To promote the perseverance and unyielding Hong Kong spirit of Hong Kong athletes, Memorigin advertised the Fancy Fencing Series Tourbillon on the billboard outside the busiest Hong Kong Cross-Harbor Tunnel. This series of watches is the brand’s collaboration with the team’s elite trainer Gregory Koenig from France, Olympic fencer Cheung Siu-lun, and the FIE-qualified international referee Gerald Cheng Chi-hung.
The Fancy Fencing Series includes three watches, each named after a characteristic of the sport: elegance, flexibility, and focus. The watches have adopted a timeless color tone with a black alligator strap, a silver watch case, and a grey dial, making them endlessly versatile. The dial features an iconic foil mask metal relief on the twelve o’clock position. It is skeletal so that the operation of the delicate movement components underneath can mildly be seen.
The Fancy Fencing Series – Elegance tourbillon is inlaid with five fascinating black diamonds as the hour markers. The day and night indicator on the three o’clock position is carved with the word ‘FENCING’. The hand of the power reserve indicator is in the shape of the sword, subtly representing a fencer’s passion for the sport. The Fancy Fencing Series – Flexibility tourbillon features a watch case with a smooth bullnose edge. The hands are in the form of three weapons: foil as the hour hand, épée as the minute hand, and sabre as the hand of the GMT indicator. The Fancy Fencing Series – Focus tourbillon has a watch case with a sharp edge. The yellow, red, and black penalty cards are embedded in the form of metal relief on the day and night indicator, catching every attention when the watch is being seen.
Proceeds from the sale of the Fancy Fencing Series tourbillon watches will be partly donated to Cheers Up Foundation. It has created exclusive educational materials on fencing so that more students will have the opportunity to participate in the sport.