, a 46 mm case, 28,800 vph and a 72-hour reserve on an alligator strap. The brand shows across Hong Kong, Macao, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Qatar and Bahrain.