Princess Diana and Charlie Chaplin were customers, but Hong Kong jewellers K.S. Sze and Sons is still very much a family affair
- Located in the Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong since 1963, the famous jewellers has sold pieces to celebrities from both Hong Kong and across the world
- It was founded 98 years ago in Shanghai by Sze Kong-shun, who fled to Hong Kong in 1949 because Chinese communists did not allow people to own jewellery
Last month, Dr Sze Nien-dak finished his 14-day quarantine in Hong Kong after arriving from Boston, where he was a faculty member and senior researcher in environmental studies at Harvard University. The 74-year-old returned to Hong Kong to look after K.S. Sze and Sons, the well-known jewellery store his father started 98 years ago in Shanghai.
This year also marks 57 years for the jeweller’s presence in the Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong, which opened in 1963, at the time the tallest building in the city.
To mark the jewellery store’s 57th anniversary, the hotel’s executive pastry chef created a special afternoon tea set called “Journey to Venus”, inspired by Sze’s fascination with the planet and the Chinese name of the store, which translates as “Venus”.
Located steps away from Clipper Lounge on the mezzanine floor of the hotel, K.S. Sze and Sons sells an extensive array of jewellery, from contemporary pieces featuring coloured diamonds in rainbow colours to art deco brooches and even Qing dynasty pieces of vivid turquoise and pearls.
The glamorous pieces are a reminder of the passion for jewellery that Sze’s father, Sze Kong-shun, had, and his career that had humble beginnings.