Personal shopper for Hong Kong multibillionaires on their taste in watches and fashion and his jet-setting life based out of London
Shawn Sun, of concierge service Mayfair Chan, revels in his role criss-crossing the world sourcing rare watches and jewellery and taking clients VIP shopping. A Hermès man himself, the Shandong native doesn’t get their taste in fashion
Like a Chinese version of Quintessentially – the global personal concierge service which takes care of its members’ every need – Mayfair Chan offers everything from private-club memberships to exclusive shopping sprees.
And since appearing in a British television documentary, Shawn Sun – founder of the London-based lifestyle management company – has been inundated daily with emails from prospective clients. But, he says, he only deals with multibillionaires.
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Sun has around five top VIP clients on his books at a time – which is how he likes it – and he keeps up with them via WeChat and WhatsApp. While the concierge side makes up around 30 per cent of his business, the majority of his profits come from sourcing jewellery and watches.
But these aren’t your run-of-the-mill timepieces. They are rarities such as a discontinued Rolex Cosmograph Daytona Rainbow watch, which Sun managed to track down in South America last year.
Over a cup of tea at the Hyatt Regency London’s Churchill Bar, Sun recalls a particularly challenging mission in 2015.
